HEAR FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING DOCUMENTARY TALENTS AND FACTUAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS
ABC Indigenous supports First Nations creatives in the industry, proving Indigenous filmmakers and storytellers can lead the way in making exciting Australian television.
ABC Factual consistently commissions, innovative, high-quality, award-winning content dedicated to telling diverse Australian voices, places and stories.
Kalita is a commissioning editor for ABC screen - documentary and factual - and is passionate about history, true crime, culture and the arts.
Jo Chichester has worked on a range of internal programs in Arts & Entertainment and commissioned dozens of documentaries.
Bernadine has over 20 years’ experience developing, directing and producing across various documentary formats in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Madman is Australia's leading independent theatrical, home entertainment distribution and rights management company.
Josie is currently the Head of Programming at Eureka-a Fremantle Company and is tasked with growing their factual and documentary slate.
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.
Aman Mann is a filmmaker and media researcher based in New Delhi.
ABC Factual & Culture consistently produces high quality, award winning, Factual and Arts programs that feature Australian voices, places and stories.
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
Victoria Noble oversees the commissioning strategy and content production for Discovery+ as well as Discovery-owned linear channels Quest, DMAX and Discovery Channel.
Kate Pappas is an executive producer at WildBear Entertainment, co-chair of AIDC and treasurer on the Management Committee for Sustainable Screens Australia.
Cieron is a development/production executive with experience overseeing slates across feature film, documentary, broadcast drama, children’s content, innovation, games and VR.
Flame Distribution, a specialist factual and documentary distributor with offices in Sydney, Philippines, New York and London.
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 design and communications agency, based in Melbourne, Australia.
The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) is a registered industry association representing the interests of film, television and digital media directors, documentary makers and animators throughout Australia.
Laurrie Mansfield is a developer, facilitator and producer for the screen arts
Al Cossar is the Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, where he has previously held roles of Programmer, Acting Artistic Director, and Associate Artistic Director.
Film Victoria is the State Government agency that provides strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and digital media sectors of Victoria.
Adrian is the Nine Network’s Head of Content Production & Development working across traditional broadcast and digital.
Michael was Managing Director and co-founder of Bearcage before becoming CEO of WildBear.
Richard has over 25 years of experience in the television industry, with creative and strategic leadership positions across a wide range of genres.
Jen Peedom is a BAFTA nominated director, known for her gripping, intimate portraits of people in extreme circumstances.
As president of documentary film and television, Diane is responsible for the documentary feature film and television slate of Participant Media.
Tom Brisley thrives on pushing the boundaries of factual television.
John Brown is a multi award winning documentary cameraman, director, and stills photographer based in Oxfordshire, UK.
Gabrielle Brady is an Australian filmmaker who currently resides part time in Berlin.
Sandi Tan is the writer, director, producer and co-editor of the award-winning Netflix documentary Shirkers.
Tamra Simmons is the executive producer on the ground-breaking Lifetime documentary series, Surviving R. Kelly.
Andrew McGrath is the owner Soundwaves, an award-winning sound post facility located in Port Melbourne.
Jacinta Parsons is a radio broadcaster and the co-host of the Breakfast show on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Producer Sam Griffin is the Head of Documentary and Specialist Factual at Essential Media Group where she has many projects in development, including feature documentary Lucy in the Sky.
Al Hicks is an Australian Independent Filmmaker well known for his films Quincy and Keep On Keepin' On.
With literally hundreds and hundreds of hours of experience in Editing and Post Production, over 25+ years, one could say Belinda is a little obsessed with Editing and Post Production!
Catherine Scott has worked as a documentary filmmaker for 25 years.
Claire Forster, along with the team from Artemis Media in Perth created Every Family has a Secret.
Dale Cochrane is an experienced documentary cinematographer, having filmed across every continent including a three week expedition to Antarctica.
Rebecca Barry is a storyteller, filmmaker and adventurer at heart.
A writer, director, producer and commissioner of true stories for over 25 years, Alan Erson leads creative teams making science, arts, history and natural history content for global audiences.
Independent filmmaker John Hughes’ documentary output is formally innovative and research driven.
Head of Children’s Content at the ABC, Libbie Doherty is an advocate for Children’s content and brings a wealth of experience from the animation and live action worlds.
With over two decades in the entertainment industry Karla is recognised as a producer who nurtures both creatives and talent to bring new formats and stories to the screen.
ITV Australia’s Head of Entertainment Majella Wiemers has made almost every genre of television.
Michael Cordell is one of Australia’s most established producers and directors; his projects straddle many genres and have won numerous awards.
Kyle Murdoch has 15 years of experience working around the globe in factual television as a producer, director and writer.
Brittney has worked in festival operations for nearly eight years, now in her third year with AIDC.
Melanie Horkan is the Conference Programmer at the Australian International Documentary Conference.
Tom Zubrycki is an award-winning documentary practitioner.
Erin is an expert in international risk management and strategy development.
Suzanne Derry is the Senior Solicitor at the Arts Law Centre of Australia.
Annabel Crabb is the ABC’s Chief Political Writer and presenter of Back in Time for Dinner, The House and the highly acclaimed Kitchen Cabinet series on ABC TV.
Daniel is a leading Australian producer of international feature documentaries.
John is an acclaimed writer, director and producer across film and theatre and the creative director of Brown Cabs.
At SVT’s documentary department Axel deals with international current affairs, special series and creative documentaries.
Eve Ash is a psychologist and speaker who has produced hundreds of short films, documentaries and TV episodes.
Jess Bineth is a journalist, podcast producer, and founder of Audiocraft, an organisation for podcasters and radiomakers.
Submarine is a hybrid sales, production and distribution company.
Rudy Buttignol is the President and CEO of British Columbia’s Knowledge Network Corporation.
Jo Dillon has worked in the development and production of high-quality scripted and unscripted international screen stories for over fourteen years.
Matthew Deaner is the Chief Executive Officer of Screen Producers Australia.
David Doepel is co-founder and CEO of Demand Film, a global theatrical distribution company.
Denise Eriksen is co-founder of Media Mentors.
Jess Fuselier is a community outreach, marketing and data specialist at the Sundance Institute, living in Los Angeles, California.
Torsten Hoffmann is the founder and CEO of Melbourne-based 3D/4k Content Hub.
Lisa Jackson is an immersive muti-media content creator exploring issues of First People identify and language through her work.
Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is a medical practitioner and expert in the treatment of trauma
Tosca Looby has had a long and glamorous career as creator of natural history and factual television for over two decades.
Eddie Martin is the director of acclaimed documentaries Have You Seen the Listers?, Lionel, and the award-winning All This Mayhem.
Jo-anne McGowan is an Emmy® nominated producer specialising in documentary across all genres, with a particular passion for the arts.
Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an award winning investigative reporter with ABC TV.
Kate Montague is the CEO and co-founder of Audiocraft – Australia’s leading podcast production company specialising in adventurous and sound rich audio storytelling.
Dr Jordan Nguyen, is one of Australia’s most innovative biomedical engineers, who’s committed his work to improving the lives of as many people as possible.
Maya is a documentary film director and impact producer from the Unquiet Collective based on Gadigal Wangal Country.
Lisa Opie is the Managing Director of Factual for BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial TV production arm that creates many of the UK's most successful shows.
Alyssa is a Field Sales Executive at Getty Images focused on supporting the TV, film, broadcast and production industry.
Sonya Pemberton is one of Australia’s leading factual filmmakers.
Tracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster who has anchored programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten and Sky News.
Katy Roberts is a producer and production executive specialised in creative development and programming for global audiences.
Joyce Steele is the Account Manager for HW Wood Australia Pty Ltd and heads up the Film & Entertainment team responsible for placement of insurance and risk programs.
Madeleine is an award-winning writer, director, producer and presenter of television, film and virtual reality.
Sari Braithwaite is a practitioner who works across the disciplines of history and film.
Ana is a hybrid practitioner who plays at the messy fringes of art, technology, design and culture.
Rebecca Bennett is an award-winning freelance producer based in Sydney, Australia.
Jaimen is a drone cinematographer whose stunning footage of whales, dolphins and surfers has amassed over 250 million views.
Ranell provides essential programming and operational support for IDA’s educational and conference programming.
Sarah Shaw is an Australian Producer known for films such as The Snowtown Murders, Sunshine and Have You Seen the Listers?
Tea Uglow is a founding member of Google’s Creative Lab.
Elliott Whitton works with the Cinereach productions team and filmmakers to develop content for the organisation to support, finance and produce.
Malinda Wink is the Executive Director of Minderoo Pictures, the social impact film enterprise of Minderoo Foundation.