HEAR FROM THE WORLD’S LEADING DOCUMENTARY TALENTS AND FACTUAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS.
Based in Al Jazeera’s Malaysia bureau, Emile commissions and oversees 25 min docs in the Asia-Pacific region for the ‘Witness’ documentary strand.
Natsu Kawakami is a producer at NHK's World Documentary.
Theresa is currently Co-Director and COO at Catapult Film Fund, a SF-based nonprofit providing early-stage support for independent documentaries.
Limonero Films is a straight-talking, committed and reliable boutique international distributor of factual programming and documentaries.
Paramount is a leading media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide.
Award winning documentarian Patrick (Pat) Abboud founded Only Human Productions and is a creative partner in Dreamchaser Studios.
Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated writer, director and producer.
Cieron Cody has recently joined NITV as Senior Commissioning Editor.
Anu is currently a Development Producer at Sweetshop & Green.
Doc Society is a global non-profit working with the boldest and most impactful filmmakers all over the world.
Keisha Knight is the Director of IDA Funds.
The Sundance Film Festival is the ultimate gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives.
As a Commissioning Editor at ARTE since 1998, Christian manages the slot 'ARTE Discovery', dedicated to discovery and natural history documentaries. He works with natural history and wildlife.
Marissa is currently employed by SBS as the Head of Commissions for NITV.
Josie is currently the Head of Programming at Eureka, a Fremantle Company.
Lexi Landsman is a development executive at BBC Studios ANZ.
Christine Kecher is the senior commissioning editor for Op-Docs, The New York Times' series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers.
Mitzi is a Co-Founder and CEO of Documentary Australia, a not-for-profit organisation enabling social impact documentaries to be funded and screened to inspire social change.
Arran is Director of Sales (Production and Broadcast) for Getty Images APAC.
Sara Dosa is the award-winning director, writer and producer of the Academy Award-nominated Fire of Love.
Shaunak Sen is the director of All That Breathes, an Oscar-nominated feature doc that also had historic wins at Cannes and Sundance Film Festival.
Daniel Roher is a director, editor, visual artist, and the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Navalny.
David Farrier is a kiwi journalist and documentary maker currently based in the US.
Dean Gibson is an Aboriginal filmmaker with over 20 years’ experience in creating, writing, directing, editing and producing content.
Elyse Steinberg is the co-creator, director and producer of Couples Therapy.
Emma Sullivan is a critically acclaimed Australian writer and director.
Lynette Wallworth has won two Emmy awards for her innovative VR and XR works.
Fatima Salaria is Managing Director of UK Production Company Naked Television.
Marie Foulston is an award winning curator and creative director.
John-Paul is the co-founder and director of Distil Immersive, an award-winning digital production studio.
Aman Mann is a filmmaker and media researcher based in New Delhi.
James Dickinson is the CEO of Screenrights.
Zoë Coombs Marr is a performer, writer, artist and comedian.
Karl Quinn is a senior culture writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Jennifer Tiexiera is an award-winning documentary director, producer and editor.
Margie Ratliff is a co-producer and key participant of Subject, where she examines her participation in the 2018 Netflix true-crime documentary, The Staircase.
Sean Flynn has spent the past decade leading Points North Institute's program development and expansion from a small-town film festival into a year-round media arts institute with global reach.
Loretta Sarah Todd is a visionary leader in Indigenous media, an artist with entrepreneurial energy and cultural knowledge.
Joel Sherwood Spring is a Wiradjuri anti-disciplinary artist.
Emma Roberts' work includes some of the largest location-based VR installations in Australia.
Laura Nagy is a writer, director, and story producer of film and audio.
Beth Atkinson-Quinton is an award-winning audio producer, broadcaster and co-founder of podcast network Broadwave.
Sasha has worked extensively in the Australian cinema and screen industry, starting in distribution before moving into exhibition and programming.
Kaylene specialises in character-driven stories, and focusing on Indigenous culture awareness.
Kylie Watson-Wheeler is the Senior Vice President & Managing Director for The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand.
Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO is a Eualayai/Gamillaroi woman and Laureate Fellow at the Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Ebony Havnen is a First Nations development and investment manager working alongside Angela Bates, Joseph Cardona and Murray Clapham.
Caroline Swift aka Spence has been toiling away in the TV industry for thirty years, starting as a production assistant straight out of high school.
Amy Rose is a highly acclaimed director and maker, known for creating sensory stories that experiment with new technologies.
Mary McGillivray is an Australian art historian and content creator making visual culture analysis accessible for the next generation.
Amie is the Head of Funding at NZ On Air, an independent government funding agency delivering public media to local audiences.
Michael Running Wolf is the founder of Indigenous in AI.
Colette Webber is responsible for working with broadcasters and producers to licence, acquire and facilitate co-productions for the market’s most innovative, creative and commercial documentaries.
Heidi Tao Yang is the Director, Funds & Labs at Hot Docs, overseeing a multi-million dollar portfolio which provides grants for international and Canadian documentary films.
Born and brought up in New Delhi, India, Naina Sen is a Walkley and AACTA-nominated filmmaker and video artist.
Cian Mungatj McCue is a producer, graphic designer and artist.
Decolonial feminist and trans non binary cyborg.
Steve is the Founder/CEO of Totem, a digital-first media company.
Tom Forrest is a 23 year-old Yorta Yorta man raised in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Tony Ayres is an award-winning Australian showrunner, writer and director, and one of the founding members of Matchbox Pictures.
Brendan is the head of established Western Australian-based independent production company VAM Media.
Meredith Watson Jeffrey is an award-winning Editor with 30 years' experience cutting both scripted and non-scripted projects.
From the Terra Australis and Shipwreck Hunters Australia team, Nush is a highly accomplished cinematographer, presenter, producer, and water woman.
Catherine Dwyer is the writer and director of the acclaimed documentary, Brazen Hussies
Tasha is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Archives Indigenous Collections and Community Access Manager.
Tait has worked within the Australian film industry for more than 35 years.
Rhoda Roberts AO is a significant force on the Australian arts scene.
Writer/director/producer Michael Hudson is a proud Bangarang and Yorta Yorta man from northeast Victoria.
Sabine oversees the design and implementation of several programs in support of women and nonbinary documentary filmmakers.
Mark leads the environmental, health and safety function for the APAC region at Netflix.
Monica is an experienced creator and showrunner across many genres, including factual entertainment, drama and children’s entertainment.
Laurie Critchley is a leading media executive, working to deliver premium factual material for Australian and International audiences.
Riima is a Logie Award winning Executive Producer with more than seventeen years spent in the development and production of factual, reality and entertainment television.
Tony Jackson has spent more than 30 years making television and documentaries, earning his first stripes at the BBC before becoming head of television at Lonely Planet and then executive producer at Chemical Media.
John Silvester is a Walkley award winning Australian journalist, a well-respected crime reporter and a professional and highly regarded public speaker.
Multi award winning journalist, screen producer, story-teller. Now, Managing Editor of editorial standards with the ABC’s Entertainment & Specialist Division.
Blayke is an Emmy winning producer with a skill for bringing fascinating and complex stories to the screen.
Ben Lawrence is a director, screenwriter and producer.
Ivan O’Mahoney is the founder of In Films.
Brooke Collard (she/they) is a First Nations Ballardong Noongar woman.
Anna produces documentaries with a particular focus on history.
Kate joined the photography industry over 15 years ago and today works as Head of Asia Pacific of Creative Insights, who set the global content strategy for Getty Images, through analysing trends in visual communication.
Rachel Currie has been creating unique high-end factual programming for over two decades.
Jenni Wilks was Supervising Producer of the successful ABC/ Netflix series Love on the Spectrum.
Anne-Maree has spent more than 35 years in television production, and was a ground-breaking reporter for Wide World of Sport and Sports Sunday.
Dr Naomi Koh Belic 許佳丽 (she/her) is a second-generation Australian and a first-generation university graduate that is passionate about making science accessible.
ARTE France Society and Culture department considers all types of documentary forms and areas including history, investigation, society, culture, geopolitics, environment, economy, politics and creative documentaries.
Madeleine Hetherton-Miau is a multi-awarded director and producer.
Monique Keller is the head of development for Dreamchaser.
Sue Maslin AO is one of Australia's most successful screen producers.
Lauren is the Industry Manager at AIDC.
Santilla Chingaipe is a journalist, filmmaker and author.
Sascha Ettinger Epstein is a documentary director/shooter known for raw, observational character-driven Australian stories.
Tiriki Onus is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung artist, academic and Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the university’s Research Unit in Indigenous Arts and Culture.
Angela Bates is proud to lead the First Nation’s Department at Screen Australia since September 2021.
Marc Fennell is a Walkley-winning journalist and documentary maker.
Amanda Duthie is the Head of Stan Originals, covering scripted, entertainment and factual projects including the Revealed investigative Documentary slate.
Nick McKenzie is an acclaimed Australian investigative journalist, working primarily for Melbourne newspaper The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Celia has worked as a writer, producer, director and Executive Producer and won national and international awards for her work.
Alex Kelly (she/her) is a filmmaker and impact producer based on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.
Paul Williams is the Documentary Executive at Screenwest, the screen industry agency for Western Australia, where he oversees development and production of a slate of great diversity.
Kate Pappas is an executive producer at WildBear Entertainment, co-chair of AIDC and treasurer on the Management Committee for Sustainable Screens Australia.
Danielle oversees Screen NSW’s Industry and Audience Development programs.
Alex West has written, produced and directed over 40 factual and documentary series and specials for TV networks, including BBC, C4, Five, ABC, SBS, National Geographic, Discovery and Seven.
As the lead investment manager in the documentary unit at Screen Australia, Jeni has a deep understanding of how the industry works from both a creative and financial perspective.
Daniella Ortega has recently joined the documentary team at Screen Australia as a Development and Investment Manager.
Sally has a long track record of story development and producing across many genres and platforms.
Anna Kaplan is head of production and impact at Regen Studios
Chris Kamen is a producer and lawyer, and has a broad skillset spanning film and TV production, distribution, marketing, impact, business affairs and legals.
Dom is an international designer director and co-founder of 21-19, a Brand & Moving Image agency, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Stuart Talman has over 15 years financial markets experience across trading, broking, sales and leadership roles.
Sam is Head of Content Investment at VicScreen
Sam currently works as a Development and Investment manager at Screen Australia’s First nations Department.
Kimberley Benjamin is Yawuru, Bardi and Kija woman from Rubibi/Broome, and proudly living and working on Country.
Writer and Producer Taryne (PiNKY) Laffar descends from the Bardi and Jabbir Jabbir nations
Douglas Watkin is a First Nations director, producer and writer.
Violeta Ayala is a filmmaker, technologist, writer, and artist.
Laurrie Mansfield is a developer, facilitator and producer for the screen arts
Grainne Brunsdon is the Chief Operating Officer of Screen Australia.
Andrew Farrell is an AACTA & Logie award winning producer who is head of factual at Sydney based production company CJZ.
Sacha has worked in the production industry for over 20 years.
Maha Ismail is Screenrights' Head of Member Services.
Richard has over 25 years of experience in the television industry, with creative and strategic leadership positions across a wide range of genres.
Rebecca Barry is a storyteller, filmmaker and adventurer at heart.
Denise Eriksen is co-founder of Media Mentors.
Kate Montague is the CEO and co-founder of Audiocraft – Australia’s leading podcast production company specialising in adventurous and sound rich audio storytelling.
Maya is a documentary film director and impact producer from the Unquiet Collective based on Gadigal Wangal Country.
Madeleine is an award-winning writer, director, producer and presenter of television, film and virtual reality.