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EVERYTHING AIDC
AN INFORMATION SESSION FROM AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE
MONDAY 13TH NOV | 1 - 2pm (NSW TIME)
Screenworks are pleased to welcome Joany Sze and Lauren Valmadre from AIDC to deliver this online session, a must for any factual creator who wants to know how to put their best foot forward for the range of AIDC 's upcoming opportunities and how to get the most of their AIDC conference experience.
AIDC is the most inspiring annual gathering in the Australian documentary and factual industry calendar and is happening in Melbourne / Naarm from 3-6 March 2024, with an additional online marketplace taking place 7-8 March 2024.
A limited number of discounted early bird passes are available until 08 November. AIDC's registration pass types are designed to cater for all experience levels and access requirements.
Screenworks members can expect to find out more about the wildly popular conference, why they should be attending and what opportunities should they be taking advantage of now to enrich their AIDC experience in March 2024. Joany and Lauren will talk through the following open initiatives:
LEADING LIGHTS applications close 10th Dec 2023
Leading Lights is a philanthropic funding initiative designed to enable emerging and diverse practitioners to attend AIDC for the first time and participate in a customised professional development program.
FACTORY PITCH applications close 19th Nov 2023
AIDC's international pitching forum for new documentary and factual projects. Projects in development, production and rough cut stage with strong international market appeal will have the opportunity to pitch their project to a world-class line-up of Australian and international commissioners, sales agents, funders, and distributors at AIDC 2024.
FRESH CUTS applications close 16th Nov 2023 (soon!)
The 2024 Fresh Cuts Documentary Pitch is calling for documentaries in development that present distinctive and bold stories reflecting a diversity of interests, concerns, dreams, and desires, that will appeal to and engage audiences aged 15-35.
Three teams will be in the running for up to $30,000 in development funding from Screen Australia for their project.
CUT TO THE CHASE applications close 28th Jan 2024
Do you have a pitch-ready project for AIDC? Cut to the Chase is AIDC's curated marketplace, carefully matching producers and decision makers for optimum outcomes with no time-wasting. Held both in-person and online, Cut to the Chase allows decision makers and projects to make meaningful connections through one-on-one meetings.
We encourage producers and filmmakers of any level to attend. You might have heard of AIDC and wondered if it's right for you to attend, you might have pitches ready to submit to one of the above programs and use this information to give you an edge, or you might be hearing about these initiatives for the first time and want to know more.
Come one, come all, we will open the sessions up for your burning questions at the end!
Tickets are FREE for Screenworks members and $25 for non members (If you are interested in this event, you would probably get a lot out of a Screenworks membership. You get a lot of bang for your buck! Check it out)
Speakers
Joany Sze
Partnerships & Industry Development Manager at Australian International Documentary Conference
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Joany Sze
Partnerships & Industry Development Manager at Australian International Documentary Conference
https://www.aidc.com.auJoany began her career in the dance music working across nightclubs, dance parties and KISS FM radio in Melbourne. She moved into television production in London working on dance culture TV following DJs around the world and fitted in a stint at Cartoon Network. Returning to Melbourne, she started at Lonely Planet Television as production manager and ultimately Head of Production on travel series and shortform content for Discovery, National Geographic and corporate partners. One of the original founders of Chemical Media, Joany went on to Line Produce and Production Manage for some of Victoria’s strongest TV and feature documentary producers – Renegade Films (Aftermath, People’s Republic of Mallacoota), Genepool Productions (Carbon) and General Strike/Matchbox Pictures (Freeman). She joined the AIDC 2023 team straight off delivering the series Who The Bloody Hell Are We? to SBS for Chemical Media and feature doc The GIANTS for General Strike / Matchbox Pictures.
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Lauren
Valmadre
Industry Manager at Australian International Documentary Conference
https://www.aidc.com.auLauren is an avid non-fiction fan and film industry professional with extensive experience across programming, international sales and distribution both within Australia and overseas. Beginning her career in film festival programming, Lauren most notably held the role of Program Director at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, as well as programming for the Shadow Electric Outdoor Cinema and running her own film residency at state-of-the-art performance space, Howler. She then moved to Copenhagen, Denmark for three years to work with International Sales Agent LevelK as their Sales & Acquisitions Manager, handling both world sales for their slate and specialising in documentary acquisitions. During her time in the Nordics, Lauren was a tutor for the prestigious international documentary program Dok.incubator, selected as part of the ‘Rising Stars of Nordic Sales and Distributors’ for the 2020 Helsinki International Film Festival and was a member of the Danish Film Academy. Upon her return to Australia, Lauren worked in distribution for Umbrella Entertainment, handling both the monthly digital releases and world sales of classic Australian cinema. Lauren was the former Conference Programmer of AIDC in 2022 and is thrilled to be continuing her work supporting the development of dynamic Australian non-fiction stories and bringing them to global audiences in her role as Industry Manager.
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Australian International Documentary Conference
AIDC IS AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER EVENT FOR NONFICTION CONTENT, COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING AND ELEVATING DOCUMENTARY AND FACTUAL STORYTELLING ACROSS ALL FORMS.
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