AIDC 2014 Conference Guide by DocWeek

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weLcoMe message from the PreMier oF SoutH AuStrALiA I extend a warm welcome to delegates attending DocWeek 2014. We are delighted that you are able to visit Adelaide during our Festival period and hope that you will have the opportunity to enjoy the best of South Australia. We feel privileged to have had the opportunity to host DocWeek (AIDC) continuously since 2009. We will continue to host this event until at least 2015. It has been our privilege to welcome aficionados to South Australia. While you attend the Conference and use your time here to progress the art of documentary, public audiences will indulge in documentary screenings in venues across Adelaide.

Joost den Hartog has curated an outstanding selection of retrospective masterworks and brand new films from emerging artists. This year’s program will be further strengthened by a special selection of new work from outstanding new filmmakers from the Asia-Pacific region. It all promises to be an exciting DocWeek 2014. On behalf of South Australia, I wish you an inspiring and enjoyable time.

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message from tHe Aidc co cHAirS Welcome to the 28th year of AIDC, which has now evolved into DocWeek. This year we have expanded the Conference and Market to cater for as many industry areas as possible, without losing our core values of documentary storytelling and our overall passion of being a valuable organisation for the industry. The highlights for 2014 are varied, resulting in so many choices for delegates. From the opening night of the documentary screenings to the keynote address from Stephen Lambert, this year is all about variety. Let’s Talk, our new market initiative, extends us into the area of facilitating the growth of the industry by providing delegates with easier access to broadcasters, sales agents and funding agencies. We have made it easy for experienced and first time attendees to get up close with the key industry members at the Conference. The Stanley Hawes Award is always a highlight, not only for the excitement of the night but it gives all of us a chance to celebrate those that have contributed in many ways to the industry.

The opening night party is a must attend event, not only because it is held in the historic Mortlock Chamber at the State Library of South Australia, but also because it is the place to kick off your own campaign at the Conference. We look forward to meeting as many of you as possible on the night. DocWeek in 2014 is exciting, it reflects where we are heading as television and documentary professionals. The future does look bright, all forms of TV are growing rather than declining, our audiences in Australia and globally are expanding. The technology may be changing but in the end it is the storytelling that survives. We hope that this week you not only get to tell some great stories, but you also get to share our excitement for a positive future. Thank you for your support.

lori Flekser & Ray Pedretti

message from the executive director AIDC: Your View Into The Future DocWeek’s 2014 AIDC program aims for the future – and industry development is our focus. Following Graeme Mason’s inaugural opening address, we take on a meaty policy discussion – with Screen Australia’s future documentary funding structures at stake. Twice a day we will deliberately seek to cross the digital frontier and test our comfort levels. In our ever-changing world, looking forward is a skill. In our Fast Forward Predictions sessions, experts will gaze into their crystal balls and speculate about what the next five years will bring, and how change will influence decision making in the production sector. There are two talent development programs, ACCESS@AIDC and the Asia Pacific New Documentary Program, which both strongly forecast the future - the future generation that is.

AIDC 2014 presents a combination of business orientated and craft orientated programming. With keynote sessions in the mornings, and case studies and master classes in the afternoon, you are bound to be inspired. And AIDC’s Market Place is back, bigger and better! P2P: Co-Create and Let’s Talk now have their own market venue, with over 800 square metres of floor space and fresh coffee this it is a great environment to do business. I would like to thank all our speakers, sponsors and supporters, in particular the Government of South Australia through Arts SA, Screen Australia and ABC Television. Thank you to our large community of collaborators - collaborations make things happen! A big thank you to the AIDC/DocWeek team, staff and Board - you are the best. Enjoy DocWeek 2014, and especially AIDC.

Joost den Hartog

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ContentS 3 • welcome

18 • conference Sessions

44 • Representatives at AIDc

5 • Information

23 • Keynote Address: Stephen lambert

52 • P2P: co-create

6 • Special events

60 • company Profiles: Screen Agencies 24 • Speakers

7 • 2014 Docweek Awards

64 • company Profiles: Broadcasters

9 • Getting Around

34 • Asia Pacific new Documentary Program

10 • AIDc Sessions

41 • AcceSS@AIDc

11 • AIDc market

42 • Pozible

12 • Schedule

43 • market

72 • company Profiles: Distributors/ Sales Agents 76 • company Profiles: other 83 • Acknowledgements

InForMAtIon reGIStrAtIon The registration and information desks are located on the lower lobby of the InterContinental Hotel and are open daily for collection of delegate passes and conference queries. The desk is open at the following times: Tuesday 10:30am –5pm Wednesday 8.30am – 5pm Thursday 8.30am – 5pm Friday 8.30am – 5pm The check-in desk for Let’s Talk meetings is located in the Glenroy Room, Level 1, Function Floor of the Mercure Grosvenor and is open daily for any Let’s Talk queries. Tuesday 11am – 5pm Wednesday 8.30am – 5pm Thursday 8.30am – 5pm Friday 8.30am – 5pm

AIDC SeSSIonS All Conference sessions take place on the Lower Lobby level of the InterContinental Adelaide.

AIDC MArKetPLACe Let’S tALK & P2P Co-CreAte All Let’s Talk and P2P: Co-Create meetings are located on Level 1, Function Floor of the Mercure Grosvenor Hotel.

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DocWeek is screening over 50 films at various venues across Adelaide’s CBD. How to Book

Registered delegates with a Complete or Observer Pass are entitled to receive one complimentary ticket to each film. Tickets are subject to availability. Pre-booked tickets can be collected from the cinema box office from one hour before the commencement of the film. If you have not already pre-booked relevant tickets, you can present your Delegate Pass to the box office from one hour before the film. You will be issued a ticket if they are still available. If a film is sold out - or the allocation of delegate tickets is exhausted – there will be a stand-by line at the cinema. Delegates can join this line, and will be allocated a seat if one becomes available. The 2014 DocWeek series Hometown Adelaide at the State Library, DocWeek Interactive at the City Library and the Adelaide International 2014 are FREE events. No pre-booked ticket is required to attend these events. See pages 21 & 22, 24-26 of the 2014 DocWeek Program Guide for full details.

Box oFFICe LoCAtIonS Mercury Cinema 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 3 Cinema Place (off 250 Rundle Street, Adelaide) Freemasons Hall* 254 North Terrace, Adelaide *For Film & Party: Louder Than Love on Wednesday March 5 only

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Free wireless internet connection is available to delegates through WIFI provided on Level 1, Function Floor of the Mercure Grosvenor. AFTeRnoon TeA

Scheduled afternoon tea breaks are held in the Lower Lobby Foyer, directly in front of the Ballrooms. HAPPY HoUR

Happy Hour will be held Tuesday 4 March – Friday 7 March from 5pm - 7pm in the Atrium Lounge, InterContinental Hotel.

Talk to Screenrights about your rights and royalties. Visit Screenrights located at the Lower Lobby outside the InterContinental Ballrooms, from Tuesday 4 March – Friday 7 March between 12pm – 5pm.

Disclaimer All details are as accurate as possible at the time of printing. Program is subject to change. Please visit www.docweek.org.au/industry for updates.

SPeCIAL eventS All delegates are invited to the events below but need to pre-book their ticket.

Opening Night Premiere: The Last Impresario Tuesday 4 march 7pm • 1hr 55mins

Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide All delegates are invited to join us for the DocWeek Opening Night film and Australian premiere of The Last Impresario. This film is going to be a hoot! Profiling perhaps the most famous person you’ve never heard of: UK’s Michael White - a larger-than-life theatre and film impresario. By Australian filmmaker Gracie Otto in her full-length directorial debut. This is a fast and entertaining documentary with a stellar cast of famous friends and ex-lovers to boot. It is a celebration of an extraordinary life in showbiz. The Last Impresario features as part of DocWeek’s Asia Pacific New Documentary Program. The session time includes the provision for welcome speeches and a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Gracie Otto and producer Nicole O’Donohue. Please note: Limited seating. Delegates need to pre-book their ticket or present their delegate pass to the box office from one hour before the film. Ticket allocation based on availability.

Opening Night Screening: The Armstrong Lie Tuesday 4 march 6.30pm • 2hrs 32mins

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 3 Cinema Place (off 250 Rundle Street, Adelaide) All delegates are invited to join us for the DocWeek Opening Screening and South Australian Premiere of The Armstrong Lie. DocWeek in association with Sony Pictures is proud to present the 2014 opening night film, The Armstrong Lie, by Academy Award® Winning documentary film director Alex Gibney. Once celebrated like a local hero, this film gets up close and personal with Lance Armstrong and witnesses his fall from grace. The Armstrong Lie features as part of the DocWeek series The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney. The session time includes the provision for welcome speeches. Please note: Limited seating. Delegates need to pre-book their ticket or present their delegate pass to the box office from one hour before the film. Ticket allocation based on availability.

2014 DocWeek Opening Night Party Tuesday 4 march 9pm – 11.30pm • 2hrs 30mins

Mortlock Chamber, State Library of South Australia, North Terrace All delegates are invited to attend the Opening Night celebrations in the exquisite Mortlock Chamber. Food and drinks will be provided – proudly supported by our Event Partners, Fox Creek Wines and Little Creatures. Please note: Limited seating. Delegates need to pre-book their ticket or present their delegate pass to the box office from one hour before the film. Ticket allocation based on availability.

2014 DocWeek Awards Friday 7 march 7.30pm – 9.30pm • 2hrs

Freemasons Hall, 254 North Terrace All delegates are invited to attend the 2014 DocWeek Awards in the Freemasons Hall. Join us as we announce the winners of: • F4 Award for Outstanding New Australian Documentary Talent • Asia Pacific New Documentary Award for Outstanding New Asia Pacific Documentary Talent • ACCESS@AIDC Fresh One Productions Internship • David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship • Stanley Hawes Award Please wear your delegate pass for entry

Closing Night screening & Party: From the Bottom of the Lake Sunday 9 march 8pm • 1hr 32mins

LAunCH & DrInKS Good Pitch² Australia: The Best News Story in Documentary This Year wednesday 6 march 6.15pm – 7.30pm • 1hr 15mins

James Alexander Room, Level 1, Function Room, Mercure Grosvenor Good Pitch² Australia is calling for outstanding documentaries that can be used as a powerful medium at the heart of local, national and international social impact campaigns, with the purpose of making a sustainable difference. Good Pitch² brings together documentary filmmakers with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policy-makers, brands, educators, broadcasters and media, to forge powerful alliances around ground breaking films that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society. Seven feature-length documentary projects will be chosen to present at the Sydney Opera House on 8 October 2014. Come along and hear more about the project and the types of films Good Pitch² are looking for. Followed by drinks. Please wear your delegate pass for entry

ADeLAIDe FrInGe CLuB SPeCIAL oFFer Located in the middle of Rymill Park (access via pathway Cnr. Rundle Rd and East Tce.)

Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide All delegates are invited to join us for the DocWeek Closing Night film. Clare Young’s From the Bottom of the Lake features as part of DocWeek’s Asia Pacific New Documentary Program. Insightful and intimate, From the Bottom of the Lake is a revealing exploration of the creative process by an artist at the top of her game, Jane Campion. It’s a brilliant and inspiring treat for anyone who has laboured on a creative project. Finish your DocWeek experience with this Sunday evening treat. This session includes a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Clare Young. Followed by closing night party. Please note: Limited seating. Delegates need to pre-book their ticket or present their delegate pass to the box office from one hour before the film. Ticket allocation based on availability.

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The Fringe Club is your ultimate Fringe getaway. Indulge in rustic wood oven pizza and SA’s finest beverages. Be entertained by late night Fringe performances and dance to DJs to 3am. The Fringe Club is open every night (except Mondays) from 5pm – 3am the following morning. Please note: Limited seating. Delegates need to pre-book their ticket or present their delegate pass to the box office from one hour before the film. Ticket allocation based on availability.

2014 DoCweeK AwArDS friday 7 MarcH 7.30pm – 9.30pm • 2hrs Freemasons Hall, 254 North Terrace docweek 2014 welcomes you to the inaugural awards night, the event that firmly ties the docweek festival and the aidc conference together during a celebration of documentary filmmaking and industry recognition. see who will be awarded the f4 award for outstanding new australian documentary talent, asia Pacific new documentary award, the annual stanley Hawes award for contributions to the documentary industry, the 2014 recipient of the david and Joan williams documentary fellowship and the successful candidate for the access@aidc fresh one internship. all delegates are invited to come and celebrate, and to wrap up another aidc on this night of nights.

f4 award and asia Pacific new docuMentary award

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Australia and the Asia Pacific region are full of up-and-coming directors. The prestigious F4 Award for Outstanding New Australian Documentary Talent and the inaugural Asia Pacific New Documentary Award for Outstanding New Asia Pacific Documentary Talent celebrates works from some of the hottest new documentary talent in the region. Ten documentaries have been selected to play in competition. They will screen over five nights and represent the region’s most promising emerging factual directors. All of the filmmakers have been invited to Adelaide to participate in a mentoring program to be held during the Australian International Documentary Conference. The directors will be judged by a panel of high profile documentary executives and compete for the prestigious F4 Award for Outstanding New Australian Documentary Talent and the Asia Pacific New Documentary Award for Outstanding New Asia Pacific Documentary Talent. Education Partner Flinders University and Development Partner ABC International present the Asia Pacific New Documentary Program, in conjunction with DocWeek’s Regional Partners.

This Fellowship provides the recipient with up to $25,000 with which to explore, expand and challenge their filmmaking practice and raise the bar of excellence in Australian documentary cinema. Established by Kim Williams AM it is to honour his parents’ involvement with the creative process, cinema and Australian culture. The Fellowship, which will usually be awarded annually, is intended to reward creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema.

Jury President Domenic Friguglietti • Head Pacific and Mekong, ABC International, Australia Jury Members Patrick Connolly • VP, Programming, Scheduling & Creative Services, AMC/Sundance Channel, USA Carol Hirschfeld • General Manager Production, Māori Television, New Zealand Haibo Huang • Commissioning Editor, Phoenix TV, Hong Kong Andrew Mer • SVP Acquisitions, SnagFilms, USA

History David and Joan Williams were people for whom creativity was a fundamental part of life. David Williams AM had an irrepressible love for film and joined Greater Union as an office boy and rose to be managing director until his retirement in the early eighties. His lifelong association with Australian cinema helped bring about its regeneration in the sixties and seventies. David was honoured in his lifetime with the Raymond Longford Award from the Australian Film Institute – Australia’s highest film honour - and was also made a member in the Order of Australia for service to the industry he treasured. Joan similarly loved film and was also involved in myriad craft activities which she also undertook with enormous flair and enthusiasm. Panel Members Bob Connolly • Film Director, Producer and Author Victoria Treole • Feature Films Consultant, Blue Cat Julia Overton • Consultant/Producer, JOTZ Production Joost den Hartog • Executive Director, DocWeek

2014 stanley Hawes award Each year the AIDC presents the Stanley Hawes Award - the most prestigious industry recognition for contributions to Australian documentary. It is awarded to an organisation or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the documentary sector in Australia over a period of time. The Award was established in 1997 to honour Stanley Hawes as first Producer-in-Chief of the Australian National Film Board and Commonwealth Film Unit. The award recognises the significant support he gave independent filmmakers in the documentary sector. AIDC continues the tradition of this important award that includes a $5,000 prize.

access@aidc New in 2014, ACCESS@AIDC is an exciting mentorship program for future television and online media producers and content development executives. ACCESS@AIDC offers a select group of highly motivated people who are at the start of their television production career a unique opportunity to spend quality time with professionals from Australia and abroad. Jamie Oliver’s production company Fresh One Productions, based in the United Kingdom is offering a 4-week internship to an individual who shows talent and motivation during the conference. Fresh One has created remarkable campaigning factual entertainment in recent years including: Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Ministry of Food, School Dinners, Two Greedy Italians and Dream School. During the conference in a series of 30 minute sessions, selected participants will be briefed on industry customs, dynamics, economics and ethics in an exclusive informal environment. Selected participants have received ACCESS to the full AIDC conference program, marketplace activities and the DocWeek screening program at no charge. Roy Ackerman, Managing Director of Fresh One Productions is mentoring at AIDC in 2014 to select the successful applicant.

Supported by the Shark Island Institute.

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schedule DocWeek Program Tuesday 4 March

program at a glance

location

10:30am-5:00pm

Registration & Information Desk Open

Lower Lobby, InterContinental

11:00am-5:00pm

Let's Talk Check-In Desk Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

10:00am - 6:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love Your Work

City Library

11:00am-11:30am

Newcomers Session Speakers • Leila Monks, Vice-President Commercial and Current Production, Zig Zag Productions, UK Julia Overton, Consultant/Producer, JOTZ Productions Amanda Hawley, Industry Programs Manager

Grayson’s Room, Mercure

11:00am-5:00pm

P2P:Co-Create Lounge Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

11:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Artur Zmijewski

Australian Experimental Art Foundation

12:00pm-5:00pm

Let’s Talk Lounge Open

Grayson’s Room, Mercure

11:00am-11:30am

Grayson’s Room, Mercure

1:00pm-1:30pm

Opening Address • Graeme Mason, CEO, Screen Australia Moderator • Sandy George Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Graeme Mason, CEO, Screen Australia

Ballroom 1 & 2, InterContinental

1:30pm-3: 00pm

Australian Documentary Funding Forum Moderators • Helen O’Neil, Senior Consultant, Contentgroup Sandy George Film Presenter, SBS Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com

Ballroom 1 & 2, InterContinental

3:00pm-3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

Lower Lobby Foyer

3:30pm-4:00pm

The Digital Frontier – ABC Multiplatform Moderator • Nick Bolton, Founder, Ten Alphas Speaker • Arul Baskaran, Controller Multiplatform, ABC

Ballroom 1 & 2, InterContinental

4:15pm-5:15pm

2014 Keynote Address • Stephen Lambert Moderator • Denise Eriksen, Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker • Stephen Lambert, Chairman, All3 Media America, USA & Chief Executive, Studio Lambert, UK

Ballroom 1 & 2, InterContinental

6:30pm-9:00pm

Opening Night Screening • The Armstrong Lie

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

7:00pm-8:55pm

Opening Night Premiere • The Last Impresario

Mercury Cinema

9:00pm-11:30pm

Opening Night Party

Mortlock Chamber, State Library of South Australia,

Wednesday 5 March

program at a glance

location

8:30am-5:00pm

Registration & Information Desk Open

Lower Lobby, InterContinental

8:30am-5:00pm

Let's Talk Check-In Desk Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

P2P:Co-Create Lounge Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

Let’s Talk Lounge Open

Grayson’s Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

Roundtables (30 mins per session)

Telfer Room, Mercure

9:30am-10:30am

Key Address • Richard Finlayson Speaker • Richard Finlayson, Director of Television, ABC

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

10:00am-6:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love Your Work

City Library

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10:45am-12:30pm

ABC Factual, What We Like (Extended Session) Moderator • Phil Craig, Head of Factual, ABC Television Speakers • Phil Craig, Head of Factual, ABC Television Anita Brown, Commissioning Editor, ABC Matt Scully, Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual Andrea Ulbrick, Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

10:45am-11:45am

Fair Use? Fair Fee? - All Fair in Love, War (and Documentary) Moderator • Ruari Elkington, Distribution Consultant/Researcher, Antidote Films/ Queensland University of Technology

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

11:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Artur Zmijewski

Australian Experimental Art Foundation

12:00pm-12:30pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Gayle Lake & Jennifer Coombes Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speakers • Gayle Lake, Curator, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Jennifer Coombes, Curator, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:00pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Fiona Gilroy Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Fiona Gilroy, Content Sales and Acquisitions Director, Flame Distribution

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:30pm

The Digital Frontier – Fairfax.tv Moderator • Nick Bolton, Founder, Ten Alphas Speaker • Ricky Sutton, Head of Video, IPTV and New Devices, Fairfax Media

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

2:15pm-3:15pm

The Art of Perseverance in Documentary Filmmaking Moderator • Nick Bolton, Founder, Ten Alphas Speakers • Jakeb Anhvu, Director, Blush of Fruit Marshall Curry, Director, Street Fight / Racing Dreams / If A Tree Falls Gracie Otto, Director, The Last Impresario

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

2:15pm-3:15pm

Opportunity • The Screen Business Value Chain, Disintermediation & Another Idea for Spending Public Money Speaker • Adam Smith, Consultant, Film Business Consulting

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

3:15pm-3.45pm

Afternoon Tea

Lower Lobby Foyer, InterContinental

3:45pm-4:45pm

ABC Arts Speakers • Katrina Sedgwick, Head of Arts, ABC Mandy Chang, Commissioning Editor – Arts, ABC Jo Chichester, Executive Producer – Arts, ABC

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

3:45pm-4:45pm

Format Rights – The State of Play Moderator • Shaun Miller, Media and Entertainment Lawyer, Shaun Miller Lawyers Speakers • Chris Hilton, CEO, Essential Media Chris Irvine, Head of Business Affairs, SBS Kylie Washington, Entertainment & Kids Development Executive, Matchbox Pictures

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

5:00pm-6:00pm

Master Class • Marshall Curry Speaker • Marshall Curry, Director, Marshall Curry Productions, USA Elizabeth Martin, Producer, Marshall Curry Productions, USA

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

5:00pm-6:00pm

Case Study • Redesign My Brain Speakers • Paul Scott, CEO & Executive Producer and Director/Writer, Mindful Media Isabel Perez, Head of Production, Mindful Media

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

5.30pm-6.55pm

Broadcaster Showcase • ABC: Trigger Point Episode 1

Mercury Cinema

6:15pm-7:30pm

Launch & Drinks: Good Pitch² Australia The Best News Story in Documentary this Year

James Alexander Room, Mercure Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

6:30pm-8:20pm

The View from Here: The Works of Marshall Curry • Street Fight

6:30pm-8:00pm

Hometown Adelaide • Episode 1

Hetzel Theatre, State Library

7:00pm-8:25pm

The Land Between

Mercury Cinema

7:30pm-12:00am

Kick Out the Jams • Film & Party - Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story

Freemasons Hall

9:00pm-11:05pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Mercury Cinema

9:00pm-11:05pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Gardening with Soul

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

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SCHeDuLe DocWeek Program thursday 6 March

program at a glance

location

8:30am-5:00pm

Registration & Information Desk Open

Lower Lobby, InterContinental

8:30am-5:00pm

Let's Talk Check-In Desk Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

P2P:Co-Create Lounge Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

Let’s Talk Lounge Open

Grayson’s Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

Roundtables (30 mins per session)

Telfer Room, Mercure

9:30am-10:30am

Roy Ackerman on Talent, or How to Make and Lose Friends in Telly: A Key Address Moderator • Phil Craig, Head of Factual, ABC Television Speaker • Roy Ackerman, Managing Director, Fresh One Productions, UK

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

9:30am-10:30am

Philanthropic Funding for Social Impact Documentaries Speaker • Ian Darling, Executive Director of Shark Island Productions and Shark Island Institute, and Chair of Good Pitch² Australia

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

10:00am-6:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love Your Work

City Library

10:45am-11:45am

SBS: The Full Picture Speakers • John Godfrey, Head of Documentaries, SBS Joseph Maxwell, Commissioning Editor - Documentaries, SBS

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

10:45am-11:45am

That’s Entertainment Moderator • Peter Rees, Freelance Production Executive Speakers • Sophia Zachariou, Acting Head of Entertainment, ABC Television Annabel Crabb, Program Maker/Journalist, ABC Television

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

11:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Artur Zmijewski

Australian Experimental Art Foundation

12:00pm-12:30pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Paul Willey Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Paul Willey, General Manager, Soundfirm

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

12:00pm-12:30pm

The Digital Frontier – SnagFilms Moderator • Denise Eriksen, Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker • Andrew Mer, Senior Vice President - Acquisitions, SnagFilms, USA

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

12:30pm-1:30pm

Annual General Meeting

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:00pm

The Networked Producer: When Smaller is Better Speaker • David Court, Head of Screen Business, AFTRS

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:00pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Leila Monks Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Leila Monks, Vice-President Commercial and Current Production, Zig Zag Productions, UK

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

2:15pm-3:15pm

Turning an Idea into a Show Moderator • Stuart Menzies, Head of TV Content and Creative Development, ABC Television Speakers • Karina Holden, Head of Production and Development, Northern Pictures Peter Rees, Freelance Production Executive

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

2:15pm-3:15pm

Changing the Landscape: Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday Speakers • Pauline Clague, Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV Tanya Denning, Channel Manager, NITV

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

3:15pm-3.45pm

Afternoon Tea

Lower Lobby Foyer, InterContinental

3:45pm-4:45pm

Case Study • The Tipping Points: Factual Series for a Global Market Speakers • Liz Courtney, CEO & Series Director, Unboxed Media Veronica Sive, Producer, SunJive Studios & Unboxed Media

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

3:45pm-4:45pm

Branded Content and Product Placement Speaker • Michael Byers, Managing Director, Showbrands

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

5:00pm-6:00pm

Master Class • The Journey of a Music Cue: From Conception to Completion Speaker • Caitlin Yeo, Screen Composer

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Master Class • Jerry Piasecki - Finding the Story Speaker • Jerry Piasecki, Author/Journalist, USA

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

5:30pm-6:50pm

Broadcaster Showcase • SBS: Who Do You Think You Are? Jacki Weaver

Mercury Cinema

6:30pm-8:20pm

The View From Here: The Works of Marshall Curry • If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

6:30pm-8:35pm

Hometown Adelaide • Episode 2

Hetzel Theatre, State Library

7:00pm-8:30pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Indelible

Mercury Cinema

9:00pm-10:50pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

9:00pm-10:55pm

Kick Out the Jams • Detropia

Mercury Cinema

friday 7 March

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8:30am-5:00pm

Registration & Information Desk Open

Lower Lobby, InterContinental

8:30am-5:00pm

Let's Talk Check-In Desk Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

P2P:Co-Create Lounge Open

Glenroy Room, Mercure

9:00am-5:00pm

Let’s Talk Lounge Open

Grayson's Room, Mercure

9:30am-10:30am

Master Class • Alex Gibney Moderator • Greg Sanderson, Commissioning Editor - Arts, Music and Events, BBC Television Speaker • Alex Gibney, President, Jigsaw Productions

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

10:00am - 6:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love Your Work

City Library

10:45am-11:45am

NITV – What Lies Ahead Speakers • Pauline Clague, Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV Tanya Denning, Channel Manager, NITV

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

10:45am-11:45am

DocWeek Interactive Moderator • John MacFarlane, Producer/Journalist – Insight, SBS Speakers • Ben Pederick, Director, Ringbalin - River Stories Jeremy Mendes, Creator/ Producer, The Last Hunt Kylie Boltin, Senior Content Producer, SBS

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

11:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Artur Zmijewski

Australian Experimental Art Foundation

12:00pm-12:30pm

The Digital Frontier – TENplay Moderator • Denise Eriksen, Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker • Rebekah Horne, Chief Digital Officer, Network Ten

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

12:00pm-12:30pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Lori Flexer Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Lori Flekser, General Manager, MPDAA & Executive Director, IPAF

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:30pm

The Digital Frontier XL: Key Address by Chris Adams Speaker • Chris Adams, Media Pioneer and Global CEO, Spondo.com

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

1:30pm-2:00pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Michele Schofield Moderator • Sandy George, Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker • Michele Schofield, Senior Vice President Programming and Marketing, A+E Networks All Asia, Singapore

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

2:15pm-3:15pm

Shooting North Korea: The Making of Aim High in Creation! Moderator • Nick Torrens, Owner/Director, Nick Torrens Films Speakers • Anna Broinowski, Director, Unicorn Films Lizzette Atkins, Producer, Unicorn Films

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

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Case Study • A Delicate Balance - The Making of Outback Coroner Speakers • Helen Barrow, Executive Producer/Series Producer, Evershine Hugh Piper, Series Director/Writer, Evershine

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

3:15pm-3.45pm

Afternoon Tea

Lower Lobby Foyer, InterContinental

3:45pm-4:45pm

Independent Social Impact Documentary Filmmaking from A to Z Speakers • Alex Kelly, National Producer/Impact Producer, Big hART Heather Kirkpatrick, Director & Producer - Waratah Films

Ballroom 2, InterContinental

4:15pm–5:15pm

The Missing Picture – Creative Problem Solving for Filmmakers Speakers • Mandy Chang, Commissioning Editor Arts, ABC Television Greg Sanderson, Commissioning Editor Arts, BBC

Ballroom 1, InterContinental

5:00pm-6:35pm

Dennis O’Rourke • Cannibal Tours

Mercury Cinema

6:30pm-8:30pm

The View From Here: The Works of Marshall Curry • Racing Dreams

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

6:30pm-8:35pm

Hometown Adelaide • Episode 3

Hetzel Theatre, State Library

7:00pm-8:45pm

Kick Out the Jams • American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Mercury Cinema

7:30pm-9:30pm

2014 DocWeek Awards

Freemasons Hall

9:00pm-10:40pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Freakonomics

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

saturday 8 March

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10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

10:00am-5:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love Your Work

City Library

2:00pm-3:50pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Taxi to the Dark Side

Mercury Cinema

2:00pm-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Artur Zmijewski

Australian Experimental Art Foundation

2:30pm-3:55pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Imulal: A Land, Roots and Dreams

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

4:30pm-6:55pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Mercury Cinema

5:00pm-6:35pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Tap That! Of Water, Land & Us/Lon Marum

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

6:30pm-7:55pm

Hometown Adelaide • Episode 4

Hetzel Theatre, State Library

7:00pm-8:05pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

Mercury Cinema

7:00pm-8:30pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • A Folk Troupe

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

9:00pm-10:50pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

9:00pm-10:30pm

Kick Out the Jams • Burn

Mercury Cinema

sunday 9 March

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10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Contemporary Art Centre of SA

10:00am-5:00pm

Exhibition • Worlds in Collision, Adelaide International 2014 Katie Paterson

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

12:00am - 5:00pm

DocWeek Interactive • Out of Mind, Out of Sight, China to Australia, The Last Hunt, Ringbalin - River Stories, I Love your work

City Library

1:30pm-3:25pm

The Needle in the Haystack: The Works of Alex Gibney • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Mercury Cinema

3:00pm-5:00pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Valley Kicks

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

4:00pm-5:20pm

My Long Neck

Mercury Cinema Mercury Cinema

6:00pm-7:05pm

Kick Out the Jams • Grown in Detroit

6:00pm-8:00pm

Asia Pacific New Documentary Program • Blush of Fruit & Please Don’t Rush

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema

6:30pm-8:00pm

Hometown Adelaide • Panel Session: Visionary Adelaide

Hetzel Theatre, State Library

8:00pm-9:35pm

Closing Night Screening & Party • From the Bottom of the Lake

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ConFerenCe SeSSIonS DAY 1 tueSDAY MArCH 4 Newcomers Session 11:00am - 11:30am

Grayson’s Room, Level 1, Mercure Grosvenor This is a welcome and information session for first time delegates. Get some tips on effective networking in a marketplace environment. Speakers Leila Monks • Vice-President Commercial and Current Production, Zig Zag Productions, UK Julia Overton • Consultant/Producer, JOTZ Productions Amanda Hawley • Industry Programs Manager

Opening Address by Graeme Mason, CEO, Screen Australia 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Ballroom 1 & 2 Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia, will present the 2014 opening address. Screen Australia is the key federal government, direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its function is to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable Australian screen production industry. Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Graeme Mason • CEO, Screen Australia

Australian Documentary Funding Forum 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Ballroom 1 & 2 In 2014 Screen Australia will review all documentary funding programs. What works, what doesn’t work, and what could work better? The round table will discuss the needs and interests of different stakeholders - it is a productive forum, looking to find solutions forward. Following on from Graeme Mason’s opening address, this discussion will take contributions from the floor. A discussion paper will be made available prior to the session.

Moderators Helen O’Neil • Senior Consultant, Content Group Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com

DAY 2 weDneSDAY MArCH 5 Key Address by Richard Finlayson, Director of Television, ABC 9:30am - 10:30am

The Digital Frontier – ABC MultiPlatform 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Ballroom 1 Richard Finlayson has been in media for many years, spanning from print media, subscription TV to establishing his own production company. Most recently Richard was Chief Operating Officer at SBS, before joining ABC as Director of Television in 2013. This is Richard’s inaugural address at AIDC.

Ballroom 1 & 2 The prediction is that 2014 is the year that television fully converges onto all platforms. Time shifting through catch up services has become more rule than exception. Digital strategies are topping the urgency lists of broadcasters. The web is no longer an afterthought, but the main game. In a series of 30 minute sessions, AIDC will explore how far we need to step out of our comfort zone to cross the digital frontier into the WWW. Arul Baskaran, Controller ABC Multiplatform, is the wunderkind of online audience reach in Australia. ABC’s IVIEW is Australia’s market leader for online television viewing.

Speaker Richard Finlayson • Director of Television, ABC

ABC Factual, What We Like 10:45am - 12:30pm *

Moderator Nick Bolton • Founder, Ten Alphas Speaker Arul Baskaran • Controller Multiplatform, ABC

Ballroom 1 Phil Craig and the ABC factual team present and discuss a selection of the documentaries that will be appearing on our screens in 2014, and describe the place of factual in ABC Television’s new agenda. Moderator Phil Craig • Head of Factual, ABC Television Speakers Phil Craig • Head of Factual, ABC Television Anita Brown • Commissioning Editor, ABC Matt Scully • Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual Andrea Ulbrick • Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual *Note - Extended Session

2014 Keynote Address by Stephen Lambert 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Ballroom 1 & 2 Stephen Lambert, Chairman of All3Media America, and Chief Executive of Studio Lambert, is best known for introducing international hit formats like Wife Swap, Secret Millionaire, and Undercover Boss. Prior to Studio Lambert, Stephen was Head of Programs at RDF Media, and before that Commissioning Editor for BBC Documentaries. Stephen executive produced Adam Curtis’ Century of Self and The Power of Nightmares. Denise Eriksen will be in conversation with Stephen to kick off the 2014 Conference. Stephen’s diverse career will give plenty of perspective to set the tone for the days to come.

Fair Use? Fair Fee? - All Fair in Love, War (and Documentary) 10:45am - 11:45am

Ballroom 2 Screenrights is vital revenue for the Australian documentary sector ($15m annually). The content that is made available through a Screenrights licence is essential for the education sector. This panel will provide an overview of the opportunities in the education market in 2014, while also examining the possible impacts of the Australian Law Reform Committee’s recommendation to switch to fair use.

Moderator Denise Eriksen • Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker Stephen Lambert • Chairman, All3 Media America & Chief Executive, Studio Lambert, UK

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How fair is fair use? Will it mean less Australian content available for educators to use? How would that impact documentary makers and rights holders? This session is a great opportunity for some of those who submitted to the Copyright & the Digital Economy inquiry to unpack this complex set of recommendations and address some of the challenges and opportunities outlined in the ALRC Report. Moderator Ruari Elkington • Distribution Consultant/Researcher, Antidote Films/ Queensland University of Technology

Fast Forward Predictions - Gayle Lake & Jennifer Coombes 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Ballroom 2 In these 30-minute sessions specialists give a short-term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will arise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Gayle Lake, Curator, and Jennifer Coombes, Curator, at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia will predict the role that archives like the NFSA will play in the immediate future. Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS; Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speakers Gayle Lake • Curator, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Jennifer Coombes • Curator, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Fast Forward Predictions - Fiona Gilroy 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Ballroom 1 In these 30 minute sessions specialists give a short-term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will rise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Fiona Gilroy, veteran sales executive and currently Content Sales and Acquisitions Director at Flame Distribution, will give her prediction of the requirements for selling Australian content in the international market.

ConFerenCe SeSSIonS Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Fiona Gilroy • Content Sales and Acquisitions Director, Flame Distribution

The Digital Frontier – Fairfax.tv 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Ballroom 2 The prediction is that 2014 is the year that television fully converges onto all platforms. Time shifting through catch-up services has become more rule than exception. Digital strategies are topping the urgency lists of broadcasters. The web is no longer an afterthought, but the main game. In a series of 30 minute sessions, AIDC will explore how far we need to step out of our comfort zone to cross the digital frontier into the WWW. Ricky Sutton is Fairfax Media’s Head of Video, IPTV and New Devices. Fairfax is one of Australia’s largest streaming services with an advertising revenue sharing model. Moderator Nick Bolton • Founder, Ten Alphas Speaker Ricky Sutton • Head of Video, IPTV and New Devices, Fairfax Media

The Art of Perseverance in Documentary Filmmaking 2:15pm- 3:15pm

Ballroom 1 Creating a documentary takes a huge amount of perseverance throughout the traditional filmmaking process of development and funding, production through to marketing and distribution. This panel session sees three originators (the film is the baby of this person) open up to the highs and lows of their journey throughout the process, providing a few battle stories and personal insights, and a lot of top tips on how to persevere to get your film to your audience.

Opportunity: the Screen Business Value Chain, Disintermediation & Another Idea for Spending Public Money 2:15pm- 3:15pm

Ballroom 2 Mainstream availability and adoption of “true” on demand services should provide fantastic opportunities for innovative independent producers. But why isn’t this happening now, or even looking likely that it will? This presentation will examine our industry’s dominant value chain, the market forces impacting its evolution and the strategic business issues content creators should consider. To illustrate this, it will then ask if there is now an opportunity for public funding to play a more radical role in disrupting this value chain status quo and so better deliver on its hope of achieving a sustainable Australian screen industry. Speaker Adam Smith • Consultant, Film Business Consulting

Format Rights – The State of Play 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Case Study: Redesign My Brain 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Ballroom 2 This session will explore the state of play of format rights in relation to documentaries and reality TV. This session will examine the following issues: • What are format rights? • What commercial process is involved in (a) licensing Australian format rights to international territories and (b) importing format rights to Australia from international territories? • How to price the licence fee for format rights? • What are the main international TV markets for buying and selling format rights? • To what extent does copyright law protect format rights? • How different does a new non-scripted format have to be in order to not breach the copyright in an existing format?

Ballroom 2 AACTA award winning landmark science series Redesign My Brain took audiences by surprise. Prime time science, and entertaining as well! Science television is notorious hard to produce. Getting the science right and audiences happy is the name of the game. Redesign My Brain got it all. Hear from the producers and director on how they did it, and how the series is evolving in Redesign My Brain 2.

Moderator Shaun Miller • Media and Entertainment Lawyer, Shaun Miller Lawyers Speakers Chris Hilton • CEO, Essential Media Chris Irvine • Head of Business Affairs, SBS Kylie Washington • Entertainment & Kids Development Executive, Matchbox Pictures

ABC Arts 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Ballroom 1 The ABC Arts team will unveil how their 2014/15 slate will be divvied up into a variety of programming, from half-hours to one-off docs, from themed runs to landmark series, and from prime time to the more eclectic late night arts gems. They’ll discuss the programs that stood out in 2013 and highlights yet to hit our screens outlining why international co-pros are an essential part of ABC Arts DNA. The team will also share their ambitious wish list for the future.

Master Class: Marshall Curry, USA 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Ballroom 1 New York-based Marshall Curry is one of the most accomplished documentary filmmakers of the moment. Three films into his career, he has been nominated for two Oscar awards, and has premiered his films at A-list festivals where they went on to win major awards. Marshall’s unique ability to get behind the story makes his films irresistible. Join Marshall and his partner and producer Elizabeth Martin in this all-inspiring master class. The master class will kick off the DocWeek season of Marshall’s films.

Speakers Katrina Sedgwick • Head of Arts, ABC Mandy Chang • Commissioning Editor – Arts, ABC Jo Chichester • Executive Producer – Arts, ABC

Moderator Nick Bolton • Founder, Ten Alphas Speakers Jakeb Anhvu • Director, Blush of Fruit Marshall Curry • Director, Street Fight / Racing Dreams / If A Tree Falls Gracie Otto • Director, The Last Impresario

Speakers Marshall Curry • Director, Marshall Curry Productions, USA Elizabeth Martin • Producer, Marshall Curry Productions, USA

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Speakers Paul Scott • CEO & Executive Producer and Director/Writer, Mindful Media Isabel Perez • Head of Production, Mindful Media

ConFerenCe SeSSIonS DAY 3 tHurSDAY MArCH 6 Roy Ackerman on Talent, or How to Make and Lose Friends in Telly: A Key Address 9:30am - 10:30am

Ballroom 1 Roy Ackerman, MD of Fresh One Productions – founded by Jamie Oliver – an executive who has worked with talents from Idris Elba to 50 Cent and Oliver Stone, David Tennant to Sophie Okonedo, Jenson Button to Michael Vaughan, will elaborate on how his career has informed a commitment to talent - on and behind the camera. Roy will explore the turning point decisions (good and bad) he made during his extensive career, in conversation with ABC’s Phil Craig. How has the world changed for on screen talent (from front-men to brands) and how has it changed for the unsung heroes working on shows (from privileged staffers to vulnerably disposable serfs)? Moderator Phil Craig • Head of Factual, ABC Television Speaker Roy Ackerman • Managing Director, Fresh One Productions, UK

Philanthropic Funding for Social Impact Documentaries 9:30am -10:30am

Ballroom 2 Award winning documentary filmmaker and social impact campaigner Ian Darling from Shark Island Productions will present a master class on new philanthropic funding opportunities for social impact documentaries. Drawing on international case studies and examples from his own outreach and education campaigns, he will explore new directions in this growing space. The master class will showcase some of the best practice audience engagement campaigns and illustrate how this represents an exciting future for documentary filmmakers. Speaker Ian Darling • Executive Director of Shark Island Productions and Shark Island Institute, and Chair of Good Pitch² Australia

SBS: The Full Picture 10:45am - 11:45am

Ballroom 1 Meet the SBS team and hear what the network will be looking for in the upcoming months. What is the charter of Australia’s multicultural public broadcaster and hear how this translates in content requirements. Speakers John Godfrey • Head of Documentaries, SBS Joseph Maxwell • Commissioning Editor - Documentaries, SBS

That’s Entertainment 10:45am - 11:45am

Ballroom 2 Documentary techniques have crossed over into many other genres. In recent years ABC television has produced and commissioned a wide range of programs that could be identified as hybrids. Borrowing from defined genres like documentary, light entertainment, and studio panel shows, a type of program has emerged that is more than the sum of its parts. Join acting Head of Entertainment at ABC Television Sophia Zachariou and program maker Annabel Crabb in a session moderated by MythBusters creator Peter Rees.

The Digital Frontier – SnagFilms 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Fast Forward Predictions - Leila Monks 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Ballroom 2 The prediction is that 2014 is the year that television fully converges onto all platforms. Time shifting through catch-up services has become more rule than exception. Digital strategies are topping the urgency lists of broadcasters. The web is no longer an afterthought, but the main game. In a series of 30 minute sessions, AIDC will explore how far we need to step out of our comfort zone to cross the digital frontier into the WWW. Andrew Mer is Senior Vice President, Acquisitions at pioneering VOD platform SnagFilms. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Leonsis and renowned media executive Rick Allen, SnagFilms is one of the oldest streaming-on-demand platforms around.

Ballroom 2 In these 30 minute sessions specialists give a short-term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will arise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Leila Monks is a well know distribution executive based in the UK. Currently Vice-President Commercial and Current Production at ZigZag Productions, Leila has her ear to the ground when it comes to emerging markets. Hear Leila’s predictions about where to find those lucrative emerging markets for your content in the next years to come.

Moderator Denise Eriksen • Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker Andrew Mer • Senior Vice President Acquisitions, SnagFilms, USA

Turning an Idea into a Show 2:15pm - 3:15pm The Networked Producer: When Smaller is Better 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Moderator Peter Rees • Freelance Production Executive Speakers Sophia Zachariou • Acting Head of Entertainment, ABC Television Annabel Crabb • Program Maker/ Journalist, ABC Television

Ballroom 1 In business texts and commentary, growth is the elixir of business, a close correlate of profit, and almost a synonym for success. So what are we to make of businesses that choose not to grow and to stay small? Are they, by definition, failed or failing businesses or are there particular advantages that explain persistent smallness? In this presentation, drawing on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Screen Producer Survey, explore how smallness may be an advantage for content makers, why it is so characteristic of production companies, and what implications there may be for the screen sector as a whole.

Fast Forward Predictions - Paul Willey 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Ballroom 1 In these 30 minute sessions specialists give a short term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will arise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Paul Willey, General Manager at Soundfirm, predicts innovations and broadcast delivery requirement changes that will affect budgets and workflows in the years to come.

Speaker David Court • Head of Screen Business, AFTRS

Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Paul Willey • General Manager, Soundfirm coFeRence SeSSIonS

Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Leila Monks • Vice-President Commercial and Current Production, Zig Zag Productions, UK

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Ballroom 1 Watch a show being developed before you’re very eyes, you may get to vote, you may get to play a broadcaster, you just may get an idea. Moderator Stuart Menzies • Head of TV Content and Creative Development, ABC Television Speakers Karina Holden • Head of Production and Development, Northern Pictures Peter Rees • Freelance Production Executive

Changing the Landscape: Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Ballroom 2 Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday, was a daily 15-minute series produced and directed by the Indigenous production sector from remote, regional locations by emerging program makers. The series was the successful product of NITV’s bold commissioning strategy, to open the commissioning slate to new and exciting talent within a six month span, which resulted in 112 documentaries, as well as 14 episodes of an Arts and Culture show with 12 reporters across the country feeding

conference sessions into a fortnightly show on Friday nights. Fueled by the desire to broadcast stories from regional and remote areas, and the need to develop Indigenous program makers, the creation of the series provided a great platform for a nation wide development initiative for Indigenous talent. Pauline Clague, Commissioning Editor and Executive Producer of the series explains the mechanics, the successes, the surprises and the hurdles behind the series. She will also look ahead and explain what the channel will be looking for in Season 2 of Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday. Speakers Pauline Clague • Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV Tanya Denning • Channel Manager, NITV

Case Study: The Tipping Points: Factual Series for a Global Market 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Ballroom 1 This session is about how to work outside of the traditional model and find partners abroad to make programming on a global scale. Unboxed Media spent 16 months producing the groundbreaking series on climate science, The Tipping Points. The series launched at Climate Week and has already premiered in over ten countries in four languages and on NITV in March. The Project was funded via a combinationof presales, licence fees, grants, equity and tax offset and filmed across remote locations including Alaska, Greenland, Amazon, Africa, India/Himalayas, Australia and Pacific. Speakers Liz Courtney • CEO & Series Director, Unboxed Media Veronica Sive • Producer, SunJive Studios & Unboxed Media

Branded Content and Product Placement 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Ballroom 2 Television has always been an important tool in the brand builder’s toolbox. Advertising revenue on linear channels has been the bread and butter of the television industry since its inception. Now that television content is viewed across platforms, audience behaviour has changed, ads are skipped, and time-shifting is the norm. As a result, advertising is moving in to the programs themselves.

Hear from product placement specialist Michael Byers on how producers can take advantage of this trend.

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Speaker Michael Byers • Managing Director, Showbrands

Master Class: Alex Gibney 9:30am - 10:30am

Ballroom 1 Alex Gibney is one of the most prolific filmmakers of the moment. He releases two to three films annually. He is the master of investigative documentary. His breakthrough film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, is one of the most watched documentaries of all times. DocWeek is celebrating Alex’s work with the screening of nine of his films. In this session Greg Sanderson, BBC Commissioning Editor, will interview Alex about his work, interests and methods. *Note: this session will be conducted via a video connection with New York.

Master Class: The Journey of a Music Cue: From Conception to Completion 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Ballroom 1 Step inside the timeline of a musical cue. Find out how composer Caitlin Yeo crafts and creates a music cue from its initial idea to where it finally lands in the film. This master class will give you a front row seat on how a composer treats musical dramaturgy to craft and create the music for a scene, give you insight on some of the best ways to work with a composer, and the musical dramaturgy for a scene.

Moderator Greg Sanderson • Commissioning Editor - Arts, Music and Events, BBC Television Speaker Alex Gibney • President, Jigsaw Productions

Speaker Caitlin Yeo • Screen Composer

Master Class: Jerry Piasecki - Finding the Story 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Ballroom 2 Documentary making is an interactive process. To document life, a filmmaker reacts to the environment, the circumstance, the people…. to life. A documentary filmmaker is a codirector, a role that is shared with life itself. In traditional documentary, the interactivity of the making process doesn’t translate into a similar viewing experience. Interactive documentaries can offer an experience that emulates the making process and shares the filmmaking adventure with the viewer. There are many different ways interactivity can be achieved. In this session John MacFarlane, curator of DocWeek Interactive, showcases creative solutions for interactive experiences in documentary viewing. Some of the creatives behind the DocWeek Interactive projects will also join John on the panel. Moderator John MacFarlane • Producer/Journalist – Insight, SBS Speakers Ben Pederick • Director, Ringbalin Riverstories Jeremy Mendes • Creator & Producer, The Last Hunt Kylie Boltin • Senior Content Producer, SBS

NITV – What Lies Ahead 10:45am - 11:45am

Ballroom 2 Jerry Piasecki is a humanitarian storyteller and award-winning international journalist. He travels to communities in order to hear, and then to share the stories of the people with their sisters and brothers around the world. This humanitarian narrative is presented in the form of novels. The stories in the novels are factual, the methods used for securing access and gathering the trust of the community are similar to the methods of documentary filmmakers. Hear Jerry explain his processes, his goals, share his experiences, and demonstrate the value of getting stories told. Jerry is a published author through the United Nations, Bantam Doubleday Dell and others, the founder of the Global Peace School Program, partner in AIRtime (Authors in Residence) and Advisor to Global Communities for Peace.

Ballroom 1 NITV has its first year on Free To Air Television at SBS under the belt. Hear from the team what the successes are, and how the channel is carving out its place in the national broadcast landscape. Speakers Pauline Clague • Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV Tanya Denning • Channel Manager, NITV

Speaker Jerry Piasecki • Author/Journalist, USA

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DocWeek Interactive 10:45am - 11:45am

The Digital Frontier – TENplay 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Ballroom 1 The prediction is that 2014 is the year that television fully converges onto all platforms. Time shifting through catch-up services has become more rule than exception. Digital strategies are topping the urgency lists of broadcasters. The web is no longer an afterthought, but the main game. In a series of 30 minute sessions, AIDC will explore how far we need to step out of our comfort zone to cross the digital frontier into the WWW. Rebekah Horne started last year at Network Ten as Chief Digital Officer and is the driving force behind TENplay, the commercial network’s catch-up platform that is rapidly growing in audience reach and platform diversity. Moderator Denise Eriksen • Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Speaker Rebekah Horne • Chief Digital Officer, Network Ten

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ConFerenCe SeSSIonS Fast Forward Predictions - Lori Flekser 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Ballroom 2 In these 30 minute sessions specialists give a short-term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will arise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Lori Flekser, General Manager of the Motion Picture Distributors Association Australia (MPDAA) and Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF) will discuss the role intellectual property theft through content piracy might have on production businesses in the near future. Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Lori Flekser • General Manager MPDAA & Executive Director IPAF

The Digital Frontier XL: Key Address by Chris Adams 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Ballroom 1 Media pioneer Chris Adams has spent a good few decades surfing the first waves of the Internet boom. He was Jeff Skoll’s Chief Visionary Officer at Participant Media, and held senior development positions at Facebook, Amazon and HBO. With a background in film production and online strategies, Chris’ focus is all about how to make content work on the Internet. In his current role as Global CEO of Spondo.com, Chris is on a mission to combine content rights holders and audience owners to successfully monetise content and build audience reach. Chris will discuss how producers can survive in an online environment dominated by big brands and the absence of government enforced content quotas. Speaker Chris Adams • Media Pioneer and Global CEO, Spondo.com

To make Aim High! Anna got up close and personal with North Korea’s top movie stars, directors, composers and DOPs, discovering an unexpected truth: filmmakers, no matter where they live, are family. This panel reveals some astonishing new facts about North Korea, that we never see on the news feeds.

Fast Forward Predictions Michele Schofield 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Ballroom 2 In these 30 minute sessions specialists give a short-term prediction of challenges and opportunities that will arise within their field of expertise and how these will affect the production industry. Michele Schofield is Senior Vice President of Programing and Marketing for A+E Networks All Asia. If anybody knows Asian audiences, it is Michelle. Hear what the future trends and content tastes will be like in this large emerging market.

Moderator Nick Torrens • Owner/Director, Nick Torrens Films Speakers Anna Broinowski • Director, Unicorn Films Lizzette Atkins • Producer, Unicorn Films

Moderator Sandy George • Film Presenter, SBS; Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com Speaker Michele Schofield • Senior Vice President Programming and Marketing, A+E Networks All Asia, Singapore

Case Study: A Delicate Balance - the Making of Outback Coroner 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Ballroom 1 Outback Coroner is an 8-part series for Foxtel, produced by Screentime in association with Evershine, Network Foxtel CI Investors, ScreenAustralia, Foxtel and Cineflix (distributor). The Coroners were concerned that the jurisdiction was in no way harmed. The families of the recently bereaved needed to be convinced to be involved. Police and Attorneys General all had to be persuaded and contracts negotiated that reflected significant undertakings. These sensitivities and concerns needed to be balanced with the demands of commercial television. The aim was to explore the jurisdiction through the eyes of the Coroners but with the emotions and needs of the families seeking answers to unexplained deaths kept in the forefront. Making the series was a tightrope walk. The team behind the series discusses the issues of access and permissions required to commence production, craft the format and deliver the series.

Shooting North Korea: The Making of Aim High in Creation! 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Ballroom 2 To make her feature documentary on North Korean propaganda cinema, Anna Broinowski (Forbidden Lie$) travelled to Pyongyang - for two access-all-areas shoots. How do you get a media visa to the most isolated nation on earth? What is it like making a film in a country that has been sealed off from the outside world since 1953, and still shoots on celluloid with no sync sound? How do you interview people who have never heard of Stanley Kubrik, Instagram, Kim Kardashian and reality TV, let alone the Internet? How do you protect your rushes in a place that once kidnapped a South Korean director to improve its movies, and sends foreigners back to China, for framing a portrait of Kim Jong Un the wrong way? What was it like to be cast as an ‘evil American lady’ in a military thriller shot by North Korea’s Oliver Stone, Mr Ri Kwan Am, then sacked for bad acting? What did Anna and her collaborators, producer Lizzette Atkins and DOP Nicola Daley, have to do to get their rushes back out?

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Speakers Helen Barrow • Executive Producer/ Series Producer, Evershine Hugh Piper • Series Director/Writer, Evershine

Independent Social Impact Documentary Filmmaking from A to Z 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Ballroom 2 With greater access to filmmaking tools and new digital platforms, more and more social change documentaries are being produced. In tandem new approaches to create impact and engage audiences have seen the development of the role of impact producers. As a Churchill Fellowship recipient Alex Kelly interviewed 65 filmmakers in the USA, Canada and the UK in 2013 to explore their social impact campaign and evaluation strategies. She shares those ideas using specific international case studies. Using the example of a self-funded and distributed Australian documentary, Mary Meets Mohammad, filmmaker Heather Kirkpatrick will share strategies she used to achieve theatrical release in 2013, extensive community screenings in more than 170 Australian locations creating a significant social impact. Mary Meets Mohammad was a 2013 Walkley Award Finalist, returned $151k in the box office and maximised the benefits of social media as a major marketing platform. Speakers Alex Kelly • National Producer/Impact Producer, Big hART Heather Kirkpatrick • Director & Producer - Waratah Films

The Missing Picture – Creative Problem Solving for Filmmakers 4:15pm – 5:15pm

Ballroom 1 Taking as its premise the top 3 issues that get in the way of good story telling: ineffective beginnings and endings and narratives that fail to sustain and build cohesively - Greg Sanderson and Mandy Chang will explore some creative solutions to common problems. To illustrate the discussion they’ll be showing some great examples of openings and conclusions, as well as some ingenious narrative devices used by filmmakers to tell their stories in powerful ways. Speakers Mandy Chang • Commissioning Editor Arts, ABC Television Greg Sanderson • Commissioning Editor Arts, BBC

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stePHen LAMBert chairman, all3 Media america, usa & chief executive, studio lambert, uk

Stephen Lambert is chairman of All3Media America, the Los Angeles-based production hub for the All3Media Group, the largest group of independent production companies in the UK, Germany and New Zealand. He is also chief executive of Studio Lambert, one the companies in the All3Media group. He is one of Britain’s best known creative television executives, responsible for creating documentary format hits such as Undercover Boss, Wife Swap, Secret Millionaire, Gogglebox, Four in a Bed, Perfect Match and Faking It.

and the way we live in it. In 2013, he received the C21/FRAPA Gold Medal at MIP in recognition of his outstanding achievement and contribution to the international formats business.

His programs have won many awards, including more than half a dozen BAFTA awards, the Rose d’or of Montreaux (Europe’s top entertainment award) and both Primetime and International Emmys. In 2010, The Huffington Post selected Lambert as one its Game Changers - 100 innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world

Prior to launching Studio Lambert, he was the chief creative officer of the RDF Media Group. He began his career at the BBC in 1983 where he worked for fifteen years making documentary films and series all over the world.

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Lambert is the founder of Studio Lambert, which he launched in 2008 with All3Media’s support, and the company has since created and produced more than twenty series on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Primetime Emmy awardwinning worldwide hit Undercover Boss, which was the #1 new show of the 2009-10 season and the highest rated reality premiere of all time.

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roy ackerman

chris adams

jakeb anhvu

Managing Director • Fresh One Productions UK Roy Ackerman is Managing Director of Fresh One Productions, founded by global campaigning chef Jamie Oliver. Recent successes include Sound of Musicals, Streetdance (C4), The Sound & The Fury (BBC), The Men Who Made us Fat/Thin/Buy (BBC). He has brought stellar talent to Fresh One such as Idris Elba (How Clubbing/Hip Hop Changed the World), Jonathan Dimbleby (African/South American Journeys, The Road to El Alamein), Cheryl Cole, 50 Cent, Oliver Stone, Jesse Jackson, Cherie Blair and Daley Thompson. Other credits include Dream School (Sundance) and Emmy-winner Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (ABC). In scripted, Spies of Warsaw with David Tenant and BAFTA nominated Mrs Mandela. His documentary hit includes Sundance winner and Oscar shortlisted The House I Live In.

CEO & Executive Director • Spondo.com AUstrAliA Widely considered a new media pioneer, having started his career in entertainment business development for Amazon, Chris then worked with eBay’s Jeff Skoll, helping to build Participant Media which won Academy Awards with An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night, And Good Luck and Syriana. In 2006, Chris joined Facebook, working with the company from its early days as a college site into the global giant it has become. He has also helped build Glam TV for Glam Media, consulted to HBO and Comcast Cable & Interactive and is a published children’s book author and a frequent keynote speaker at major industry conferences. Chris earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Denver, a MA from USC’s School of Film and TV and completed his MFA/PhD from USC’s School of Professional Writing.

Director • Blush of Fruit AUstrAliA Jakeb Anhvu is a graduate of The Victorian College of the Arts and has his Masters in Documentary. His short films include The Betel Tree (2005) and The Marshall Cooking Show (2004). Blush of Fruit is his documentary debut. His inspiration comes from listening to stories passed down from local communities.

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lizzette atkins Producer • Unicorn Films Pty Ltd AUstrAliA Lizzette has her own independent film company and develops and produces documentaries, feature dramas, and TV series. www.unicornfilms.com.au

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helen barrow

arul baskaran

kylie boltin

nick bolton

Producer/Director • Evershine AUstrAliA Helen Barrow has worked as an independent documentary maker for the last 20 years. In conjunction with partner Hugh Piper they run Evershine, producing and directing commissioned programing for broadcast. Helen’s documentaries have been screened both nationally and internationally on free to air and cable networks. Since 2012 Evershine in association with Screentime has produced an 8 part documentary series Outback Coroner for Foxtel CI Australia with international distribution by Cineflex. Evershine’s other recent titles include: Mr Sin - The Abe Saffron Story (ABC TV), Operation Babylift (SBS), Hired Assassins - Political Cartooning in Australia (ABC TV), The Post (ABC TV), Kick Fighters (National Geographic Asia) and Crime Scene Bangkok (National Geographic Asia).

Controller Multiplatform • ABC Television AUstrAliA Arul Baskaran heads the Multiplatform Production department within ABC TV. Arul is responsible for ABC TV’s vision, strategy and execution around four areas: Internet broadcasting, online content, development of new services, tools and applications, and social media and communities around ABC TV content. Arul is responsible for iview – ABC’s industry leading on-demand television service, now available on 15 platforms. Prior to joining the ABC, Arul worked in New York and in Europe for digital agencies with a focus on broadband services and the intersection of television and the internet.

Senior Content Producer • SBS AUstrAliA As part of the team at SBS Online, Kylie is responsible for producing a wide slate of projects including standalone interactives and cross platform projects, developed in close collaboration with the TV commissioning team and independent film and TV professionals. For the multiple AIMIA nominated Cronulla Riots: The Day that Shocked the Nation, Kylie commissioned and produced in excess of 150 pieces of multimedia content from Australian content creators including video, creative writing and journalism, photo galleries and audio.

Founder • Ten Alphas AUstrAliA Nick Bolton is an award winning all-media producer, actor and director telling stories in film and theatre. Nick is a strategic thinker in the digital and online video space, consulting for corporate and government organisations, with an entrepreneurial nature and proven business management experience.

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anna broinowski

anita brown

michael byers

mandy chang

Director • Unicorn Films AustrAliA Anna Broinowski is a writer/director/ producer. Her films Forbidden Lie$, Helen’s War, Sexing the Label and Hell Bento!! were all released theatrically and sold internationally. Awards include 3 AFIs, the Rome Film Festival Cult Prize, Best Director at Films De Femmes, a Walkley award, 2 Australian Film Critics’ Awards, the NSW Premier’s literary prize, and the Writer’s Guild of America (East and West) Best Non-fiction Screenplay. Anna’s latest feature is Aim High in Creation!, about the propaganda cinema of North Korea. The film just premiered at IDFA. Drinking the Koolaid, about Anna’s adventures in North Korea, will be published by Penguin Books in 2014.

Commissioning Editor • ABC AustrAliA Anita was a newspaper journalist in the UK before moving into television where she spent 11 years making documentaries, factual entertainment and reality programmes for ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Channel 5. She has been in Australia for 7 years producing shows for the commercial networks before moving to the ABC as Commissioning Editor for Factual Entertainment 20 months ago. Programmes include Race to London, Wild Life at the Zoo on ABC1 as well as shows such as Croc College, Boomtown and Vet School and a new series for ABC2 entitled Head First.

Managing Director • Showbrands AustrAliA Michael Byers is Managing Director of Showbrands. An expert in cross platform media, Michael draws on over two decades of professional industry experience with blue chip clients including McDonalds, Optus, Caltex and Nokia. His knowledge brings a unique approach and unrivalled insight to branded content and product placement. His skills and position as an industry leader have been recognised internationally, with affiliations in the US and UK. A regular contributor and blogger for the Marketing Magazine, Michael is also author of the Australian Product Placement Handbook.

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Commissioning Editor - Arts • ABC AustrAliA Mandy Chang is ABC TV’s Arts Commissioning Editor. Since joining the ABC Mandy has exec produced several programs including The Art of Australia, Comic Book Heroes and The Dream of Perfection/Autopsy on a Dream plus the upcoming Hannah Gadsby’s Oz and Art & Soul II. Mandy is an award-winning producer/ director, has worked with a number of high profile presenters including art critic Robert Hughes and has a successful track record in developing projects from scratch and making visually arresting, intelligent films. Her feature documentary The Mona Lisa Curse (Channel 4) won a Rose d’Or, Grierson and Emmy Award and The Camera that Changed the World (BBC) has screened at festivals worldwide. Mandy is a regular judge for the Grierson, Emmy and London Film Festival Awards.

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jo chichester

pauline clague

jennifer coombes

david court

Executive Producer - Arts • ABC AustrAliA Jo Chichester is an Executive Producer in ABC TV Arts working across a range of programs including At The Movies, The Book Club, Jennifer Byrne Presents, Exhumed and Sunday Arts Up Late. Her documentary slate includes Outback Choir, Brilliant Creatures: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob, The Sharp Edge: The Art of Martin Sharp, Polly Borland: Polymorphous, George Gittoes: War Paint & Robyn Beeche: A Life Exposed. Jo was Series Producer of Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb and has worked on a range of TV shows in arts, comedy and entertainment including Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey, Artscape, Art Nation, Memphis Trousers with HG & Roy and Mondo Thingo.

Senior Commissioning Editor • NITV AustrAliA Pauline Clague is from the Yaegl nation of Far North Coast of NSW. She entered the industry via a television introduction course at the Australian Film and Television Radio School (AFTRS) in 1994 and was part of the inaugural Indigenous Drama Initiative, From Sand to Celluloid‚ producing Round Up by Rima Tamou and, since then, has produced 22 short films and various documentaries. Pauline runs her company Core Films with fellow filmmaker Rima Tamou as the other key creative, on dramas such as Saturday Night. Pauline was the Indigenous training officer at AFTRS from 2009 - 2013, developing 39 courses around Australia and training around 650 Indigenous people in Film Television and Radio. During this time she was also a board member for Arts Law Centre of Australia and is a strong advocate for ATSI Artists.

Curator • National Film and Sound Archive AustrAliA Jennifer Coombes is a curator with Film, Documents and Artefacts at the National Film and Sound Archive. She has previously worked at the Australian War Memorial and the National Gallery of Australia in curatorial, collection management and access/exhibition roles and completed a Master of Arts (Museums and Collections) at the Australian National University in 2012.

Head of Screen Business • AFTRS AustrAliA David Court is the founding Head of the AFTRS Centre for Screen Business. David is an experienced industry practitioner who has been involved in the financing of more than a dozen film and television productions (including Strictly Ballroom, The Bank and the IMAX film Antarctica). He was the publisher of the authoritative industry newsletter Entertainment Business Review. With KPMG, he conducted the feasibility study that led to the development of Fox Studios at the Sydney Showgrounds. As author of Film Assistance: Future Options (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986), he was the policy architect of the Film Finance Corporation, established by the Australian Government in 1988.

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liz courtney

annabel crabb

phil craig

marshall curry

CEO & Series Director • Unboxed Media Australia AustrAliA Liz Courtney moved careers 10 years ago from brand strategy and marketing to film making and ultimately writing and directing. Liz has made over 40 factual documentaries over the last 10 years, and found her passion in science/environmental and sustainable sectors after directing a youth film for Nickelodeon in Antarctica in 2010 titled Cool School Antarctica. Over the last 16 months she has written and directed a global series The Tipping Points working with 8 broadcasters, in multiple versions, and languages that has taken her from the Amazon Rainforest, dog sledding to the edge of the Arctic sea-ice, to trekking across the Greenland Ice-sheet, in search of answers to our changing climate system.

Program Maker/Journalist • ABC Television AustrAliA One of Australia’s most popular political commentators, Annabel Crabb is the ABC’s chief online political writer. Annabel has worked extensively in newspapers, radio and television as a political commentator and has established a regular live Twittercast of parliamentary question time (@ CrabbTwitsard), as well as regular commentary at @annabelcrabb.

Head of Factual • ABC Television AustrAliA Phil Craig is an accomplished producer and writer. He progressed via British current affairs series World in Action and Panorama to produce a range of films and series including complex international co-productions. Mainstream hits like Live Aid Remembered, Geldof in Africa and Catherine the Great; primetime history such as Finest Hour, and Diana, Story of a Princess; and the quirky nostalgia of Jackie Magazine and Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask. In Australia Phil has exec produced and co-written Skippy, Australia’s First Superstar, Great Escape: The Reckoning, Surviving Mumbai, Bomb Bali, and the ABC’s upcoming Desert War. Phil recently worked at Nutopia producing factual series including The 80s, the Decade That Made Us and making specials including Adrift and Targeting Bin Laden.

Director • Marshall Curry Productions usA Marshall Curry got his start shooting, directing, and editing the documentary Street Fight which follows Cory Booker’s first run for mayor of Newark, NJ. It aired on PBS, the BBC, HBO Latin America, and numerous other stations around the world, and was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy. After Street Fight, Curry was the Director and Producer of the documentary Racing Dreams, which follows three children who dream of racing in NASCAR. The film won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. Curry’s latest documentary, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Director, Editor, Writer,) follows a radical environmentalist who faced life in prison for burning two Oregon timber facilities. It won the Sundance Film Festival award for Best Documentary Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award.

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ian darling

tanya denning

ruari elkington

denise eriksen

Executive Director • Shark Island Productions AustrAliA Ian Darling is Executive Director of Shark Island Productions and Shark Island Institute, and Chair of Good Pitch²Australia. He is an AFI award winning documentary filmmaker. His director and producer credits include Stories from the Inside, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, The Oasis, Polly and Me, Alone Across Australia and Woodstock for Capitalists. He is currently directing and producing Our Little Garden, and in development with Asylum. Ian Darling is a Member of Impact Partners in New York. He is a Patron of the Human Rights Arts Film Festival, Ambassador of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival, and the founder and Patron of the Documentary Australia Foundation (recipient of the Stanley Hawes Award in 2013). He is also Chair of The Caledonia Foundation. www.sharkisland.com.au

Channel Manager • NITV AustrAliA Tanya Denning is a proud Birri woman from central Queensland and has worked in the media industry for more than a decade in fields spanning from community broadcasting and journalism to Executive Television Production as in now the Channel Manager of NITV. In 2007 Tanya joined NITV as one of its first Commissioning Editors where she executive produced a range of programs from a variety of genres, including children’s and music to sport and entertainment programming. In 2009 Tanya become the Channel’s Head of Content Management, and Director of Content in 2010. Since NITV’s amalgamation into SBS, Tanya has shown true leadership and dedication as NITV’s Channel Manager.

Distribution Consultant/Researcher • Antidote Films/ Queensland University of Technology AustrAliA Ruari has worked with distributor Gil Scrine Films since 2009 including the company’s evolution into Antidote Films. This work included acquisitions for the VoD platform beamafilm and the not-for-profit theatrical distributor, Cinema Ventures. With a focus on documentary and the education market Ruari now consults in acquisition/distribution for Antidote Films and others while completing his PhD at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology.

Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment • Keshet Australia AustrAliA Denise Eriksen is currently working for Keshet Australia, helping to establish their format business. Previously she was Head, Current Affairs, ABC TV, Head Production and Development, SBS, Head, Factual at ABC and an Executive Producer in Australia and in the UK. She also works for AFTRS, MCing TV Talks, running courses and has co-edited a Lumina Journal. She recently took a year’s break from Television to work in catering - making cakes and desserts for TV productions such as The Voice, Biggest Loser and Masterchef.

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richard finlayson

lori flekser

Director of Television • ABC Television AUStrAliA Richard Finlayson joined the ABC as Director of Television in 2013. He has worked in media since 1985, beginning his career as a print journalist in regional NSW. He has built and sold his own successful media and TV production business, and worked for some years in subscription television. In 2009 he became Chief Operating Officer at SBS. In his time at SBS Richard significantly increased commercial revenue, led its growing subscription TV business and spearheaded the network’s expansion onto emerging digital platforms.

General Manager • MPDAA AUStrAliA Lori is the General Manager of the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) representing the interests of the 6 major distributors in Australia: Paramount, Universal, Sony, Warners, 20th Century Fox and Disney. She is also the Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF), a NFP committed to raising awareness of the value of content and the impact of piracy. Lori started in the film/TV industry in 1982 and has worked on over 100 documentaries, feature films and training programs. She spent 7 years at the Australian Film Commission/ Screen Australia as a Project Manager, Head of Development and acting Head of Marketing. Lori is a passionate advocate of increasing the knowledge, skills and professionalism of Australian documentary practitioners.

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sandy george Film Presenter • SBS, Australian Correspondent, Screen International & screendaily.com AUStrAliA Sandy George presents films on SBS One and, as a journalist, has tracked the Australian film and television industry for more than 20 years. She is a long-time correspondent for the London-based magazine Screen International and online news feed www.screendaily.com, writes for many outlets including sbs.com.au/film, and has been editor of Australian trade magazine Encore and film writer for the The Australian newspaper. She regularly lectures on film, judges films and hosts panels and Q&As about film.

alex gibney President • Jigsaw Productions USA Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, known for his gripping, deeply insightful documentaries, is one of the most accomplished non-fiction filmmakers working today. His 2008 film, Taxi to The Dark Side, received an Oscar for Best Feature-Length Documentary and a Best Director nomination from the Director’s Guild of America. Alex received another Academy Award nomination in 2006 for Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God, was shortlisted for a 2013 Academy Award and won three Primetime 2013 Emmy Awards. Alex’s latest film, The Armstrong Lie, for Sony Pictures Classics, debuted at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. He is also currently producing a four-hour documentary about Frank Sinatra for HBO. Gibney is represented by ICM and Chelsea Pictures. www.jigsawprods.com

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fiona gilroy

john godfrey

chris hilton

karina holden

Content Sales and Acquisitions Director • Flame Distribution AUStrAliA Beginning at Film Australia in 1989, Fiona built strong relationships with the independent production sector and content buyers. As Content Sales Manager at SBS, Fiona worked with producers writing marketing plans and sales projections and helped secure presales and other market interest. Establishing her consultancy business Fi’sAbility in 2009, Fiona worked with producers to maximise the commercial opportunities for their content and explore new business opportunities. Now working as the Content Sales and Acquisitions Manager at Flame Distribution, Fiona and her team represent both in-house productions and factual content from independent producers into all markets worldwide.

Head of Documentaries • SBS AUStrAliA John worked for 10 years in the UK series /exec producing a range of factual programming across a range of genres for Channel 4 and BBC2. His career in the UK included the ground breaking Channel 4 series Eurotrash. He has been in Australia for 10 years, and has produced everything from documentary to popular culture series (SBS and Discovery). Most recently, he worked at Becker Entertainment as Head of Development and Executive Producer. He has been SBS Commissioning Editor of Documentaries since July 2008, and his commissions include Who Do You think You Are? (Series 3 and 4) and The Tall Man. Now Head of Documentaries, John is responsible for the whole documentary slate, and in particular looks after Indigenous and contemporary documentaries including Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta and Go Back To Where You Came From. www.sbs.com.au

CEO/Executive Producer • Essential Media and Entertainment AUStrAliA Chris Hilton is one of Australia’s most prolific and award winning factual producer/directors who has made films across a broad spectrum of subjects for the world’s major broadcasters. Chris has executive produced or produced over 200 hours of quality documentary for broadcasters such as PBS, BBC, Channel Four, Discovery, National Geographic and Arte as well as all Australian networks. His programs have won major awards in Australia including Walkley and Logie awards. Recent productions include: Miracle on Everest, The Colony, Policing the Pacific, The Floating Brothel, Ten Pound Poms, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Scorched, Solo, Voyage to the Planets, Seduction in the City (Au Bonheur des Dames) The Grammar of Happiness and Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide.

Head of Production and Development • Northern Pictures AUStrAliA Karina has a dynamic track record working in both the independent sector as head of production, creative producer and writer/director, as well as within the national broadcaster as Commissioning Editor for ABC TV. She has been a key creative and executive on break out series such as Go Back to Where You Came From, Redesign My Brain, Australia: the Time Traveller’s Guide, First Footprints, Making Couples Happy, Kakadu and Life on the Reef. In July 2013, Karina joined Northern Pictures as Head of Production and Development. With the company’s expansion as super indie, with offices in Singapore, Beijing, New Zealand and Washington, her role is now to drive blue chip programming for the international marketplace.

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Chief Digital Officer • Network Ten AUstrAliA Rebekah Horne joined Network Ten as Chief Digital Officer in January 2013, and is responsible for developing Network Ten’s digital media strategy. Prior to her appointment, Rebekah was CEO of TopFloor.com. Before joining TopFloor.com, Rebekah was Chief Digital Officer at DMG Radio Australia. Other previous roles include Australasian, then International, Managing Director of Fox Interactive Media (in the International role she managed 26 territories) and a senior content and commerce position at Optus.

Head of Business Affairs • SBS AUstrAliA Chris heads up the business affairs team responsible for negotiating and contracting film, television and online deals on behalf of SBS’ commissioning, content sales and distribution units. He has been working as a lawyer since 1997, starting his career as a litigator and has been working exclusively in the film and television industries for more than 10 years. This is Chris’ second stint in Australia, having worked with Lloyd Hart Entertainment Lawyers until 2003. Chris returned to Sydney in 2007, joining SBS as a Senior Lawyer in its in-house legal team. In 2008 he made the short move from legal to business affairs and has overseen the contracting of shows including Go Back to Where You Came From, Top Gear, RocKwiz, Who Do You Think You Are? and East West 101 to name a few.

National Producer/Impact Producer • Big hART AUstrAliA Alex Kelly is an Alice Springs filmmaker and producer with a keen interest in social justice. Alex is big hART’s National Producer, initially joining the company in 2004 and working as Creative Producer of Ngapartji Ngapartji 2005-2010. Alex is also Impact Producer on Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein’s forthcoming film and book project The Message. Alex has worked on a range of roles on documentary films including producing Nothing Rhymes With Ngapartji and directing Queen of the Desert. In 2009 Alex was awarded the Australia Council for the Arts Kirk Robson Award and in 2011 the Screen Territory Bob Plasto Award. In 2013 Alex undertook a Churchill Fellowship looking at models for social change documentary impact and engagement in UK, Canada and USA. She blogs at echotango.org www.bighart.org

Director & Producer • Waratah Films AUstrAliA Heather Kirkpatrick is a filmmaker, journalist and outdoor instructor who has led remote expeditions on every continent, taught survival skills in Antarctica and worked as a logistician on international disasters. Heather directed, produced and self-distributed within Australia, her debut film Mary Meets Mohammad over the last three years. She became a 2013 Walkley Award Finalist, an F4 Outstanding Documentary Talent Award Finalist at AIDC 2013 and received an Australia Day Council Award for Muslim and Non Muslim Understanding. Mary Meets Mohammad had a limited yet strong Australian theatrical season with Palace and other cinemas, ranking 15th in the box office of all Australian films in 2013, and screening in more than 180 Australian locations. A short version screened on ABC’s Compass program.

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Curator • National Film and Sound Archive of Australia AUstrAliA Gayle is a Sydney based Curator in the Film Documents and Artefacts team at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Gayle has extensive experience in the exhibition, distribution and cultural sectors of the film industry and was the Sydney Film Festival Director 1999 to 2004.

Producer/Journalist, Insight • SBS AUstrAliA John MacFarlane is a producer for Insight, SBS’s forum for debate and powerful first-person stories. He has produced and commissioned award-winning cross-platform and interactive projects for SBS and elsewhere. He has international experience in print, radio and television journalism, documentary, interactive design & production, and media theory.

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Producer • Marshall Curry Productions UsA Elizabeth Martin is a Producer of Run and Gun, a documentary feature about a young American who left his hometown of Baltimore, MD to join the Libyan rebels in the fight against Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a camera in the other, he participated in -and documented- the war, until he was captured and held in solitary confinement for six months. Though Elizabeth has worked with Academy Award-nominated Director Marshall Curry this is the first film that Elizabeth will be producing. Previously, Elizabeth founded and served as Executive Director of Womenslaw.org, a nonprofit organization providing legal information and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault throughout the United States. In this capacity, Elizabeth received the Peace Award from the Sunshine Lady Foundation.

CEO • Screen Australia AUstrAliA Graeme Mason commenced as CEO of Screen Australia on 11 November 2013. Graeme previously worked in both factual and entertainment TV programming in his native Australia before moving to the UK. In Britain he worked across all aspects of film production, sales and acquisitions and distribution for companies such as Manifesto and Polygram Filmed Entertainment. From 1998 to 2002 he was president of worldwide acquisitions for Universal Studios. He then joined Channel 4 Television as head of media projects and later as managing director of rights before moving to New Zealand to lead the New Zealand Film Commission from 2009 to 2013.

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joseph maxwell Commissioning Editor Documentaries • SBS AUStrAliA Before moving to Australia to take up his role as commissioning editor for SBS, Joseph developed, directed and produced high end, prime time documentaries for most of the major broadcasters in Britain. He also set up his own production company. In Australia his credits as a commissioning editor include Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia and Who Do You Think You Are. He has a series of new international co productions in production, in both science and history. www.sbs.com.au

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stuart menzies

andrew mer

Creator & Producer • The Last Hunt CAnAdA Jeremy Mendes is a Vancouver-based artist with over 10 years experience working on interactive projects. He specializes in art direction, creative direction, design and illustration. His experience spans interactive design, motion design, information design, creative conceptual work, storytelling, brand development and advertising He is currently working on several interactive projects with the National Film Board of Canada. Bear 71 is the 2nd of these projects to be released, following This Land (website). These interactive projects truly capitalize on his collective experience — requiring an understanding of story, culture, art and design. And importantly, how these elements are conveyed through interactive experiences.

Head of TV Content and Creative Development • ABC Television AUStrAliA Stuart Menzies is currently the Head of Content and Creative Development at ABC Television where he is leading the team of genre heads who develop and commission all adult Australian programs for ABC1 and ABC2. Prior to this Stuart was Controller of ABC2 where he was responsible for the channel’s strategic vision, and for all its commissioning and programming. Under Stuart’s watch, the channel experienced significant audience growth, making substantial inroads to establishing a unique character and bringing fresh Australian content to ABC audiences. From 2004 to 2010 Stuart was the Head of Documentaries at ABC TV commissioning over of 200 hours of documentary production across a range of genres including the highest rating Australian documentary ever on ABC TV, the 2007 Logie award-winning Who Killed Dr Bogle. www.abc.net.au

SVP Acquisitions • SnagFilms USA Andrew Mer is SVP Acquisitions for SnagFilms and has been instrumental in building the SnagFilms library of over 5000 documentary and independent fiction films. SnagFilms library consists of single titles from some of the world’s most recognizable and lauded individual filmmakers and producers to multiple titles from many of the most widely known and respected distributors, aggregators, and broadcasters including, eOne, Content Media, KinoLorber, ITVS, Sundance Selects, Lionsgate and National Geographic, and Phase 4 Films. Andrew Mer has been an independent consultant to the film industry in development and acquisitions. His most recent client was AOL where he served as chief acquisitions consultant for AOL True Stories, an all-documentary broadband platform. www.snagfilms.com

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shaun miller

leila monks

helen o’neil

gracie otto

Media and Entertainment Lawyer • Shaun Miller Lawyers AUStrAliA Shaun is the principal of Shaun Miller Lawyers, a sole practice law firm specialising in film and entertainment law. With nearly 15 years experience in the area of film and entertainment law, Shaun has worked on a vast number of feature films, television series, documentaries, animations, short films and new media projects. Recent documentaries that Shaun has done the legals on include Fallout (Lawrence Johnston), Aim High in Creation! (Anna Broinowski) and Big Name, No Blanket (Steven McGregor) Shaun is the Chair of the Board of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Film and Television School Course Advisory Committee. He guest lectures in film and entertainment law at the VCA Film and Television School, and Open Channel, amongst others.

Vice-President Commercial and Current Production • Zig Zag Productions United Kingdom Leila is a commercial and creative factual/non scripted television executive. She has proven skills in raising money for production through original commissions, co-productions, pre-sales and distribution. Specialty territories: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Middle East and Scandinavia. She is an emerging executive producer with credits across a range of genres/ broadcasters. Leila has closed deals well in excess of £4.5 million and is responsible for 14 hours going into production within the last 18 months. Leila was formerly a Director of factual distributor TVF International and credited with growing the company turnover by average of 40% year on year. She was a judge at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Awards in Los Angeles from 2011 to 2013.

Senior Consultant • Contentgroup AUStrAliA Helen O’Neil has worked as arts advocate, manager and director with her most recent project as senior adviser to the Australian Minister for the Arts, working on the Creative Australia policy. She was Executive Director of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Chair of the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, and was a Director of the Film Finance Corporation. She was a journalist for the ABC, later working on subscription TV issues, including the Foxtel start up for News.

Director • The Last Impresario AUStrAliA Gracie is an accomplished Australian filmmaker with substantial credits as a director, writer, editor and actress. Her debut directing feature The Last Impresario premiered at the London Film Festival. Gracie comes from an acting family (father Barry, sister Miranda) and graduated from Sydney Film School in 2006. Her five short films – Seamstress, La Même Nuit, Tango Trois, Broken Beat, Kill Blondes – have won awards and screened internationally. She starred in and edited Three Blind Mice which won the Fipresci Prize at the 2008 London Film Festival. Gracie has two feature dramas in development – Rue de Tournon and Girls In Hotels currently being shot in chapters around the world.

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Julia overton

ben PeDerICK

isabel Perez

Jerry PIASeCKI

Consultant/Producer • JOTZ Productions AUstrAliA Julia Overton works in the screen and cultural production industry. Recent credits include theatrical documentaries The Last Impresario (London 2013), Red Obsession (Berlin, Tribeca. AACTA 2014) and From the Bottom of the Lake for See-Saw Films. From 2001 to 2011 Julia worked with Australia’s national screen agencies assisting filmmakers in the development, financing, production and marketing of their projects. In the last six years of this tenure she specialised in documentary and factual production for broadcast and theatrical release together with policy formulation. Julia has served on the board of AIDC, is an international advisor for Hot Docs Canada and national co-ordinator of Input Public Broadcast television event. She has been on numerous juries and lectures and mentors across many aspects of filmaking. In 2012 Julia was presented with the Stanley Hawes Award.

Director • Ringbalin - River Stories AUstrAliA Ben has produced documentaries on politics and the environment with organisations including National Geographic USA, Radio Free Asia and The Nature Conservancy. In 2009 2010 Ben was Series Director for National Geographic’s first digital expedition, working with Alexandra Cousteau to chronicle water stories internationally. In 2013 he directed Ringbalin, a transmedia documentary about 40000 years of Aboriginal Knowledge, now a finalist at SXSW Interactive 2014. He is a co-founder of award winning Goodmorningbeautiful Films working globally on critical stories. His awards include: the Grand Prix du Bassac, Cambodian Environmental Film Festival (2008), Best Online Journalism, the Society of Environmental Journalism (2009), First Prize, the Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards (2012).

Head of Production • Mindful Media AUstrAliA Isabel Perez, Mindful Media’s Head of Production and Senior Producer for the last 6 years, has 19 year’s film and television experience. She has worked on 25 different films across a variety of genres and media platforms. Isabel has collaborated with a range of acclaimed filmmakers including Gillian Armstrong, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving. She has won many prestigious awards including internationally at Telluride and Palm Springs and locally at Atom and in 2014 an AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program.

Author/Journalist UsA Jerry is the founder of the Global Peace School Program, International Advisor - Global Communities for Peace and AIRtime (Authors in Residence). His novels include Marie – In the Shadow of the Lion, Thomas and Deng – Paradise Burning, Ibrahim and Amal – Dreams and Ashes. . . Dust to Dust plus seven other novels. He is a humanitarian storyteller and peace education curriculum builder, connecting young people in areas of armed or social conflict with their peers worldwide. Jerry has served as United Nations consultant - Children and Armed Conflict, Humanitarian Affairs, Gender Equality Department of Public Information. Jerry is currently launching novels and peace education curriculum and telling the story of Aboriginal young people in collaboration with Global Communities for Peace.

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MicHele SCHoFIeLD

Director • Evershine AUstrAliA Hugh Piper’s recent documentaries as writer director include Outback Coroner a series about the coronial jurisdiction in remote regions of Australia, Dancing With Dictators The Story of the last Foreign Publisher in Burma, Mr Sin – The Abe Saffron Story - a tale of black mail and corruption at the highest level, Cracking the Colour Code, a series looking at the history, anthropology and science of colour, Crime Scene Bangkok about flamboyant pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunan and her quest to reform the Thai forensic system, A Case for the Coroner, a series about the work of the NSW State Coroner, John Abernethy, Happiness about the happiest man alive Tibetan monk Matthieu Ricard and The Post about the reporters on Cambodia’ s leading English language newspaper The Phnom Penh Post.

Freelance Production Executive AUstrAliA Over the last twenty years Peter Rees has forged a reputation for innovative content, new production models and consistent ratings success. Between 2000 and 2006 he created, cast, and executive produced the award winning science television series MythBusters. He guided the show through seventy episodes, twelve specials and onto screens on every continent and in seven languages. Peter has worked in a wide variety of film genres and created, developed, produced, written and directed more than 30 hours of factual programming for international broadcast. He spent a decade in the US including time at National Geographic Television, Discovery Communications and Discovery Channel. Peter is an adventurer and presenter in his own right and has received a number of industry awards and honors including six Emmy nominations.

Commissioning Editor - Arts, Music and Events • BBC Television United Kingdom Greg Sanderson is the BBC’s Commissioning Editor for Arts, Music and Events, responsible for hundreds of hours output across four BBC television channels every year. He works across both live events – including the BBC Proms and Glastonbury festival – and documentaries, whose subjects can range from Josiah Wedgwood to Tubular Bells. Greg joined the BBC in 2006 after a spell in the independent sector working for all the major UK broadcasters subsequently became Executive Producer of the acclaimed Storyville strand where he commissioned the award-winning film The Marathon Boy, amongst others. He then moved to become Editor of the BBC’s The Review Show, before moving to his present role in 2011.

Senior Vice President, Programming & Marketing • A+E Networks Asia singApore Michele oversees the content and brands – across program scheduling, acquisitions, original production commissions, on-air creative, as well as trade, affiliate and consumer marketing – for Lifetime®, HISTORY®, bio.®, H2™ and Crime & Investigation Network®, across a regional footprint of South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Prior to joining A+E Networks Asia in 2007, Michele worked in Hong Kong for Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, where she headed the program scheduling, commissioning and acquisitions for the company’s Asia Pacific networks. She joined the company in 2002 as Program Manager for Cartoon Network Australia/New Zealand held positions with Paramount Pictures, Discovery Networks, and various film and television productions in Los Angeles.

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paul scott

matt scully

katrina sedgwick

veronica sive

CEO, Executive Producer • Mindful Media AustrAliA Paul Scott, the founder, CEO and Executive Producer of Mindful Media, has worked in the industry 29 years. In 2008, Paul set up the Production Company Mindful Media Pty Ltd with the intent of making films that are useful to people as well as entertaining. He has worked as an EP, producer, director or writer on 45-hours of internationally distributed television. Paul’s films have won several awards including an Emmy and a 2014 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program.

Commissioning Editor • ABC Factual AustrAliA Matt Scully was series producer of ABC Science flagship series Catalyst. He worked as producer/director with Film Australia in Canberra and Sydney, and as series producer for Channel Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens. Through several leading production companies, he has produced a wide variety of reality, entertainment, ob doc and art programs including the BBC format Honey, We’re Killing the Kids, Joker Poker, Stuart McGill Uncorked, Lock ‘n’ Load with R. Lee Ermey, and HG Nelson’s Bush Slam which Matt conceived and developed for the ABC.

Producer • SunJive Studios & Unboxed Media AustrAliA Veronica began her career in New York and Los Angeles before moving to Australia. Veronica has produced documentaries and factual series as well as feature films in USA, South Africa and Australia and has led numerous international Film Studio development initiatives.

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Head of Arts • ABC AustrAliA Katrina Sedgwick is the Head of Arts for ABC TV in Australia. Since joining ABC TV Katrina has commissioned a broad slate of arts documentary content including series (The Art of Australia, Brilliant Creatures), one off 60 mins or features (Autopsy on a Dream, Frank Gehry’s Treehouse, Girt By Sea) and half hour docs (Comic Book Heroes, Polly Borland, The A-Z of Contemporary Art). Her previous role was a decade at the helm as the founding Director/CEO of the biennial Adelaide Film Festival, and the AFF Investment Fund which has supported 47 Australian productions encompassing a multi-award winning slate of features, documentaries, shorts, cross platform and installation works. She has an extensive background as a performer, creative producer and festival director.

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adam smith

ricky sutton

nick torrens

andrea ulbrick

Consultant • Film Business Consulting AustrAliA Adam Smith currently operates his own international consultancy providing strategy and business advice and dealmaking services in the global screen industries. For over a decade, until 2011, Adam headed business affairs at the international local film production and acquisition division of one of the world’s leading entertainment companies, Warner Bros. He most recently served as a Senior Vice President and in his time the division released over 350 films throughout the world. Prior to this he worked across all genres in television production with London Weekend Television and Granada Media (now ITV Plc). Adam originally trained as an entertainment attorney in his home country of Australia, holds BA, LLB and MBA degrees and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

Head of Video, IPTV and New Devices • Fairfax Media AustrAliA Ricky Sutton is a career journalist who made a move into digital early. He has now spent 15 years working with and for leading media companies in Australia, the US and the UK including News Corp, Fairfax Media, Microsoft and others. Four years ago, he founded Fairfax’s video on demand network smh.tv and has since worked in the forefront of the VOD industry. .tv is now one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest VOD destinations, available on 16 devices enjoying rights deals with more than 100 content providers including the BBC, Endemol, Fremantle, CNN right down to individual film makers.

Owner/Director • Nick Torrens Films AustrAliA Nick Torrens is one of Australia’s foremost producer-directors of independent, authored documentary. His much-awarded work has screened at major international film festivals, on international television and on all Australian TV networks. They examine the forces that shape the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people in different parts of the world. Torrens is former National Chairman and Founding Committee member of AIDC, Documentary commissioner for SBS, Director of HEADLANDS, Australia’s first National Documentary Ideas Laboratory and has conducted development programs for state and federal film bodies. He has designed and directed courses for AFTRS, taught documentary history and practice, mentored emerging filmmakers and worked to enhance the profile of the documentary form.

Commissioning Editor • ABC Factual AustrAliA Director Andrea Ulbrick is a science specialist who has been working in the media for twenty-four years. A series director, series producer and writer, she was series producer on the new William McInnes birdwatching series Hello Birdy to be screened on the ABC. Previously, she worked on Australia’s highest-rating show Australia’s Got Talent. In 2010, Andrea completed a two-part, long-running, award-winning observational science series investigating child development for the ABC: The Life Series.

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Entertainment & Kids Development Executive • Matchbox Pictures AUstrAliA Kylie works as part of the unscripted team of Matchbox Pictures developing and producing original and formatted programs. Kylie has an extensive background in unscripted television production with notable credits including Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Prank Patrol and I am a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Kylie’s independent documentaries have been screened nationally on ABC, SBS, Discovery and Channel Seven and her short films have been screened around the world.

General Manager • Soundfirm AUstrAliA Paul initially trained as a lawyer before joining one of the UK’s largest Broadcast Post Production Groups, VTR Plc in 2000 (now Prime Focus World). Paul joined Soundfirm as General Manager in 2013. He is responsible for the smooth running and commercial development of their studios in Sydney, Australia: a 16,000 sq ft sound and picture post production facility on the Fox Studios lot. He works closely with Soundfirm’s teams in Melbourne and Beijing to deliver creative and technical solutions to the Feature Film and Broadcast Media markets. Paul also advises clients on post production offsets, deficit funding in post, and International co-productions. He draws together resources and partnerships between London, Mumbai, Beijing, and New York to serve the creative and commercial aspirations of film-makers and producers. www.soundfirm.com

Screen Composer AUstrAliA Caitlin Yeo has composed the music on over 30 film projects including critically acclaimed feature film The Rocket, documentaries Bomb Harvest and Ochre and Ink, and feature film All My Friends are Leaving Brisbane. Since graduating from Screen Composition at AFTRS in 2003, Caitlin has won two APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards (2013 Feature Score of the Year for The Rocket, and 2007 Best Music for a documentary for Bomb Harvest) and received 3 other APRA screen music nominations and an AACTA nomination. In 2011, Caitlin was awarded the prestigious APRA Professional Development Award, which garnered her a spot at the ASCAP Film and TVScoring Workshop in Los Angeles.

Acting Head of Entertainment • ABC Television AUstrAliA Sophia Zachariou is currently Acting Head of Entertainment with ABC. She has developed, managed and launched a number of extremely successful ABC TV programs across all genres of entertainment and comedy from studio based panel shows, observational documentary series, sketch comedy and game shows. Some of Sophia’s career highlights include ratings smash hits such as Gruen Nation/Planet, Kitchen Cabinet, Hamster Decides, The Check Out, The Chaser’s War on Everything, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey, Agony Uncles/ Aunts, Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting, The Agony Of Life, Good Game, The Roast, Hungry Beast, At the Movies, The Book Club and Next Stop Hollywood.

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ASIA PACIFIC new DoCuMentArY ProGrAM the asia Pacific new documentary Program is presented by education Partner flinders university and development Partner abc international, in conjunction with docweek regional Partners organisations.

a selection of australian and asia Pacific up-and-coming filmmakers have been chosen to fly to adelaide to take part in a specialised development workshop program held during docweek. ten directors compete for the 2014 f4 award for outstanding new australian documentary talent, and the asia Pacific new documentary award for outstanding asia Pacific documentary talent.

an international jury of industry professionals will select one winner in each category, basing their selections on how well the director has demonstrated their creative vision through the approach to their subject, camera, and audience.

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DeveLoPMent PArtner as australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary public broadcaster, the australian broadcasting corporation (abc) strives to provide high-quality programming, independent news and information, and content that enriches australian communities. the objectives of its abc international division include sharing australian stories that engage our neighbours in asia and the Pacific region and provide insights into australian life; promote regional dialogue and understanding of australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multicultural society and australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in the region through quality, independent and pluralistic content delivered in relevant ways on relevant platform; interact with our audiences by providing a dynamic place to exchange views and share the best of what australian and the asia Pacific communities have to offer; foster partnerships that promote the exchange of ideas, support business development, extend distribution through syndication and grow revenue.

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Jakeb AnHvu

sunita jArIwALA

nicole o’DonoHue

Australia

Director • Valley Kicks Sunita Jariwala is an Indian Australian filmmaker with a focus on documentary and interactive media. Valley Kicks is her first documentary feature as a director. Her previous experience varied from Additional Cinematographer on Peter Hegedus’ s The Trouble with St Mary’s to editing a feature film Epiphany, short documentaries, site specific films and a video installation for the Queensland Music Festival. As an assistant editor, she worked on a 13part TV series for Canada and the USA called Medicine Woman and an hour long documentary called Silma’ s School. As part of her Masters’ Degree, she worked for award- winning scenographer Suzon Fuks on The Quivering, a play that won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Scenography for Theatre New Form.

Producer • The Last Impresario Nicole O’Donohue is an independent film producer, whose debut feature film Griff The Invisible screened at the Toronto and Berlin film festivals before being released in 2011 in Australia by Transmission/ Paramount, and in North America through Indomina Releasing. Griff also won the 2012 AACTA award for Best Original Screenplay. Prior to Griff, Nicole associate produced the BAFTA award winning TV series Lockie Leonard, line produced feature film Cedar Boys as well as producing various short films including the acclaimed Spider which won an honorable mention at the Sundance Film Festival ‘08. In 2010 Nicole was selected to attend the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam. In 2012 Nicole line produced the new Australian feature film Galore and is currently developing a number of film projects with various writers & directors.

Director • Blush of Fruit Jakeb Anhvu is a graduate of The Victorian College of the Arts and has his Masters in Documentary. His short films include The Betel Tree (2005) and The Marshall Cooking Show (2004). Blush of Fruit is his documentary debut. His inspiration comes from listening to stories passed down from local communities. contact

+ 61 451 003 030 jakeb.anhvu@hotmail.com www.blushoffruit.com Facebook.com/BlushofFruit

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+61 412 901 123 nicole@greenparkpictures.com

gracie otto

clare YounG

PHally nGoeuM

Australia

cambodia

Director • The Last Impresario Gracie is an accomplished Australian filmmaker with substantial credits as a director, writer, editor and actress. Her debut directing feature The Last Impresario premiered at the London Film Festival. Gracie comes from an acting family (father Barry, sister Miranda) and graduated from Sydney Film School in 2006. Her five short films – Seamstress, La Měme Nuit, Tango Trois, Broken Beat, Kill Blondes – have won awards and screened internationally. She starred in and edited Three Blind Mice which won the Fipresci Prize at the 2008 London Film Festival. Gracie has two feature dramas in development – Rue de Tournon and Girls In Hotels currently being shot in chapters around the world.

Director • From the Bottom of the Lake Clare made her first film at 22 years old: Firing on All Pins, which was awarded first-prize at the Canberra Short Film Festival. Clare then directed a number of independent documentary commissions including award-winning half-hour special for ABC Stateline: Eyes Down and Welcome to Hay. She also worked for three years as an in-house director at Bearcage Productions. In 2010 Clare was awarded an Arts ACT grant for an intensive mentorship with writer/director Jane Campion. Clare was Jane’s assistant through the development, writing, pre-production, and shoot of Top of the Lake. Clare directed From the Bottom of the Lake, a portrait of Jane’s creative process, which premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival and is distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide.

Director Ngoeum Phally is a young Cambodian female filmmaker. She graduated from the Department of Media and Communication of the Royal University of Phnom Penh and she joined the Bophana Center in 2011, where she trained in documentary filmmaking by world acclaimed director Rithy Panh. She has also been taking part in the CFC FILM LAB, a professional training program set up by the Cambodian Film Commission in 2012. Her first short documentary film, Leang Korn (2012), is a poignant testimony about sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge. She is currently working as co-author and Assistant Director on feature-length documentary The Storm Makers, to be released in 2014.

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+61 424 957 495 go@ralffilms.com www.ralffilms.com

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gang zHAo

asHwin CHALAM

Pavitra CHALAM

china

India

Director • A Folk Troupe Zhao Gang is an up and coming documentary film director and a member of the Chinese Artists Association. Hailing from Chengdu in China, he has been working in the field for about ten years. His previous works include Spark of the Spring, The Family of a Tibetan, The Sun in Water and This is Me. His films are always centered around cultural and social issues.

Company Director • Indelible Ashwin Chalam serves as the CFO and COO of CurleyStreet Media. Previously, Ashwin was an Executive Director/Vice President at Goldman Sachs International and worked out of the London and Bangalore offices. In his six years at the world’s leading investment bank, Ashwin managed various teams within the Prime Brokerage business unit. Regional Partner • Indian Documentary Foundation

Regional Partner • iDOCS contact contact

+91 804 132 8128 ashwin.chalam@curleystreet.com www.curleystreet.com

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Director • Indelible Pavitra Chalam is a graduate student from the New York Film Academy. In July 2003, Pavitra represented India at the Youth Initiative for Peace in Pakistan where she made her film debut with Bus – a cinematic exposition of the shared ideals of the youth of both India and Pakistan. As a journalist at the World Youth Congress in Morocco, Pavitra contributed to the creation of the Casablanca Declaration presented to the United Nations. With her production house CurleyStreet Media she has made films on issues ranging from mental illness and drug addiction to the environment. Her film Anamika - Her Glorious Past on the Devadasi tradition in India won several awards and received critical acclaim around the world. Regional Partner • Indian Documentary Foundation contact

+91 804 132 8128 pavitra.chalam@curleystreet.com www.curleystreet.com www.pavitrachalam.com

aksHay SHAnKAr

carolyn CHon

beatrice LeonG

India

malaysia

Co-Director • Tap That! Of Water, Land and Us Carol worked several years in the advertising industry before finally having the courage to leave and not give into complacency. In pursuit of a more fulfilling profession, one that could be rewarding to the soul, she found herself knee deep and basking in the wonderful world of photography. As an idealist Carol finds inspirations from nature, music and people she meets; with a dream to tell beautiful stories from around the world through imagery, moving or still. Tap That! Of Water, Land & Us is Carol’s first foray in documentary filmmaking and with her experience as a photographer and attention to minor details and intimate visual style, Carol has thus far pushed the limits of the visual she envisioned for this film.

Co-Director • Tap That! Of Water, Land and Us Beatrice Leong is a lover of experiences with a curious nature and venturing into documentary filmmaking was a natural shift for her. A design graduate, she has dabbled in various areas of video production from research, writing and postproduction work. Over the past year Bea has been working on her own content and actively pursuing stories that matters most to her heart. Her most recent documentary film involvement was Haze Hell Over Asia, produced by Lina Teoh that was aired over History Channel. Her involvement in the film has given her a deep understanding of how land issues and the silent impact of rampant development can affect the quality of our lives.

Regional Partner • MyDocs

Producer • Indelible Akshay Shankar is a Producer/Director at CurleyStreet Media. After working with an Investment Bank for four years, Akshay chose to put the mundane numbers to rest and pursue his passion for filmmaking. Since his foray into cinema, Akshay has donned many hats like that of director, producer and writer. His innate ability to understand and execute both the creative and the business aspects of a production sets him apart from others in the industry. Regional Partner • Indian Documentary Foundation

contact

+91 804 132 8128 akshay.shankar@curleystreet.com www.curleystreet.com

contact

Carolyn@reddbullets.com

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nunë luepack

jess feast

vicky pope

New CaledoniA

New Zealand

Director • Imulal: A Land, Roots and Dreams Nunë Luepack is from Lifou and grew up near Bourail, New Caledonia. He went to school there until the end of middle school. He spent most of his holidays on the Lifou island. Nunë studied at Rennes but failed to obtain his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. In 2005, he took part in the creation of an association for the development of oceanian cultures. He is one of the organizers of the festival “Sons et Gestes d’Océanie” (Sounds and gesture from Oceania). His passion for cinema is confirmed, with the idea to defend his homeland.

Director • Gardening with Soul Jess is a documentary maker working across television, cinematic features, museums, music videos, online content and video art installations. Her latest feature documentary Gardening with Soul screened to sell-out audiences in the 2013 New Zealand International Film Festival and won the award for Best Documentary at the 2013 NZ Film Awards. Her previous film Cowboys & Communists won the Golden Key for best documentary at Kassel Documentary Festival in Germany. As part of Storybox, Jess works with local communities to create site-specific, multi-screen outdoor installations using shipping containers. Their work has appeared at festivals in Sydney, Singapore and NZ with further international projects currently in development. Regional Partner • New Zealand Film Commission

Producer • Gardening with Soul Vicky Pope is a Wellington-based producer with over 12 years experience in film and television development, financing and production. Recent producing credits include the NZ feature comedy Two Little Boys starring Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) and Hamish Blake (Hamish and Andy) which premiered at Berlinale 2012 and the NZ theatrical documentary Gardening with Soul which won Best Documentary at the 2013 NZ Film Awards. Her other credits include critically claimed NZ theatrical documentary Trouble Is My Business, TV documentary Flight of the Conchords On Air and numerous award-winning short films which have screened in many festivals around the world.

Regional Partner • Festival du film océanien Contact

+ 33 6 08 99 44 64 jdavid.luepack@yahoo.fr sanosi-productions.com/020-Imulal.html

Regional Partner • New Zealand Film Commission Contact

Contact

+64 21 859 211 vickypope@me.com

vickypope@me.com gardeningwithsoul.co.nz

philippe sintes

marcel meltherorong

thomas dick

Tahiti

Vanuatu

Director Philippe Sintes started his career as a film-editor in Tahiti in 1989. He created his own production company in 1993, Video Prod Tahiti, for which he produced and directed commercials, institutional movies, magazines and TV show. Philippe has always been very attached to French Polynesia. In 2011 he decided to start making documentaries, a genre that he had never explored before. He then started working with other production companies in Tahiti and in mainland France. All the documentaries he has realised, either 26 or 52 minutes, are able to be broadcast anywhere in the world.

Composer • Lon Marum I am an author, filmmaker, poet, storyteller, playwright, producer, musician, songwriter and artist. Known in Melanesia as Mars Melto, I have been at the forefront of Vanuatu’s creative industries for over a decade. Raised in the colonial war-zone of urban Noumea, New Caledonia, and hailing from the small island of Vao off the north-east coast of Malekula, Vanuatu, I speak fluent English, French, Bislama and Latavao (native vernacular of Vao).

Producer • Lon Marum Tom has lived and worked in the Melanesian Islands for most of the last 15 years collaborating with artists, musicians, and filmmakers on a range of creative projects. With a gift for linking the grassroots communities of the Pacific with international donors and funding sources, he is providing opportunities for a generation of Indigenous filmmakers. Tom’s latest film project is a DVD of the Vanuatu Women’s Water Music was released for Christmas 2013.

Regional Partner • Further Arts

Contact

Regional Partner • Festival du film océanien Contact

+ 689 77 95 67 sintesphilippe@yahoo.fr

+ 61 402 542 132 info@furtherarts.org tommyd@theplanetspins.com www.furtherarts.org lonmarum.com

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+ 61 402 542 132 info@furtherarts.org tommyd@theplanetspins.com www.furtherarts.org lonmarum.com

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cambodia-cfc.org cambodia

Founded in 2009 by filmmaker Rithy Panh, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, CFC is an organisation dedicated to the development of film production in Cambodia. Since 2009, CFC acts as a facilitator and a one-stop house for filming in Cambodia. CFC staff members are film production professionals who have a complete knowledge of the sector and the experience of 15 years of previous films shot in Cambodia. CFC also develops skills and trains Cambodian technicians and filmmakers through the CFC FILM LAB workshops, a film training program dedicated to professionals as well as newcomers to the industry.

fifo-tahiti.com tahiti

Established in 2004 on a founding idea from Wallès Kotra, at the time regional director of RFO Polynésie, FIFO immediately gained a high level of public interest. It rapidly attracted directors from Oceania and from all over the world who recognised this event as an opportunity to take a look at the region. The two key elements to its immediate success: authenticity and diversity. Other events are organised for the public and professionals around this documentary festival like the Oceanian Television Conference, Digital Encounters, the Oceanian Fiction Night, practical training workshops, and more recently,

CFC is also the founder and organiser of the Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) since 2010, the first international film event with a professional outreach of bridging Cambodia with the rest of the world. CFC is a member of AFCNet and of AFCI since 2012.

contact

Cedric Eloy • CEO Sovichea Cheap • Director +855 23 222 920 contact@cambodia-cfc.org

furtherarts.org vanuatu

Further Arts (FA) is a cultural development agency and film studio based in Port Vila, Vanuatu. FA works closely with the Vanuatu National Cultural Council and the Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta. We also work with Wan Smol Bag, Canal Studio, Youth Against Corruption and other partners. The importance of FA as a regional institution has been recognised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) which has allocated FA a seat on the Standing Cultural Council. FA is also a Consulting Organisation to the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, with the responsibility of nominating Vanuatu films to the annual Asia Pacific Screen Academy Awards held in Brisbane, Australia. FA has recently started forging links with the Australian Centre for Asian and Pacific Art and is working with members to set up an international

the Oceania Pitch. In addition, since its creation, FIFO has forged special relationships with other festivals in Metropolitan France, but also in other countries in the Pacific region, like Australia or New Caledonia.

Representatives

Miriama Bono • Organiser Khadidja Benouataf • Organiser contact

+ 6 89 79 33 34

idocs.cn china

iDOCS International Documentary Forum, a branded entity of Beijing Channel Zero Media, is the first independent documentary film festival with official permit in China. iDOCS was developed as a proof of concept endeavor to demonstrate the viability of a non-profit cultural exchange activity that promotes the world’s quality documentaries. iDOCS has been launched successfully in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as an annual event held during 12th-16th of December in Beijing. All three editions invited established documentary directors, presenting the world’s best documentaries to an audience of thousands of Chinese for the first time. Feedback from the industry and media was positive. A bridge from China to the outside world was created. iDOCS is primarily funded through personal donations– individuals seeking to contribute to broader cultural understanding–as well as international film institutes.

research network with the view to presenting new scholarship as part of a conference at the next Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

Representative

Thomas Dick • Producer

contact

info@furtherarts.org

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Representative

Hongyang Liu • Producer, Southern Clouds Communication

contact

+8610 8855 0623/8855 0624

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MyDocs malaysian documentary association

indiandocumentaryfoundation.com india

The Indian Documentary Foundation’s goals are to support and grow documentary film making and documentary film culture in India. It seeks to do this by providing access to markets, widening distribution, through training and mentoring events and international partnerships. It has connected film-makers to finance and distribution through its pitching forum Trigger Pitch, run in partnership with the Kerala Film Festival. It has run screening programmes to further audience development, and training events with partners like Whistling Woods Film School. It offers hands-on support to film-makers through a mix of mentoring, consultancy or executive production of their projects. It is promoting Indian

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documentary internationally by working with festivals like HotDocs Canada and AIDC Australia. IDF is delighted to have launched the inaugural GoodPitch2 India in February 2014 in partnership with BritDoc and The Sundance Documentary Film Institute. It is currently seeking partners to further develop documentary film through providing much-needed grant funding programs within India.

The Malaysian Documentary Association groups together like-minded people to help build a strong community of filmmakers that can work together sharing resources and ideas for the benefit of the industry. Our aims are: • To represent documentary filmmakers in Malaysia • To help improve the industry in Malaysia to produce better documentaries • To create awareness about the documentary industry in Malaysia

contact

+91 22 2673 0559

contact

+60 3 6201 5963 secretary@mydocs.my

Investing in Northern Territory talent and stories

nzfilm.co.nz new zealand

The work we do touches on just about everything to do with film. We invest in feature films, short films, script and career development and marketing and promoting New Zealand films and filmmakers both here and overseas. We are committed to telling New Zealand stories through the medium of film. We often work in conjunction with other government agencies, such as the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry for Tourism and the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment. We are responsible for administering the Large Budget Screen Production Grant, the Post, Digital and Visual Effects Grant and the Screen Production Incentive Fund and for certifying official co-productions and New Zealand films for tax purposes.

• To promote the production of documentaries through workshops, documentary screenings, panel discussions and other activities • To advocate on behalf of documentary filmmakers in Malaysia to obtain representation in any discussion about the production and distribution of documentaries.

contact

Bonnie Slater • Professional Development Executive +64 4 382 7680 bonnie@nzfilm.co.nz

Big Name No Blanket Night Sky Films Photo – Tony Mott

www.screenterritory.nt.gov.au

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ACCeSS@AIDC the screen industry is a highly networked environment. building up a solid personal network and a reputation to match is key to a successful career. aidc wants to leverage its own networks and create entry points for young ambitious people who can demonstrate their motivations and capabilities and who are able to recognise an opportunity when it presents itself. aidc is organising a networking intensive, aimed at providing insights into the inner workings of television networks and their supply chain - independent production companies. selected candidates taking part in the intensive are eligible for a four week internship at fresh one Productions in london. we will announce the lucky winner during the docweek awards on friday night March 7.

Mentors Alan Erson • Head of Factual, General Manager Australia, Essential Media and Entertainment Phil Craig • Head of Factual, ABC Television Denise Eriksen • Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment, Keshet Australia Roy Ackerman • Managing Director, Fresh One Productions Tanya Denning • Channel Manager, NITV Peter Rees • Freelance Production Executive Wayne Denning • Managing Director, Carbon Media Jennifer Collins • Head of Non-Fiction, Screentime

ella BAnCroFt

andrew BrInSMeAD

cHrissy KAvAnAGH

Ella Bancroft is a member of the Bundjalung Nation in the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. She is a recent graduate of AFTRS and has gone on to be a part- time lecturer at the school. She has worked with a number of Indigenous students, teaching them how to have a voice in the world of film through documenting stories. The training included pre-production, production and postproduction. Ella has recently made two short films including one that has been accepted into international film festivals. In 2012 she was awarded the NSW Mining Young Indigenous Filmmaker’s Fellowship. Ella hopes to produce work that actively makes the audience aware and conscious of their decisions in relation to food, health, the environment and racism.

Andrew Brinsmead has worked in documentary and television for nearly fifteen years. After moving from editing into producing, Andrew completed a double Graduate Diploma in Producing and Screen Business at the Australian Film Television & Radio School in 2012. In 2011 he produced the short film Heaven that was a finalist in the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards. And in 2013 he produced the AFTRS MSA project The Twin. Andrew has been involved with the Victorian Committee for the Australian Screen Editors for several years, and was a Board member for Open Channel from 2002 – 2008. He also joined the Screen Producers Association of Australia in 2012, and was accepted into the SPAA Emerging Producers scheme for 2012.

Chrissy Kavanagh is an aspiring screen producer who aims to work on entertaining, worthy and thought provoking productions. Finding her way into film through studying a Bachelor of Media at the University of Adelaide, she has been honing her skills by working with South Australian based production company JDR Screen for the last 3 years. She has worked on a diverse slate, from a documentary about suffragettes to the immersive cross platform project Ringbalin RiverStories which brings the stories of Indigenous Australians to the palm of your hand in iOS app. Other production experience includes Muriel Matters! and the feature length documentary Sons and Mothers. Chrissy also hosts Behind the Scenes – a community radio program about the Australian film industry.

logan MuCHA

kirsty o’BrIen

laura quAttroCeLLI

Logan is a Melbourne-based director who has directed a variety of short fiction and documentary projects. He is currently a creative and branded content director with production company the Sweet Shop. His feature debut documentary, East Bloc Love, premiered at Frameline International Film Festival and has since screened at numerous festivals including Amnesty International’s Movies That Matter. He worked on the inaugural 2013 Pan-Pacific digital media training project, a digital documentary training course for the next generation of Pacific island filmmakers and producers. He interned with production company @radical. media on their Médecins Sans Frontières transmedia project. He also worked in production at @radical. media’s New York office for three months, assisting Joe Berlinger in production on a feature documentary and two factual series.

Kirsty has worked in the television industry since starting a cadetship at WIN News in 2006. She has worked as a journalist, producer and presenter across Australia, primarily with the ABC and in the Northern Territory. Kirsty has produced several major Current Affairs pieces for ABC programs such as Landline and 7.30. She has worked on a number of productions including Cattle Scars, Long Ride (ABC 1), and Big Stories – Timor. She has recently surged ahead in the Territory film industry and has four documentary projects currently in development. She was highly commended for the 2013 Marchbanks Young Journalist of the Year awards, and was a finalist for the 2012 Marchbanks Young Journalist of the Year award.

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Laura Quattrocelli is based in Melbourne and has worked extensively in the marketing and publicity field. In 2012 she met Adelaide photographer Mike Smith and started her own video production company, Historia Films, with the idea of meeting artists and creatives from around the world and sharing their story. She hopes to work with accomplished film and TV producers, and aspires to become an established television producer for either Australian TV or in conjunction with a Director on an Australian Film.

PozIBLe PItCH docweek is delighted to team up again with Pozible, australia’s #1 crowdfunding platform, to present the Pozible Pitch at aidc 2014. the Pozible Pitch is a People’s choice award with a difference. instead of voting for your favourite film in this year’s program, we are asking you to vote for the film you would like to see the most next year. docweek has shortlisted four of the hottest documentary projects, and you can cast your vote by pledging your support. Please visit www.docweek.org.au/poziblepitch

escaPe: tHe great unsigned

Hunting tHe divine

What happens when the next big thing isn’t the next big thing…?

Eat, Pray, Love meets An Idiot Abroad in this amazing new reality series.

Michael Kraaz • Producer/Director mikeolmec@yahoo.com

Emily Owens • Producer emily@colourme.com.au

stingray sisters

tHe booby traP

Three saltwater sisters will do whatever it takes to save their country from seabed mining.

Web documentary exploring breastfeeding choices and our evolving relationship with human milk.

Katrina Channells kchannells@gmail.com

Anna Kaplin • Producer anna@greenfieldpictures.com.au

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Britt Arthur • Director brittarthur@gmail.com

MArKet Let’S tALK leT’S TAlK Let’s Talk is AIDC’s new market initiative, replacing its pre-sale market program, MeetMarket. Presented in partnership with Screen Australia, Let’s Talk is open to all delegates and aims to build relationships. Let’s Talk is a response to the changing financing methods of documentary films and factual programs. It operates under the principle that relationships come first and ideas come later. Let’s Talk allows for introductions and the start of collaborations. It facilitates all financing models and not just the pre-sale market. It delivers the benefits of facilitated meetings to the whole conference community and levels the playing field. It allows for those in the business without established networks to build them up quickly and efficiently. Let’s Talk turns AIDC into an open, inviting and outward looking modern content market, ready to facilitate a wide variety of businesses, interests and ideas at any level of experience.

Let’s Talk content seekers are available to delegates for 10-minute meetings. Please visit docweek. meeting-mojo.com to secure your meeting. Limited slots available. Let’s Talk 2014 will be held in the Grayson’s Room, Level 1, Function Floor of the Mercure Grosvenor Hotel. The Grayson’s Room can only be accessed via the Glenroy Room, Level 1, Function Room.

rounD tABLe Round Table sessions are an opportunity to engage with broadcasters, buyers, sales agents and distributors in an informal discussion about the current state of their channel or their company. Delegates can sign up at the Let’s Talk reception desk for these short informative Round Table sessions in a first-come-best-dressed basis at the Conference.

trAILer PArK Trailer Park is an online video catalogue of film, TV or web series, and other project trailers looking for investment, production partners and/or collaborators, and distribution. Trailers can be completed documentaries or projects at any stage of development, production, or post production. International and national broadcasters, sales agents, festival programmers are able to contact filmmakers directly via the catalogue. To view the trailers, log-in to www.docweek.org.au click on Market and then click Watch Videos/ Catalogue. A summary of all Trailer Park projects is also available online for download.

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Ryan Hodgson

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Jasmina matic

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Andrew mcPhail

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Penelope mcDonald

catherine nebauer

Director Screen Tasmania Screen Agency

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AUstrAliA Member Relations Screenrights Other

leighton De Barros

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CEO, Executive Producer Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd P2P: Co-Create

CEO - Executive Producer - Head of Development and Production Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd P2P: Co-Create

Ray Pedretti

Roger Stevenson

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CEO Showrunner Productions P2P: Co-Create

Executive Producer Showrunner Productions P2P: Co-Create

Development Producer Showrunner Productions P2P: Co-Create

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Richard Harris

melissa Juhanson

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Chief Executive Officer South Australian Film Corporation Screen Agency

Production Executive TAlK South Australian Film Corporation Screen Agency

viron Papadopoulos

Sarah lancaster

Sandy lepore

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Business Development Executive TAlK South Australian Film Corporation Screen Agency

chris Adams

Julie Byrne

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Development Executive TAlK South Australian Film Corporation Screen Agency

Jennifer Jones

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Head, Industry Development & Production South Australian Film Corporation Screen Agency

CEO & Executive Director Spondo.com Other & Speaker

Producer Triptych Pictures P2P: Co-Create

Kristian moliere

Richard moore

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Producer Triptych Pictures P2P: Co-Create

Theatrical Distribution Manager Umbrella Entertainment Distributor/Sales Agent

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veronica Fury

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Joint Managing Director, Producer Wild Fury P2P: Co-Create

Joint Managing Director Wild Fury P2P: Co-Create

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lindsay cowan Dotchison

Andrea Quesnelle

CAnAdA Director of Programming Discovery Canada Broadcaster

Tian Hai

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CEO TAlK Rare Media P2P: Co-Create & Distributor/Sales Agent

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Fabio mancini

hong Kong

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emile Guertin singApore Executive Producer Discovery Networks Asia Pacific Broadcaster

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International Department Fuji Television Network, Inc Broadcaster & P2P: Co-Create

Arani cuthbert new zeAlAnd Producer & Company Director Diva Productions P2P: Co-Create

new zeAlAnd General Manager Production Māori Television Broadcaster & Asia Pacific Jury

miriama Bono leT’S TAlK

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singApore Senior Vice President, Programming & Marketing A+E Networks Asia Broadcaster & Speaker

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Deputy Director, International TAlK Department/Documentary Platform Public Television Service Broadcaster

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Kate Townsend-vision

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Jessie Shih

tAhiti Organiser FIFO Asia Pacific Regional Partner

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FrAnCe Organiser FIFO Asia Pacific Regional Partner

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Commissioning Editor DOC 3/RAI TRE Broadcaster

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Khadidja Benouataf

Jun cui

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Fiona lawson-Baker Senior Producer Al Jazeera English Broadcaster

VP & Executive Producer Real to Reel Productions Inc. P2P: Co-Create

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Head of European Business TAlK Development Rare Media P2P: Co-Create & Distributor/Sales Agent

Haibo Huang

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Executive Producer Electric Pictures P2P: Co-Create

Hongyang liu

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Commissioning Editor Phoenix TV Broadcaster & Asia Pacific Jury

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Ruifang Hua

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Anne Pick

Executive Producer BBC Storyville Broadcaster

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ewan Angus

Greg Sanderson

United Kingdom TV Commissioning Editor BBC Scotland Broadcaster

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Commissioning Editor Arts, Music and Events BBC Television Broadcaster & Speaker

Julian chou-lambert United Kingdom Senior Programming & Sales Executive TVF International Distributor & P2P: Co-Create

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United Kingdom

Managing Director Fresh One Productions P2P: Co-Create & Speaker

Chairman, All3 Media America Studio Lambert P2P: Co-Create & Speaker

Fiona carr leT’S

Vice-President Commercial TAlK and Current Production Zig Zag Productions P2P: Co-Create, Distributor/Sales Agent & Speaker

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International Licensing Editor Alexander Street Press Distributor/Sales Agent

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Andrew mer

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Patrick connolly

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charles Schuerhoff

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Stephen lambert

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leila monks United Kingdom

claire Aguilar Executive Content Advisor Independent Television Service Broadcaster

Roy Ackerman

Thomas Dick

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Director of Acquisitions and Sales PBS International Distributor/Sales Agent

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VP, Programming, Scheduling & Creative Services AMC/Sundance Channel Broadcaster & Asia Pacific Jury

VAnUAtU/ AUstrAliA Producer Further Arts Asia Pacific Regional Partner

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P2P: Co-CreAte australian MeMbers P2P: co-create is a networking platform bringing together australia’s leading factual content producers. it aims to spark and facilitate new co-production and creative collaboration opportunities. P2P: co-create 2014 will be held in the glenroy room, level 1, function floor of the Mercure grosvenor Hotel and is open to all aidc delegates with a complete pass.

activetv.tv australia

activeTV is an internationally renowned independent production company based in Australia and Asia. The company produces programming across a broad range of genres including reality, factual, entertainment and children’s television. activeTV is known for taking on international formats and creating local versions boasting high production and entertainment values, which translate into top ratings for broadcasters. The company has produced two seasons of The Amazing Race Australia (Seven Network), which has won an International Emmy and awards at the inaugural Australian AACTAs and Asian Television Awards. This success comes off the back of four seasons of the award winning The Amazing Race Asia (AXN), three seasons for Reshet in Israel and versions for the Philippines and Ukraine. Since its inception, activeTV Asia has quickly cemented its reputation as the region’s most highly skilled producers of reality, entertainment and factual programming. Its slate includes News Asia (Comcast), Cash Cab Asia (AXN), original series Can You Serve? and Driving Change with Caltex (digital/ StarWorld). In Australia, activeTV boasts a highly respected children’s division which has produced 91 episodes of the smash hit comedy-action series Prank Patrol, now exported to CBBC, ZDF and RAI. activeTV Australia also produce prestigious televised events including Woolworths Carols in the Domain.

www.bearcage.com.au australia

The company has gained an international reputation as a first class facilitator and producer of turnkey productions. In Australia the team have facilitated for US and UK programs including Discovery‚ World’s Toughest Truckers‚ Comcast‚ Chelsea Lately‚ fashion series How Do I Look? and Finding Bigfoot (Animal Planet). activeTV is currently launching an exciting slate of original factual, reality and kids programming thanks to its recently formed development division, activeTV Originals.

contact

242 Ferrars Street South Melbourne VIC 3205 +61 3 9647 5000

Bearcage has more than twenty years of experience in media production. Its innovative approach blends outstanding projects and teams with the business of production, delivering exceptional creative and commercial results. Compelling stories, high production values and specialist expertise in post-production have brought success with domestic and international audiences. Recent productions have included: The Story of Australia (2013 CCTV9), Building Australia (2013) for History Channel (nominated for a Screen Producers Australia Award), The Boffin, the Builder & the Bombardier (2013) for ABC TV (nominated for an ATOM Award), New Zealand From Above (2012) for broadcasters ARTE/ZDF (Germany), National Geographic (Australia) and Prime (NZ). The feature documentary The Digger (2011, History Channel) received the Gold Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media and Television Awards in 2011. Bearcage has twice won the ACT Chief Ministers Export Award and was a winner in the Federal Government’s inaugural Arts in Asia Awards.

Key contacts and Representatives interested in international co-Production?

Kay Lawrence • General Manager kay@activetv.com.au

Yes

Jacinta Halsal • Sponsorship and Business Development Coordinator jacintah@activetv.com.au

Key contacts & Representatives

Michael Tear • Managing Director producers@bearcage.com.au Harriet Pike • Development Producer producers@bearcage.com.au

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www.beyond.com.au/production/ beyond-screen-production australia

Beyond Screen Production is a subsidiary of Beyond Productions. Since its establishment in 1984, Beyond Productions has produced over five thousand hours of global television programs. The company is based in Sydney, Australia, and has development and production offices worldwide. Beyond Screen Production has produced or co-produced a range of specialist and popular factual programming including series such as Outback Kids (ABC), The Science of Self Harm (SBS), The Years That Made Us (ABC) and Whitlam: the Power & the Passion (ABC). In 2013, Beyond West was established in Western Australia to collaborate on local, national and international co-productions with independent producers and to provide executive production services, finance and distribution for productions. Bardwell Media, Zinc Finger Films, Factor 30 Films and Spearpoint Productions are Western Australian production companies working with Beyond West to develop a diverse range of programs with both a national and international focus in key content areas including history, science, contemporary and social issues and factual entertainment.

type of content Produced

Beyond Screen Production produces a range of specialist and popular factual programming. It is developing a diverse range of national and international programs including history, science, contemporary issues, factual entertainment and children’s. number of Hours Per year

5000+

Key contacts & Representatives

www.carbon-media.com.au australia

We are an award-winning full service media production company based in the vibrant Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. We develop children’s television shows, documentaries, television commercials, corporate productions, websites and smart phone apps as well as branding, design, motion-graphics, animation, communication and marketing strategies and so much more. type of content Produced

Specialties: children’s television shows, factuals, digital, TV commercials, corporate productions, visual installations, animations, motion graphics, social media, design, marketing, Indigenous art design, timelapse photography, livestreaming. interested in international co-Production?

Yes

contact

www.chemicalmedia.tv australia

Chemical Media is an independent production company specialising in factual entertainment, travel & lifestyle programming. Established by the team which successfully brought the Lonely Planet brand to television, Chemical’s founders have made hundreds of hours of programming for broadcasters such as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Al Jazeera English, Channel 4 and SBS. Along the way we’ve produced shows on everything from contemporary British gangsters to traditional Chinese medicine, handled location shoots from Alaska to Arnhem Land, been hailed by prime ministers, denounced as people-smugglers, and frequently missed the last bus home. Focusing on strong storytelling and intelligent entertainment, the Chemical team has created factual documentaries, returnable travel series, break-through social media campaigns and occasionally even impressed our mums. With Australian roots and a global outlook, we’ve forged strategic film finance relationships with partners around the world and tailored unique content for brands such as Nokia, Tourism Australia and American Express. type of content Produced

www.carbon-media.com.au or info@carbon-media.com.au Key contacts & Representatives

Wayne Denning • Executive Producer & Managing Director wayne@carbon-media.com.au

Chemical Media produces a broad array of factual programming from one-off documentaries to large-scale travel and lifestyle series. We are currently in production on culinary adventure series Nomad Chef (10x60; Discovery International) and health and well-being travel show Bobby Chinn’s Detox! (2x60; Discovery Asia). We also produce programming for Al Jazeera English’s Earthrise (environmental science), The Cure (health) and 101 East (current affairs) strands. number of Hours Per year

Amber Moran • General Manager & Creative Executive amber@carbon-media.com.au

15-20 interested in international co-Production?

Yes

Ron Saunders • General Manager, Beyond Screen Productions ron_saunders@beyond.com.au

contact

info@chemicalmedia.tv

Harry Bardwell • Executive Producer, Beyond West Harry@beyondwest.com.au

Key contact & Representatives

Russell Vines • Producer/Director, Zinc Finger Films russellvines@bigpond.com

Tony Jackson • Executive Producer tony@chemicalmedia.tv Joany Sze • Head of Production joany@chemicalmedia.tv Katy Morrison • Multimedia Producer katy@chemicalmedia.tv

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www.electricpictures.com.au australia

www.essential-media.com australia

www.joinedup.com.au australia

Electric Pictures is one of Australia’s most respected producers of factual programming for the international market. We have offices in Perth, Sydney, and Toronto. Since 1992, the company has earned a reputation for the production of high quality series and one off specials in a range of genres, including history, science and international affairs. We have extensive experience with co-productions and have been commissioned by many of the world’s major factual broadcasters including: the ABC, Arte, BBC, Ch4, Discovery Channel, History Channel (UK), ITV, NHK, National Geographic, NDR, PBS, RTE, SBS, Sky, and ZDF.

Essential Media and Entertainment is one of Australia’s most prolific and award winning production companies making high quality factual series, documentaries and multi-platform content. Its factual team, headed by Executive Producers Chris Hilton and Alan Erson, has produced hundreds of hours of quality documentary for broadcasters such as PBS, BBC, Channel Four, Discovery, National Geographic and Arte as well as all Australian networks. The company covers the full range of factual programming including science, history, arts, factual entertainment and lifestyle.

Joined Up Films is an Australian media production company focused on developing, producing and exporting returnable factual television formats and documentaries. The company brings together the diverse skills of principals Dan Brown and Jacqueline Willinge. As a Co-founder and Creative Director of Joined Up, Dan brings 17 years of television network and independent factual production experience. He is well known and highly regarded for his creative ideas and for delivering quality television efficiently. As the Managing Director of Joined Up, Jacqueline brings 18 years of commercial, legal and independent factual production experience. Jacqueline’s expertise includes raising finance, commercial law and corporate governance, and delivering major projects on time and on budget. The Executive Directors are supported by a Non-Executive Team of advisers led by Joined Up Co-founder and Advisory Board Chairman Anthony Willinge. Most recently Joined Up Films created and produced the highly acclaimed original factual format Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? which has optioned multiple territories around the world including the UK, Belgium and NZ.

number of Hours Per year

10+

number of Hours Per year

30+ interested in international co-Production?

Yes

interested in international co-Production?

Key contacts

Yes

Representatives

Andrew Ogilvie • CEO and Executive Producer East Fremantle, Western Australia ao@electricpictures.com.au Andrea Quesnelle • Executive Producer Toronto, Canada aq@electricpictures.com.au Greg Colgan • Head of Development East Fremantle, Western Australia gc@electricpictures.com.au Jude Cockburn-Campbell • Head of Distribution, EP Independent, East Fremantle, Western Australia jc@electricpictures.com.au

Chris Hilton • CEO, Executive Producer chris.hilton@essential-media.com

Key contacts

Sonja Armstrong • Executive Producer sonja.armstrong@essential-media.com

Dan Brown • Founder and Creative Director dan@joinedup.com.au

Michael O’Neill • Head of Factual Development & Development Producer michael.oneill@essential-media.com

Anthony Willinge • Founder and Advisory Board Chairman anthony@joinedup.com.au

Representatives

Chris Hilton • CEO, Executive Producer Alan Erson • Head of Factual and General Manager Australia Michael O’Neill • Head of Factual Development & Development Producer

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Jacqueline Willinge • Managing Director jacqueline@joinedup.com.au

Representatives

Thierry Bled • Development Producer Dan Brown • Founder and Creative Director Jacqueline Willinge • Managing Director

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www.matchboxpictures.com australia

www.seadogtvinternational.com australia

www.showrunner.com.au australia

Matchbox develops and produces scripted and non-scripted television programs and feature films for audiences throughout the world. Formed in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst, Matchbox is one of the most dynamic production houses in Australia. In May 2011 NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures and this has allowed the company to diversify its content. We produce television drama, children’s programming, factual and entertainment content, animation and feature films for the domestic and international marketplace. We have also developed games and apps to enhance our programs across all available platforms. Matchbox works with some of the most exciting writers, directors and producers in Australia to deliver content that is internationally renowned.

Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd is an experienced television production company based in Perth, Western Australia. The company was established in 2007 by Leighton and Jodie De Barros with the primary focus of expanding relationships within the television industry and producing high quality documentary programs. We have an extensive production history in factual programming including natural history, wildlife and science. Pushing the boundaries of film-making, the company makes programs that are unique, innovative and entertaining, while educating and inspiring audiences. Some of our major productions are the Hello Birdy factual entertainment series for ABC TV, starring well known actor William McInnes; natural history/ wildlife documentary The Search for the Ocean‚ Super Predator for ABC TV, Al Rayyan TV, Smithsonian Channel, NHK and National Geographic Channel; wildlife documentaries, On a Wing and a Prayer for ABC TV and Whale Patrol for ABC TV and National Geographic Television International.

Showrunner Productions is a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly listed agency Adcorp Australia. We produce factual and drama series for the international markets, as well as local stories and concepts for Australian broadcasters. Our team is highly experienced and motivated to produce quality television in an ever changing market.

Type of Content Produced

Scripted and unscripted Interested in International Co-Production?

Yes

Type of Content Produced

Factual, natural history, wildlife and science Number of Hours Per Year

9 Contact

For general enquiries please email: contact@matchboxpictures.com or +61 3 9523 7222 (Mel) +61 2 8248 6800 (Syd) For all enquiries relating to unscripted content please contact: Kylie Washington kylie.washington@matchboxpictures.com

Interested in International Co-Production?

Yes

Contact

enquiries@seadogtvinternational.com

Key Contacts & Representatives Key Contacts & Representatives

Kylie Washington • Entertainment & Kids Development Executive kylie.washington@matchboxpictures.com Susie Jones • Factual Entertainment Development Executive susie.jones@matchboxpictures.com

Leighton De Barros • CEO, Head of Development & Production Leighton@seadogtvinternational.com Jodie De Barros • CEO, Head of Finance & Business Affairs Jodie@seadogtvinternational.com

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Key Contacts & Representatives

David Morrison • CEO david.morrison@adcorp.com.au Ray Pedretti • Executive Producer ray@showrunner.com.au Roger Stevenson • Development Producer roger@showrunner.com.au

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www.triptychpictures.com.au australia

www.wildfury.com.au australia

Formed in March 2011, Triptych Picture’s slate encompasses television, feature film and multi-media projects, with the development and production of factual and drama television series forming the cornerstone of the company’s vision. Coming from diverse yet related backgrounds, the Triptych producers bring a wealth of production experience and knowledge to the table, each having worked in the industry professionally for over 15 years, ideally situating the company for domestic and international co-production opportunities. Producing credits include feature films, Boxing Day, Lucky Country, The Babadook (Sundance 2014), The Dead Speak Back, Touch, with co-producing credits on Shut Up Little Man! an Audio Misadventure (Sundance 2011) and One Eyed Girl; factual television series producing credits include mY Generation (2008 SBS), Croc College (2013 ABC1) and Jillaroo School (2014 ABC1), as well as the multi-media multi-platform project Stasis, currently in the first stage of production.

Wild Fury has a large number of documentary projects in various stages of production including The Coral Triangle (ZDF/ARTE, Discovery Asia), Wild Australia (ZDF, NDR, Nat Geo), Big Red (Nat Geo), Australia: Land and Landscape (Nine Network), Animals That Changed History (Canadian coproduction with Ferns Entertainment), Duels (Czech co-production with KM Records), When the Queen Came to Town (Foxtel), The Wildest River (Malaysian co-production with FINAS) and the 3D IMAX feature Blue Fin (ZDFE, ABC).

type of content Produced

Television, feature films, multi-media projects number of Hours Per year

type of content Produced

Wildlife, history, arts, archival, children’s shows. interested in international co-Production?

Yes

Key contacts & Representatives

Bettina Dalton • Producer/Joint Managing Director bettina@wildvisuals.com.au

6-12 interested in international co-Production?

Veronica Fury • Joint Managing Director veronica@wildfuryvisuals.com.au

Yes

Key contacts

Julie Byrne • Producer julie@triptychpictures.com.au Jennifer Jones • Producer jennifer@triptychpictures.com.au Kristian Moliere • Producer kristian@triptychpictures.com.au

Representatives

Julie Byrne • Producer Jennifer Jones • Producer Kristian Moliere • Producer Gemma Salomon • Producer’s Assistant

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www.r2r.ca canada

www.raredoc.com china

www.fujitv.co.jp/en/ japan

Real to Reel Productions, helmed by Bill Spahic and Anne Pick, produces award winning films with compelling stories, strong characters, across a broad spectrum of subjects from series to docs to features. Their latest film Animism: People Who Love Objects premiered last September and is enjoying worldwide sales including Australia. Current production includes: Eccentrics and No Limits both feature documentaries directed by Academy Award winner John Zaritsky respectively celebrating people who dance to the beat of their own drum and according to a study live longer, happier, healthier lives than the rest of us and the thalidomide survivors still fighting for justice 50 years after this crippling drug was released internationally. Real to Reel has also signed four co-pro agreements, two in 3D, with Norm Wilkinson’s Visionquest in Queensland and look forward to launching them later in the year.

Founded in 2001, Rare Media is one of China’s leading documentary content suppliers. The firm’s diverse catalogue features more than 2,000 hours of documentary programming and over 20,000 hours of raw footage. Moreover Rare Media produces on average 70 minutes of new content per day. In 2011, we launched Raredoc Time, a 2.5 hour daily slot providing documentary programming to city-level TV broadcasters throughout China. Apart from our in-house production and international co-productions, we acquire over 300 hours of documentaries from overseas each year.

Since its establishment in 1959, Fuji Television has maintained its position as the leading commercial broadcaster in the Japanese media industry. The content it creates and broadcast everyday enjoys the overwhelming support of a wide range of audiences.Fuji Television strives for noble and creative ideas for its content: news, infotainment and documentaries, sports, dramas, and variety programs. Regardless of the genre, its program tops the rating in any time slot. Today, Fuji Television has 27 affiliated networks in Japan and 12 oversea offices around the world. Furthermore, Fuji Television distributes original content via several mediums, including terrestrial and CS satellite channels. It is also active in transmissions via the internet and mobile phones. With the strategy of meeting the needs of times and viewers, Fuji Television is constantly working to make its top-notch content available to be enjoyed in any format.

Type of Content Produced

Interested in International Co-Production?

We produce one off docs in a variety of genres, feature documentaries, performance docs, drama-docs and factual series. We are also developing two 3D natural history feature docs.

Type of Content Produced

History, culture, lifestyle, biography Number of Hours Per Year

425 hours

Interested in International Co-Production?

Yes

Key Contact & Representative

Jun Cui • International Department jun.cui@fujitv.co.jp +81 3 5500 8212

Key Contacts

Number of Hours Per Year

Varies

Key Contact & Representative

Yes

Ms Ruifang Hua • Head of International Business Development huaruifang@raredoc.com +86 135 2091 5730 (China) +33 6 63 49 13 36 (France) Mr Yuqi Ning ningyuqi@raredoc.com

Anne Pick • Vice President annepick@r2r.ca Representatives

Ms Ruifang Hua • Head of International Business Development Mr Tian Hai • CEO

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www.divaproducions.co.nz new zealand

Diva Productions has 20 years experience in the entertainment industry. As well as producing live events, Diva has a successful track record of producing award-winning television. Its first feature film The Topp Twins, Untouchable Girls released in 2009 became NZ’s #1 theatrical documentary and one of NZ’s Top 10 Films. The film has won a plethora of awards including the People’s Choice Award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Diva is currently forming a new larger production entity with colleagues James Heyward (Making Movies) and Declan Cahill (Exit Films). Their combined slate includes theatrical documentary, factual reality series and dramatic feature films. type of content Produced

Comedy, feature documentary, factual reality series number of Hours Per year

5 hours (2013) interested in international co-Production?

Yes

www.freshone.tv united kingdom

www.studiolambert.com united kingdom

Fresh One is the London based production hub founded in 2000 by Jamie Oliver. It has expanded beyond the award-winning campaigning food and factual entertainment Jamie programmes such as Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Jamie’s Kitchen, Ministry of Food and Jamie’s School Dinners, and in recent years has moved into documentary, music and arts, entertainment and drama with shows including: Dream School (UK and USA); food formats The Restaurant Inspector, Two Greedy Italians and Chef Race; ITV prime time hit Les Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was; music shows Streetdance, The Sound of Musicals, Idris Elba’s How Clubbing/Hip Hop Changed the World; Cheryl Cole Access All Areas and James Rhodes Piano Man/Notes from the Inside; Doc series Jonathan Dimbleby’s African/American Journeys, The Men Who Made Us Fat/Thin; drama miniseries Spies of Warsaw starring David Tennant; and US feature doc hit Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic.

Studio Lambert is a fast-growing independent television production based in Soho, London. It is part of All3Media, the global production group. Studio Lambert was launched in March 2008 by Stephen Lambert, creator of successful global formats including Wife Swap, Undercover Boss, Gogglebox, Four in a Bed, Faking It and Secret Millionaire. Six months later the company opened a US office and over the following four years the business grew rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. In December 2012, All3Media acquired Studio Lambert and announced the launch of All3Media America (All3A) appointing Lambert as its chairman. Studio Lambert became one of the many All3Media companies whose US programming is produced by All3A. Lambert divides his time between Studio Lambert in the UK and All3A in Los Angeles. Studio Lambert formats and finished programs are distributed internationally by All3Media International. type of content Produced

type of content Produced

Programming content: food, talent, entertainment, factual, formats and music.

Global formats (Undercover Boss, Four In A Bed, Gogglebox), documentaries (How to Get a Council House, InRealLife), factual / entertainment (Girlfriends, Gogglebox)

number of Hours Per year number of Hours Per year

65 Key contact & Representative

Arani Cuthbert • Company Director & Producer arani@divaproductions.co.nz

50 – 100 interested in international co-Production?

interested in international co-Production?

Yes

Yes contact contact

Roy Ackerman • Managing Director roy.ackerman@freshone.tv

enquiries@studiolambert.com +44 207 432 3141

Lisa Garratt • Personal Assistant lisa.garratt@freshone.tv

Key contact

Key contact & Representative

Roy Ackerman • Managing Director roy.ackerman@freshone.tv +44 203 375 5122

Jo Crawley • Head of Production jo.crawley@Studiolambert.com Sophie Clarke • Production Manager sophie.clarke@Studiolambert.com

Representative

Stephen Lambert • Chief Executive

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www.tvfinternational.com united kingdom

www,.zigzag.uk.com united kingdom

TVF International’s specialist approach to distribution has earned us a place within the media landscape as the leading independent factual distributor in the UK. Our catalogue encompasses everything from factual entertainment and lifestyle series to exceptional one-off documentaries, representing some of the most innovative and creative producers from across the globe. The TVF team is energetic and vibrant, with over ten languages spoken across Sales and Acquisitions. Both divisions work within their own specific territories to maintain a highly specialised knowledge of the global content market. Alongside the distribution of completed programming, we operate extensively with pre-sales, co-productions and formats. We have a strong presence on the international festival circuit, attending all major markets and events, and our team regularly offers their expertise on panels. TVF International is part of the TVF Media group, operating in television, digital and multiplatform production.

Zig Zag Productions is one of the UK’s foremost independent television production companies formed in 1999 by Danny Fenton and Kevin Utton. With offices in London and New York, Zig Zag has produced over 600 hours of non scripted programming and has grown to become an internationally recognised, respected and award winning television producer both in the UK, USA and internationally. Zig Zag has produced programming for broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, TLC, MTV, Fox, National Geographic, Discovery, OWN, Logo and Syfy. The company has also won numerous awards including the Rose d’or for Best Format. Zig Zag was rated 10th top sports producer, 7th top factual producer and 9th in the top specialist factual producers in the most recent Broadcast Indie Survey and is consistently listed in the Realscreen Global 100 Top Independent Production Companies.

Key contact & Representative

Julian Chou-Lambert • Senior Programming and Acquisitions Executive julian.choulambert@tvf.co.uk

type of content Produced

Factual, factual entertainment, formats, game shows, documentary, lifestyle number of Hours Per year

100

interested in international co-Production?

Yes

Key contact & Representative

Leila Monks • Vice-President Commercial and Current Production leila.monks@zigzag.uk.com

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CoMPAnY ProFILeS screen agencies Profiles of screen agencies, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents that are attending the 2014 conference.

screen australia www.screenaustralia.gov.au

Screen Australia is the key Federal Government direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable Australian screen production industry. In addition Screen Australia administers the Government’s Producer Offset and International Co-production Program to increase the commercial sustainability of production in Australia. Screen Australia was created under the Screen Australia Act 2008 and from 1 July 2008 took over the functions and appropriations of its predecessor agencies: the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited. mandate

Across its various departments, Screen Australia, supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian screen content by: • supporting production of a range of content including features, documentaries, television drama and children’s programs • supporting the growth of screen businesses • supporting marketing and screen culture initiatives which focus on engaging audiences with Australian content • developing high-quality scripts and proposals • facilitating innovation and audience-engaging online content • supporting Indigenous talent and distinctive stories • administering the Government’s Producer Offset and International Co-production Program to increase the commercial sustainability of production in Australia • providing authoritative, timely and relevant data and research to the industry and government. Investment Requirements

Screen Australia offers funds for the development, production and marketing of Australian screen content, as well as for the development of Australian talent and screen production businesses. Project funding is generally provided to professional practitioners with some level of industry experience, depending on the program. For most production investment, a distributor or broadcaster usually needs to be on board as well.

film victoria film.vic.gov.au

key contacts

General enquiries • info@screenaustralia.gov.au • +61 2 8113 5800 • documentary@screenaustralia.gov.au • 1800 507 901 (available nationally, charges to mobiles and payphone will apply) • pocu@screenaustralia.gov.au • 1800 213 099 (Freecall) (available nationally, charges to mobiles and payphone will apply) We do not accept applications for the Producer Offset or Co-production program via email. Please refer to the Producer Offset and Coproduction program websites for further information. Representatives

Lucy Burne • Marketing Assistant- Festivals & Markets Fiona Cameron • Chief Operating Officer Pru Donovan • Assessment Manager Kathleen Drumm • Head of Marketing Erica Glynn • Head, Indigenous Department Sam Griffin • Investment/Development Manager, Documentary Elena Guest • Project Manager, State and Industry Partnerships Effie Klippan • Program Manager, Screen Policy and Audiences Graeme Mason • CEO Georgie McClean • Senior Manager Strategy, Research and Communications Rebecca Mostyn • Senior Analyst Alyssa Orvis • Industry / Development Manager, Documentary Liz Stevens • Manager, Documentary Toni Stowers • Coordinator, Documentary

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Film Victoria is the State Government agency that provides strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and games sectors of Victoria. We invest in projects and people, and promote Victoria as a world-class production destination nationally and internationally. mandate

Providing strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and games sectors of Victoria. Investment Requirements

Film Victoria provides documentary development funding for both early and advanced stage development. Credited producers, writers or researchers may apply. For production investment funding for a documentary, a broadcaster or distributor must be attached. Refer to the Film Victoria website, film.vic.gov.au, for our complete suite of funding programs, including guidelines and application process for Screen Development – Documentary and Screen Production – Investment.

Key contact

Jeni McMahon • Development & Investment Manager jeni.mcmahon@film.vic.gov.au Representatives

Jenni Tosi • Chief Executive Officer Ross Hutchens • Head of Screen Industry Programs Jeni McMahon • Development & Investment Manager

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screen territory www.screenterritory.nt.gov.au

Screen Territory is the Northern Territory Government’s screen industry agency responsible for supporting and developing the film, television and digital media industries within the Territory. Screen Territory aims to develop and grow the local industry, and increase the amount of screen production taking place in the Northern Territory. mandate

Screen Territory exists to take a leadership role in supporting an innovative and creative screen industry that enriches our lives through quality story telling that delivers economic and creative benefits to the Northern Territory. Investment Requirements

Please refer to the Funding Programs and Initiatives page on the Screen Territory website for information about the Screen Territory Grants Program.

screen nSW www.screen.nsw.gov.au

Screen NSW is an entity within NSW Trade and Investment, with a key role in the creative and economic development of the State. mandate

Screen NSW is a statutory authority established to assist, promote and strengthen the screen industry in NSW so as to promote Australia’s cultural identity, encourage employment in all aspects of screen production, encourage investment in the industry, enhance the industry’s export potential, encourage innovation and enhance quality in the industry. Investment Requirements

Penelope McDonald • Director penelope.mcdonald@nt.gov.au +61 8 8951 5141 Kira Tapps • Business Officer kira.tapps@nt.gov.au

Screen Queensland’s role is to develop and support the local screen industry, attract production to Queensland, and celebrate an active screen culture across the State. Locally, the State is a growing force in Australia’s film industry landscape and a key contributor to the creative health of our nation. Globally, Queensland is known for its stunning locations, talented crew, and attractive financial incentives. mandate

Screen Queensland supports and promotes a creative, innovative and commercially sustainable screen industry in Queensland that makes productions designed to entertain and connect with worldwide audiences.

Visit the Screen NSW website for full details www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-incentives/

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Screen queensland www.screenqueensland.com.au

Visit the Screen NSW website for full details www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-incentives/

contact

Investment Requirements

Screen Queensland operates in a creative and dynamic environment and endeavours to offer funding programs that are capable of responding to the evolving demands of the industry. Funding programs are designed to promote and encourage screen practitioners to develop, create and produce their projects in Queensland. All applications will be assessed on a project-by-project basis and funding will be subject to availability of funding at the time of application.

dap@screen.nsw.gov.au +61 2 9995 0555

Key contacts

Representative Key contacts

Penelope McDonald • Director

Maureen Barron • Chief Executive exec@screen.nsw.gov.au Megan Simpson Huberman • Director Development & Production hubermanm@screen.nsw.gov.au

Representatives

Maureen Barron • Chief Executive Mark Hamlyn • Senior Development & Production Executive

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• Screen Queensland general enquiries: screenqld@ screenqld.com.au • Development and Production enquiries: developmentandproduction@screenqld.com.au • Screen Culture enquiries: screenculture@screenqld.com.au • +61 7 3248 0500 Representatives

Tracey Vieria • Chief Executive Officer asutherland@screenqld.com.au Catherine Nebauer • Production Investment & Business Development Executive cnebauer@screenqld.com.au

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Screen tasmania www.screentasmania.com.au

Screen Tasmania is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for developing Tasmania’s screen industry through the production of films, television drama and documentaries and digital media. Screen Tasmania staff provide a bespoke service to industry with a clear aim of increasing production activity to create jobs and attract investment to Tasmania. It supports a broad range of productions and strives to be innovative and flexible in a rapidly changing screen industry. In particular, Screen Tasmania’s Digital Media Fund provides investment for games, web content and animations. Screen Tasmania is also committed to funding factual entertainment productions and has a proud history of supporting successful documentaries. mandate

Screen Tasmania is a focal point for the Tasmanian screen industry, providing investment, support for professional development and funding for film festivals and events. Screen Tasmania’s aim is to position Tasmania as a center for the production of innovative and creative screen content. Investment Requirements

Screen Tasmania has a strategic focus on the development of innovative digital content in an environment where digital methods of production and distribution are the norm. Tasmania has an advantage with the NBN roll-out providing opportunities for effective digital content distribution. Tasmania’s breathtaking scenery has been a unique backdrop for recent films such as The Hunter, Goddess and The Outlaw Michael Howe. Non-Tasmanian applicants are welcome to apply for Screen Tasmania funding and are encouraged to enter into genuine creative or financial partnerships with key Tasmanian creatives or production companies. Production Investment for Tasmanian companies or non-Tasmanian companies who are in a meaningful creative and/or financial partnership with a Tasmania creative and/or production company.

screenwest www.screenwest.com.au

Documentary Feature • Tasmanian resident $25 000 to $300 000 • Non-Tasmanian $25 000 to $200 000 Documentary Series • Tasmanian resident - up to $50 000 per hour up to $100 000 • Non-Tasmanian $40 000 per hour up to $80 000 One off Documentary (minimum 52 mins) Tasmanian resident $80 000 Non-Tasmanian $40 000 Drama Documentary (minimum 52 mins) • Tasmanian resident $150 000 • Non-Tasmanian $100 000 Development Investment

• Factual Entertainment up to $20 000 for series concept, treatment and/or script development • Television Series Development Fund up to $15 000 in intermediate stage – up to $25 000 in advanced stage • Documentary Feature up to $8 000 in intermediate stage up to $14 000 in advanced stage • Documentary Signature Fund up to $8 000

Key contacts

Screen Tasmania Reception +61 3 6165 5070

ScreenWest is Western Australia’s screen funding and development agency, committed to working in partnership with the screen industry to develop, support and promote film, television and digital media production in Western Australia. mandate

ScreenWest exists to partner with the screen industry to produce and promote quality storytelling that delivers multiple cultural and economic benefits to the Western Australian community. Investment Requirements

ScreenWest’s funding and support programs are designed to: • Support the development of world-class practice and craft excellence across developed and emerging platforms • Facilitate the screen industry to take advantage of innovation and technology developments • Advance the industry’s business capability • Form partnerships to develop a vibrant screen culture in Western Australia. The Funding Program focuses on six core areas: • Production • Development • Production company and practitioner support • Indigenous • Digital • Screen culture Funding initiatives are provided in each area, with each fund having specific objectives, guidelines and eligibility criteria.

Representatives

Karena Slaninka • Director Andrew McPhail • Business and Production Investment Manager +61 3 6165 5072 Evan Maloney • Development Manager +61 3 6165 5071 Moneka Knight • Media and Communications Officer +61 3 6165 5076

Key contacts

Please visit screenwest.com.au as a guide for contacting ScreenWest staff. Alternatively, all staff members can be contacted by telephone through reception +61 8 6552 7700. If you have a general enquiry about ScreenWest or question related to filmmaking please check the Frequently Asked Questions page or you can make a general enquiry via the website. Representatives

Ryan Hodgson • Investment Manager Ian Booth • Chief Executive

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South Australian Film Corporation www.safilm.com.au

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is the State Government agency responsible for Adelaide Studios and for the state’s thriving screen industry. Established in 1972, we have continuously been at the forefront of pushing the boundaries and remaining open to innovation and change. South Australia’s reputation as Australia’s home of independent filmmaking has been built on our state’s stunning locations, award winning crews, and legacy of successful film titles that have resonated with audiences worldwide for more than 40 years. mandate

Our aim is to empower the South Australian screen production industry to achieve success. We do this by working closely with South Australian practitioners, businesses, industry bodies and other stakeholders to create a sophisticated, dynamic film and television industry that prospers in a rapidly changing world and which makes a significant contribution to South Australia’s cultural and economic wellbeing.

Melissa Juhanson • Production Executive Sarah Lancaster • Business Development Executive Sandy Lepore • Development Executive Andrada Tudor • Special Projects Executive

Representatives

Sharon Cleary • Communications & Marketing Manager Melissa Eldridge • Program Coordinator Richard Harris • Chief Executive Officer Kerri Hudson • Program Coordinator Melissa Juhanson • Production Executive Sarah Lancaster • Business Development Executive Sandy Lepore • Development Executive Viron Papadopoulos • Head, Industry Development & Production Andrada Tudor • Special Projects Executive

Key contacts

Richard Harris • Chief Executive Officer Viron Papadopolous • Head of Industry Development & Production Sharon Cleary • Communications & Marketing Manager

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www.abc.net.au/tv australia

ABC Television delivers commercial-free, nationally available, free-to-air screen content via a multiplatform multi-channel network. It is the destination of choice for viewers and users seeking quality and diversity in screen content; in particular engaging audiences in distinctly Australian content across a wide variety of genres. ABC TV platforms include ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, ABC iview and the most comprehensive array of online content for download or streaming on abc.net.au/tv. We seek to commission and acquire programming with a strong multiplatform presence. broadcaster type

Public slots

ABC TV commissions around 60 hours of nonfiction content. ABC TV acquires over 600 hours of nonfiction content. content requirements

ABC Television commissions across Arts, History, Science, Natural History, Contemporary, Factual Entertainment, Indigenous and Religion & Ethics programming. We tend to produce lifestyle in-house (Poh’s Kitchen, Gardening Australia) but are open to ideas around all other subjects.

www.aetv.com.au australia

Indigenous • 1-2 Landmark one hour docs for potential prime time slots • 1-2 x 2-3 part one hour series • 1-2 x Contemporary 5-8 part half hour series

Key contact

Phil Craig • Head of Factual craig.phil@abc.net.au Jennifer Collins • Head of Entertainment Collins.jennifer@abc.net.au Katrina Sedgwick • Head of Arts Sedgwick.katrina@abc.net.au Tarni James • Executive Producer, Arts and Entertainment abcarts@your.abc.net.au Dena Curtis • Commissioning Editor, Indigenous, Curtis.dena@abc.net.au

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Factual and Documentary • Landmark 3-4 part one hour series for 8.30 pm weeknights or 7:30pm Sunday. • 6-8 part half-hour series for 8pm weeknights. • High impact single one hour or 90 minutes Arts • Tuesday 10pm Artscape - 30 mins slot on ABC1. Artscape seeks series or one off docs exploring contemporary arts practice in Australia. • One off 60 mins documentaries ABC 1. (Nothing on Earth, I’m Not Dead Yet: Chad Morgan) • Feature documentary ABC 1 (Mrs Carey’s Concert, Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard) • 3 x 1 hour landmark series ABC 1 (art + soul, The Art of Australia) ABC 1 • 5 – 8 part 30 or 60 mins series ABC1 & ABC 2 (Next Stop Hollywood, Photo Finish, Operatunity) • Interstitial series ABC 1, ABC 2, Arts Online (The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch) • Multi-platform digital projects ABC 1, ABC 2, Arts Online (Reenchantment) • Where a project is appropriate we will occasionally commission for Sunday Arts ABC 1 (3 – 5pm)

Representatives

Arul Baskaran • Controller Multiplatform Anita Brown • Commissioning Editor Mandy Chang • Commissioning Editor – Arts Jo Chichester • Executive Producer – Arts Annabel Crabb • Program Maker/Journalist Phil Craig • Head of Factual Deborah Doctor • Business Affairs Manager Richard Finlayson • Director of Television Sacha Gregson • Production Executive Rose Hesp • Executive Producer Tarni James • Executive Producer, Arts & Entertainment Claudia Lawson • Business Affairs Manager, Documentaries, Arts & Factual Entertainment Stuart Menzies • Head of TV Content and Creative Development Matt Scully • Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual Katrina Sedgwick • Head of Arts Andrea Ulbrick • Commissioning Editor, ABC Factual Edwina Waddy • Channel Manager, ABC 2 Sophia Zachariou • Acting Head of Entertainment

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Foxtel is one of Australia’s most progressive and dynamic media companies, directly employing around 2,500 people, and delivering a diverse subscription television service to both regional and metropolitan areas over cable, satellite and broadband distribution. We offer a better entertainment experience every day to each one of our 2.5 million subscribing homes through delivery of exclusive and inspiring programming across all genres, the world’s most popular channel brands, and investment in high quality local content. As constant champions of innovation we have brought our customers: • The iQ personal video recorder • Australia’s largest HD channel offering with 26 dedicated channels • FOX FOOTY Channel – for true AFL fans • The LONDON 2012 Olympic Games over 8 dedicated HD channels, plus a tablet app • Live and catch up TV on your tablet or other mobile device with Foxtel Go • Flexible access with our internet TV service Foxtel Play In addition, the subscription television sector invests around $700 million every year in new and original Australian content. Since creating a new national subscription television service, through the merging of Foxtel and Austar in 2012, Foxtel directly employs around 2,500 people and a further 2,000 workers are indirectly engaged in sales and installation services nationally. The Foxtel Television Centre at North Ryde in Sydney is the headquarters of Foxtel’s national subscription television operations and houses Foxtel’s television studios, broadcast operations and cable and satellite transmission facilities. Foxtel also operates two Customer Solutions Centres based at Moonee Ponds in Melbourne, and Robina on the Gold Coast. Foxtel is owned by Telstra Corporation Ltd (50%) and The News Corporation Ltd (50%). broadcaster type

Cable looking for

Macro accounts of Australian history and contemporary history series ideas Contemporary crime documentaries and series ideas Real Life characters / Fortune hunting series ideas suitable for our A&E channel brand.

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nitv.org.au australia

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content requirements

Rights cleared for: • Satellite, cable, wire or fibre (using any form of protocol) • Push-VOD Promotional Service • DTH Airline Feed • Catch-Up Service • FOXTEL Internet Television Service to any authorised device • Reverse EPG - 74 hours from any broadcast on the channel • All usual and customary production insurances. Preferred contact Method

mariska.deane@foxtel.com.au

Key contacts & Representatives

Mariska Deane • Head of Programming Paul Myers • Channel Operations Manager www.biographychannel.com.au/ www.citv.com.au www.historychannel.com.au

sbs.com.au australia

The National Indigenous Television (NITV) is part of the SBS network of free-to-air channels broadcasting across Australia, providing a nationwide Indigenous television service and selected online content. The content for these services is primarily commissioned or acquired from the Indigenous production sector. For more information, please visit www.nitv.org.au broadcaster type

Free to Air slots

Our Stories, World Stories, Jarjums (Children’s Programming), Movie of the Month

With a background as Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting Australia’s diverse society. SBS inspires all Australians to explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so contributes to social cohesion. SBS carries out this function through an ever-increasing number of distribution platforms including free-to-air television channels, subscription television, analogue and digital radio, online, and via mobile devices and apps. For more information, please visit www.sbs.com.au

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NITV informs, entertains and educates its Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences with a rich palate of innovative, unique content. We tell stories and showcase the rich diversity of culture, languages and creative talent from all over Australia. Our programming features strong story threads about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their experiences. Moments that help define the richness of our culture and historical stories are encouraged. We are the only channel in Australia that is 100% dedicated to reflecting the culture of Indigenous people. We are proud to have that honour and responsibility and will continue to represent your voice with some of the best programs, made by some of the best Indigenous talent the industry has to offer.

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Commissioned content Everything we commission in SBS Documentaries must reflect our Charter and explore multicultural Australia. Our Charter makes us distinctive and gives us a clear vision. This vision is enhanced by four key commissioning values: to provoke debate, push boundaries, surprise audiences, and inspire change. This ensures bold and distinctive documentaries that would only play on SBS. We commission history, science, contemporary and Indigenous documentaries that are features or one hour long, either as singles or series. We don’t commission arts documentaries.

looking for

Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday, is a regional, remote and emerging initiative of 15-minute documentaries from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sector. NITV is also seeking 1-hour documentaries and half-hour documentaries.

Key contact

Commissioning Team Pauline Clague • Senior Commissioning Editor nitvproposals@sbs.com.au Helen Laughton • Commissions Co-ordinator nitvproposals@sbs.com.au Anusha Duray • Acquisitions Officer anusha.duray@sbs.com.au Representatives

Pauline Clague • Senior Commissioning Editor Tanya Denning • Channel Manager Anusha Duray • Senior Programmer Cherry Porter • Acquisitions Assistant

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Online content SBS Online commissions and produces cross-platform and interactive projects that reflect the organisation’s Charter and commissioning values. With an industry-leading team of producers, designers and developers, SBS Online has spent the last decade innovating in the factual, comedy, drama and entertainment genres. The team’s output includes large and small-budget interactive documentaries, landmark multiplatform projects, serious games and online serials.

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discoverychannelasia.com asia pacific

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Acquisitions SBS is looking for event documentaries, history, popular science, wildlife, arts and food programming for SBS One, and investigative, popular culture and travel/adventure programming for SBS 2.

The world’s number one non-fiction company. broadcaster type

Cable slots

Various key contact content requirements

Commissioned Content April Tafe • factual@sbs.com.au Online content Dave Braithwaite • david.braithwaite@sbs.com.au John-Paul Marin • john-paul.marin@sbs.com.au Acquisitions Marilyn Eccles • documentary@sbs.com.au

Factual content in the spaces of sub-culture character-driven, adventure, cuisine, travel, science, engineering. looking for

Factual content in the spaces of sub-culture character-driven, adventure, cuisine, travel, science, engineering.

The world is just awesome! With compelling real-life programming that inspires and entertains, Discovery reveals the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. Discovery offers a signature mix of adrenaline-charged stories, larger-than-life personalities and vivid imagery for viewers with curious minds. With the best non-fiction programming from Canada and around the world, Discovery captures the excitement of a passion for life – one lived fully and at its most extreme. Discovery launched in Canada in 1995 and is now available in more than eight million Canadian homes. Discovery is offered in standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) simulcast – for viewers who want an even bigger and bolder experience. Discovery Canada is a joint venture between Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company, and Discovery Communications Inc. Find more information and interactive online features at http://discovery.ca/.

Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

broadcaster type

Yes. Please get in touch for information.

Cable/Online slots

Representatives

Tony Iffland • Director of Television and Online Content Alison Sharman • Head of Commissioning John Godfrey • Head of Documentaries Joseph Maxwell • Commissioning Editor Documentaries Chris Irvine • Head of Business Affairs Alastair McKinnon • Business Affairs Manager Heather Oxenham • Senior Production Supervisor Kaye Warren • Factual Program Assessor, Network Programming Tanya Denning • Channel Manager, NITV Pauline Clague • Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV Anusha Duray • Senior Programmer, NITV Cherry Porter • Acquisitions Assistant, NITV David Braithwaite • Managing Editor, Online Kylie Boltin • Senior Content Producer, Online Fanou Filali • Senior Content Producer, Online

discoverychannel.ca canada

Key contacts & Representatives

Jonathan Rudd • Director of Programming Discovery Australia Emile Guertin • Executive Producer

150 hours commissioned annually and 40 hours acquired annually content requirements

Factual entertainment in the science and technology genres looking for

Series and live event specials Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Yes. Fall 2013 - JFK: The Smoking Gun - Australia / Canada Co-Production (Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder / Muse)

Key contacts

Patti Torrence • Acquisitions Patti.Torrence@Bellmedia.ca Heather Williamson • Commissions/Development Heather.Williamson@Bellmedia.ca Representative

Lindsay Cowan Dotchison • Director of Programming Lindsay.CowanDotchison@Bellmedia.ca +1 416 384 4442

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phoenixtv-distribution.com hong kong

Phoneix Satellite Television Beginning operation on 31 March, 1996, based in Hong Kong, Phoenix Satellite Television has been striving constantly to provide quality Mandarin programming to the global Chinese communities, with an ultimate objective of “shortening the distance between the Chinese around the world”. The dynamism of this massive market, combined with successful expansion strategies, has enabled Phoenix to develop a comprehensive multi-dimensional media platform. Today, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, Phoenix North America Chinese Channel and Phoenix Hong Kong Channel, broadcast to audiences in the Asia Pacific, Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East, Australia etc., covering more than 180 countries and regions. Besides World and Greater China news coverage, Phoenix TV has been very popular among the elite group of Chinese audiences for its insight and inspiring programs ranging from documentaries, current affairs slots and talk shows. broadcaster type

Free to Air, commercial

www.rai.it italy

fujitv.co.jp/en japan

DOC3 is a summer slot focused on social issues, narrated through strong individual stories. Stories about problems which are not very present in the daily broadcasting of news programs. broadcaster type

Public number of slots/Hours commissioned or acquired

14 docs every year. content requirements

Character driven, with a strong authorial and creative approach with a strong relationship between the author and the character. No interviews. looking for?

52’ documentaries

broadcaster type

Commercial Has your company co-produced or commissioned australian content before?

slots

2-3 slots/60 hours

Key company contacts

looking for

History, military, politics, global affairs, environment, celebrities Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

No.

Key contact

Haibo Huang • Deputy Chief Editor of Phoenix Chinese Channel Phoenix Satellite Television hhuang@phoenixtv.com Fax +852 2200 8566

Since its establishment in 1959, Fuji Television has maintained its position as the leading commercial broadcaster in the Japanese media industry. The content it creates and broadcasts everyday enjoys the overwhelming support of a wide range of audiences. Fuji Television strives for noble and creative ideas for its content: news, infotainment and documentaries, sports, dramas, and variety programs. Regardless of the genre, its program tops the rating in any time slot. Today, Fuji Television has 27 affiliated networks in Japan and 12 overseas offices around the world. Furthermore, Fuji Television distributes original content via several mediums, including terrestrial and CS satellite channels. It is also active in transmissions via the internet and mobile phones. With the strategy of meeting the needs of times and viewers, Fuji Television is constantly working to make its top-notch content available to be enjoyed in any format.

Fabio Mancini • Commissioning Editor DOC3 / RAI TRE RAI Radiotelevitione Italiana Viale Mazzini 14 00195 Roma fabio.mancini@rai.it f.fabiomancini@gmail.com +39 348 642 2746 Representative

Fabio Mancini • Commissioning Editor

slots

We have a 1-hour documentary series named The Nonfiction, which has been on-air for the past 18 years. The Nonfiction is the only regularly scheduled documentary series on Japanese commercial television networks. Additionally, we have slots for special/one-off documentary programs that are considered timely and valuable. content requirements

We seek documentaries across all genres, but we are particularly interested in stories with Japanese-related elements or strong appeal to Japanese audience. looking for

Food, history, and stories with human, social, and cultural dimensions are preferred. In addition, we look for documentaries with Japanese-related elements. Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Key contact & Representative

For Sales and Acquisition: Mona Lam monal@phoenixtv.com

Jun Cui • International Department jun.cui@fujitv.co.jp +81 3 5500 8212

Representative

Haibo Huang • Deputy Chief Editor of Phoenix Chinese Channel www.ifeng.com

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aljazeera.com malaysia

Launched in 2006, Al Jazeera English is a global 24-hour, English news and current affairs channel. Part of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network, the channel now transmits to more than 260 million households in over 125 countries. The channel’s mandate is to deliver journalism that has depth and to provide context for the transformative changes taking place across the globe. broadcaster type

Public/Worldwide media across all platforms slots

Major slots we co-produce, commission or acquire for include: • Witness, 25 mins & 48 mins, weekly slots (observational, character driven documentaries worldwide) • People & Power, 25 mins, weekly slot (investigative reporter-led stories worldwide) • 101 East, 25 mins, weekly slot (reporter-led current affairs stories from the Asia region) content requirements

Observational documentaries and current affairs stories that give depth and context to news stories in Australia and abroad for our international audience.

astro.com.my malaysia

maoritelevision.com new zealand

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad is a leading integrated consumer media entertainment group in Malaysia and Southeast Asia with operations in 4 key areas of business, namely Pay-TV, Radio, Publications and Digital Media. With a customer base of over 3 million residential customers or approximately 50% penetration of Malaysian TV households, Astro offers 156 TV channels, including 68 Astro-created and branded channels and 22 HD channels, delivered via Direct-To-Home satellite TV, IPTV and OTT platforms. Astro provides HD, 3D, PVR, VOD and IPTV services through Astro B.yond and Astro On-The-Go. Fulfilling its promise to bridge the digital divide for all of Malaysia, Astro introduced NJOI as an entry-level DTH satellite TV service and is the country’s first non-subscription based satellite TV, offering 17 TV and 20 radio channels.

Māori Television is New Zealand’s indigenous broadcaster. Launched in 2004, the network’s primary role is to help revitalisie te reo Maori (Māori language) and tikanga (culture). broadcaster type

Free to Air slots

Commissioned 453 hours Acquired 325 hours content requirements

Māori language (100% across 51% of the schedule includes all genres), international documentaries, films looking for

New formats, international documentaries, indigenous drama

type of broadcaster

Cable looking for

Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

We specialize in Reality TV, Lifestyle, Documentary, News, Current Affairs, Music/ Stage shows, Concerts, Talk Shows, TV commercials and Magazine Programs in all dialects and major languages.

Yes. Currently involved in co-production with Australian based Essential Media to produce a feature length documentary for Gallipoli centenary 2015.

looking for

Witness documentaries: 25 mins and 48 mins to commission and acquire 101 East: 25 mins - to commission and acquire Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Key contact & Representative

Shoba Devi • Snr. AVP, Citra shoba_devi@astro.com.my

Carol Hirschfeld • General Manager Production carol.hirschfeld@maoritelevision.com +64 21 899 04

Yes. For Witness, currently co-producing Defendant 5 by Smith & Nasht with ABC, Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania. Previous co-production was Dr Sarmast’s Music School by Circe Films with ABC, Screen Australia and Screen Victoria. Acquisitions include Dying to Leave, Crossing the Line, Desert Heart, The Intervention and My Mother India. 101 East slots regularly acquire stories from Foreign Correspondent ABC, and Dateline SBS.

Key contact & Representative

Fiona Lawson-Baker • Senior Producer/Witness fiona.lb@aljazeera.net + 603 2165 9047

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aenetworks.com singapore

bbc.co.uk/scotland scotland

A+E Networks™ Asia is owned by the award-winning, global media content company, A+E Networks™, which is dedicated to offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television networks to websites, to home videos/DVDs to gaming and educational software. A+E Networks Asia is comprised of Lifetime®, HISTORY®, bio.®, H2™ and Crime & Investigation Network®. A+E Networks Asia operates and distributes its portfolio in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.

BBC Scotland is the main public service broadcaster serving Scottish audiences through television, radio and online. It produces a range of TV programmes for BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland as well as for the BBC’s UK network services. broadcaster type

Public

+65 3157 6500

Key contact & Representative

Michele Schofield • Senior Vice President, Programming & Marketing Michele.Schofield@aenetworks.com www.historyasia.com www.lifetimeasia.com www.biochannelasia.com www.citvasia.com

Public Television Service (PTS) started broadcast on 1 July 1998. The chief objective of PTS is to establish a public service mass media system and to balance out for the inadequacy of commercial television. Our goal is to produce and broadcast diverse and quality programs, to foster the development of a civil society, to inculcate domestic culture values and to broaden international culture exchange. broadcaster type

slots

Approximately 50 hours of non-news factual output per year. content requirements

contact

eng.pts.org.tw taiwan

There is an absolute requirement for some discernible Scottish dimension to any project. That aside, factual programmes range from observational documentary to specialist factual, particularly history, and the arts. This includes series, singles and feature docs. looking for

Open to projects on a diverse range of subjects in whatever broadcast configuration is most appropriate. Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Yes. Projects with ABC, SBS and History Channel. Production companies have included Electric Pictures, Rymer Childs, Artemis and Prospero.

Free to Air and Public slots

View Point and Thematic Night are two regular documentary slots of PTS. Acquisitions: 60+ hrs annually. content requirements

Creative documentary: 60 mins TV version Globally concerned social issues: 60 mins version looking for

Issue oriented content, for example, sustainable lifestyle, food safety, public health, ecological and environmental, human rights, labor, poverty, gender, biography and investigative journalism about global social issues. Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Not yet a co-producer, only an acquirer of Australian content. Key contact & Representative

Ewan Angus • TV Commissioning Editor ewan.angus@bbc.co.uk +44 7771 942302

Key contact

Mr Leh-Chyun Lin • Director, Doc Platform lehclin@gmail.com Ms Jessie Shih • Deputy, Doc Platform pub6008@gmail.com + 886 (0)2 2633 8115 Mr Wang • Pai, Zhang, Editor wangpaizhang@mail.pts.org.tw

Representative

Ms Jessie Shih • Deputy, Doc Platform

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CoMPAnY ProFILeS broadcasters

bbc.co.uk/storyville uk company Profile

BBC Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. The strand’s aim is to try to bring the most interesting character-based stories from around the world to the screen. That gives us amazing scope to commission across a huge range of genres and subjects, both retrospective and unfolding. The strand looks for ambitious, narrative, contemporary films to commission in co-production with other funders, to pre-buy or acquire. We aim to broadcast films at an hour or 90 minutes in length. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: 4 Oscars, 15 Griersons, 3 Peabodys and 3 International Emmys. broadcaster type

Public

sundancechannelglobal.com usa

itvs.org usa

AMC/Sundance Channel Global delivers compelling and globally renowned entertainment to audiences worldwide in multiple languages through locally tailored programming services, cutting edge media and subscription television platforms. The international arm of AMC Networks Inc., the division’s flagship channels include Sundance Channel and WE tv and are broadcast in both high and standard definition. Sundance Channel was founded by Robert Redford and showcases acclaimed independent films, from the newest festival award winners to the genre’s most beloved movies. Central to Sundance Channel’s appeal is its broadcast of original series from leading talent both in the US and abroad, including celebrated series Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Hell on Wheels. Recently launched in Asia, WE tv is a leading entertainment brand in the US and caters to audiences who can’t get enough of celebrity driven reality and other widely appealing lifestyle programming.

The Independent Television Service (ITVS) funds, presents, and promotes award-winning documentaries and dramas on public television and cable, innovative new media projects on the Web, and the Emmy Award-winning weekly series Independent Lens Monday nights at 10PM on PBS. ITVS International is a division of the Independent Television Service that runs the Global Perspectives Project (GPP), an international exchange of documentary films made by independent producers, bringing international voices to US audiences and American stories to audiences abroad.

Strong international narrative-based stories.

Depends on feed

32 hours in total commissioned per year and 12 hours acquired.

content requirements

Has your company co-produced or commissioned australian content before?

Yes, we are currently co-producing a film with Australia

70 hours/ 28-35 slots

looking for

number of slots/Hours commissioned or acquired

Ground breaking films with compelling narratives and strong characters which, though international in scope, have themes that touch us all. The length is 60 mins – 90 mins.

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Creative documentary/social issues

Cable slots

looking for?

Public

content requirements

broadcaster type content requirements

broadcaster type

All subjects, especially social issue documentary, broadcast lengths for PBS (53mins/83mins) but no children’s wildlife, how-tos, lifestyle

On-brand docs, scripted, some factual and some local content

Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

looking for

Yes. Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls, The First Australians, Rules of the Game.

Sundance Channel: On-brand documentaries, short programming focusing on filmmaking process, independent/festival pedigree films. WE tv: uplifting, story-driven lifestyle factual, e.g. home improvement, cooking, etc. Previous co-Producer or commissioner of australian content?

Yes. Matchbox Pictures, Screen Australia

Preferred contact Method

www.itvs.org - see Funding section

Key contacts

Claire Aguilar • Executive Content Advisor claire_aguilar@itvs.org

Key company contacts Key contact

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/briefs/tv/ browse-by-genre/documentaries/documentarieson-bbc-four---storyville-strand.shtml Representative

Lois Vossen • Senior Series Producer, Independent Lens lois_vossen@itvs.org

Gail Gendler • VP, Acquisitions gail.gendler@amcnetworks.com +1 646 273 3747

N’Jeri Eaton • Program Manager njeri_eaton@itvs.org

Representative

Kate Townsend-Vision • Executive Producer

Representative

Patrick Connolly • VP, Programming, Scheduling & Creative Services patrick.connolly@amcnetworks.com +1 917 542 6354

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Claire Aguilar, Executive Content Advisor

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antidotefilms.com.au australia

Antidote Films is one of Australia’s leading independent distributors of high quality, thought-provoking Australian and international documentary and feature films. Antidote Films is only part of the story. Cinema Ventures, Australia’s first (and still its only) non-profit film distributor, shows how your community action group can use many of the films found here for fundraisers and filmmaker Q&A screenings. Discover beamafilm and the world to come. Most Antidote titles (and many more) are available on-demand, via beamafilm, streamed directly to your computer or digital TV.

Rights requirements

Markets served

Ruari Elkington • Distribution Consultant, Antidote Films

Antidote Films - Australia/NZ beamafilm - All Territories

flamedistribution.com australia

Flame Distribution is a specialist factual content distributor with offices in Sydney, London and Europe. Our catalogue of carefully selected programs allows us to concentrate on each title and work innovatively in promoting content across traditional and emerging revenue channels, feeding back market responses to producers.

All rights – negotiable Content requirements

High end feature docs or narrative films

Key Contacts

Markets Served

gil@antidotefilms.com.au ruari@antidotefilms.com.au louise@beamafilm.com

Worldwide sales into television, DVD, non-theatrical, online and digital rights

All How to Contact the Company

Markets Served

Online submission

Australia & New Zealand

Content requirements

Quality content across all genres

Key Contact & representative

Simon Killen • Managing Director simon@higlossentertainment.com.au

distributors / sales agents

Fiona Gilroy • Content Sales and Acquisitions Director fgilroy@flamedistribution.com

madman.com.au australia

Markets served

Rights requirement

Key Contact & representative

All worldwide

Madman Entertainment is one of Australia’s leading independent film and content distributors, working across all rights and many genres including feature film, documentary, television, animation, children’s programming and more. Recently Madman has launched Madman Production Company broadening its remit to include the development of film and television projects for the domestic and international market.

Australia/NZ

Factual and creative documentaries

Rights Requirements

representative

higlossentertainment.com.au australia

Hi Gloss Entertainment is an all rights distributor of arthouse cinema, documentaries, and foreign language TV. It’s an all rights distributor specialising in niche markets, and niche marketing.

Content Requirements

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Madman acquires all rights

Key Contact & representative

Nick Batzias • Licensing & Business Affairs/ Head of Production batz@madman.com.au

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raredoc.com china

umbrellaent.com.au australia

Umbrella Entertainment has been in operation since 2001. With a catalogue of over 1,500 titles, it’s a 100% Australian owned and operated distributor of filmed entertainment specialising in a range of content for theatrical, home entertainment, TV broadcasting and Video on Demand.

Founded in 2001, Rare Media is one of China’s leading documentary content suppliers. In 2011, we launched Raredoc Time, a 2.5 hour daily slot providing documentary programming to city-level TV broadcasters throughout China. Apart from our in-house production and international co-productions, we acquire over 300 hours of documentaries from overseas each year.

Rights Requirements

Flexible

Key Contact & representative

Richard Moore • Theatrical Sales Manager richard@umbrellaent.com.au +61 3 9020 5144

Markets Served

Australia and New Zealand Content Requirements

Engaging stories that are well told

Content Requirements

Raredoc Time slot • History (30’/60’) – exploring historical events that had global impact, or a direct connection with China • Biography (30’/60’) – profiling universally celebrated achievers, and others with unique and compelling stories • Marvelous Planet (30’/60’) – nature, wildlife, travel, science & technology, human interest, lifestyle, and pop culture • Doc Cinema (90’) – story driven, award-winning, feature-length documentaries

www.umbrellaent.com.au

Key Qualities: • Either universally appealing (such as nature), or related to China • Quick pace, generally leaning more towards entertaining than intellectual • Story-driven, not dominated by interviews or narration Rights Requirements • For Raredoc Time: non-exclusive city-level terrestrial TV rights, or second-run city-level terrestrial tv rights in China • For blue chip, award-winning programs: all media distribution rights in China

Key Contacts & representatives

Ruifang Hua • Head of European Business Development huaruifang@raredoc.com +86 135 2091 5730 Tian Hai • CEO

WITH COMPLIMENTS ABN 61 093 275 659

Unit 19 / 79–83 High Street Kew Victoria 3101 Australia P +61 3 9020 5130 F +61 3 9020 5159 E info@umbrellaent.com.au www.umbrellaent.com.au

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zigzag.uk.com uk

offers its expertise on panels. TVF International is part of the TVF Media group, operating in television, digital and multiplatform production. Markets Served

Worldwide Rights Requirements

World rights, some exclusions permitted Content Requirements

High-end factual - all genres

Key Contact & representative

Julian Chou-Lambert • Senior Programming and Acquisitions Executive julian.choulambert@tvf.co.uk

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and 9th in the top specialist factual producers in the most recent Broadcast Indie Survey and is consistently listed in the Realscreen Global 100 Top Independent Production Companies. Markets Served

All worldwide

Key Contact & representative

Leila Monks • Vice-President Commercial and Current Production leila.monks@zigzag.uk.com

CoMPAnY ProFILeS distributors / sales agents

alexanderstreet.com usa

Producer of online text, music and streaming video products for distribution to the educational market worldwide. Provides content across a wide range of academic disciplines: business, health, arts and humanities, music, science and engineering

pbsinternational.org usa

PBS International distributes programs worldwide that are made by many independent producers from the USA and abroad and by WGBH/ Boston, one of the largest producers of primetime programming for PBS in the US. We seek science, history, current affairs, human/social issues, children’s and lifestyle (see our catalog online). PBS International is one division of PBS Distribution, a joint venture of WGBH and PBS. With unexcelled access to broadcast executives, PBS International seeks co-productions, pre-sales and sales for the projects and programs in its catalog of over 500 hours. For PBS Video - another part of PBS Distribution - we also seek programming suitable for the home entertainment and educational

Key contact & Representative

Fiona Carr • International Licensing Editor fcarr@astreetpress.com

content requirements

Content across range of academic disciplines. Also looking for local content especially documentaries and feature films.

Our creative side of the law More than simply understanding the law behind the entertainment industry, Marshalls+Dent Lawyers understands the nature of the industry itself.

Marshalls+Dent Lawyers has the knowledge and expertise to protect your ideas and realise your project. • Film • Television • Performing Arts • Transmedia Projects • Music • Technology • Visual Arts

For further information, or to make an appointment, please contact Michelle on 9670 5000 or to find out about our other areas of law, visit www.mdlaw.com.au.

Melbourne 03 9670 5000 Mornington 03 5973 6919

www.mdlaw.com.au

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markets in North America where we have a substantial presence in all DVD markets, especially on digital platforms.

Key contact & Representative

Charles Schuerhoff • Director of Acquisitions and Sales chschuerhoff@pbs.org

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documentaryaustralia.com.au australia

smh.com.au/tv australia

screenrights.org australia

The Documentary Australia Foundation is a private philanthropic initiative that aims to inspire and nurture partnerships between philanthropic grantmakers, not for profits and documentary filmmakers. The Foundation provides all the information, guides and resources to help work together to achieve their mutual goals. DAF enables filmmakers to receive philanthropic grants and donations by offering tax deductible status to foundations and individuals wishing to give to documentary. DAF does not directly fund documentaries. It acts as a conduit and facilitates grantmakers and filmmakers in finding each other. DAF passes 100% of donations received to the preferred projects, i.e. retains 7%. DAF assesses projects as to their suitability for philanthropic support. This can be broad and is not based on content as much as the social impact the film intends to make. DAF has an extensive website with thorough guides for filmmakers to read and understand our expectations. DAF is a non-profit organisation with DGR status.

Founded by Ricky Sutton, smh.tv is the video on demand platform of Fairfax Media. It offers more than 2,500 shows, movies and documentaries across 53 genres, all free to view and ad funded. smh.tv is now one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest VOD destinations, available on 16 devices enjoying rights deals with more than 100 content providers including the BBC, Endemol, Fremantle, CNN right down to individual film makers. smh.tv is looking for a variety of content across documentary, current affairs, history, crime, military, biography, science and nature.

Screenrights was established in 1990 to administer provisions in the Australian Copyright Act that allow educational institutions to copy from television and radio, provided payment is made to the copyright owners. Screenrights now licenses: • Educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand, enabling them to copy broadcast material, and put these copies on internal networks or email them to staff and students • Pay television, mobile phones, IPTV and other services that retransmit free to air broadcasts • State and federal government departments, enabling them to copy from television and radio.

Key contact & Representative

Ricky Sutton • Head of Video, IPTV and New Devices ricky.sutton@fairfaxdigital.com.au

Payment to copyright owners Licence fees from each of these services are distributed to copyright owners on a non-profit basis. Screenrights also distributes royalties from similar overseas agencies administering licences in their territories. Bringing filmmakers and educators together Screenrights brings filmmakers and educators together through its online resource centre, EnhanceTV. Teachers can find out what’s on television relevant to their learning area, order copies of programs and find free resources, such as study guides and articles.

Key contacts & Representatives

Mitzi Goldman • CEO mitzi@documentaryaustralia.com.au Susan MacKinnon • COO susan@documentaryaustralia.com.au

Representatives

Cristina Khashadorian • Member Relations cristina@screenrights.org Jasmina Matic • Member Relations jasmina@screenrights.org Anna Yates • EnhanceTV Web Editor Screenrights / Enhance TV

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showbrands.com.au australia

spondo.com australia

snagfilms.com usa

Launched in 2009 and based in Sydney Australia, Showbrands offers a measurement system for the growing market of branded content and product placement. Coupled with strategy and content creation, Showbrands is unique in the Australian and Asia-Pacific region. Showbrands was conceived and founded by Michael Byers. He has over twenty years professional experience in cross platform media, covering a wide range of blue chip and SME clients. As an independent, Showbrand partners with brand owners, producers, agencies and networks on a confidential project basis. Showbrands has developed its own research methodology based on global, current best practice and has affiliations in the USA and UK. Michael is the author of the Product Placement Handbook.

Spondo seeks to empower anyone with a website, social page or blog to become a full commercial broadcaster. Spondo is a streaming media company with a suite of complimentary products: social syndication, its Social Movie Player (SMP), Smart Ad unit (AdIQ) and live streaming which, working together, form a powerful content monetization, online advertising and social commerce system to serve customers in media, entertainment, social networks, sports, brands, advertisers and corporate sector who wish to easily and powerfully monetize content via all channels, across the web and social onto any connected device. Spondo has offices in Melbourne, Australia and Los Angeles with presence in Europe and seeking to expand into Asia as the company’s tools work with the many portals and social networks in the region, delivering content, value and revenues to all. The company has signed deals with KTF Films (for Sean Penn Executive Produced and narrated documentary, The Human Experiment), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Cinedigm, Umbrella Entertainment, Madman Entertainment, The Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia, TV4 Entertainment CINEBX and Trinidad Entertainment. In 2013, Spondo was the only Australian company to receive coveted Red Herring Top 100 Asia and Red Herring Global 100 awards.

SnagFilms, Inc. was co-founded in 2008 by digital entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Leonsis, and renowned media executive Rick Allen. The company is a privately owned media and technology company with roots in the independent film industry. SnagFilms, Inc. is comprised of two discreet, yet connected business units: SnagReleasing and SnagFilms.com. SnagReleasing is a premier film distribution service that acquires the distribution rights to distinctive film festival favorites and distributes them across a wide variety of movie-viewing platforms. SnagFilms.com, a very popular, ad-supported social video-viewing platform, offers viewers carefully selected video content and the chance to discover, watch and recommend high-quality content from its extensive online library.

Key contact & Representative

Michael Byers • Managing Director michaelbyers@showbrands.com.au

Key contacts

Chris Adams • CEO & Executive Director chris@spondo.com David Stavropolous • COO david.stavropoulos@spondo.com

Representative

Chris Adams • CEO & Executive Director

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