AIDC gears up for thirtieth anniversary

The Australian International Documentary Conference begins to take shape on the long run to 5 March, 2017.
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The AIDC has announced that tickets are open for its super early bird discount from 8 November while it begins to shape the program for 2016. 

Key to this is the primal fact that this is the 30th anniversary of the AIDC. It started more or less on a pavement in Melbourne around a screenwriters’ conference, emerged by a lake in South Australia’s McLaren Vale, and retreated from commerce to the ANU for a memorable year with the first Asian delegates. It skittered around the country every two years, to gaze at the setting sun over the Indian Ocean, trundle around the capitals and camp in a pair of tends in Byron Bay, in its most challenging but imaginative year.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.