Features
AIDC 2013: alternative finance and distribution for documentaries
Do you want to be an Enterprise ship or an independent scrappy kayaker? ScreenHub’s Andrew Einspruch donned a lifejacket and…
AIDC 2013: battering the small fry
Can the lone documentary producer survive in the modern marketplace? Four experts from three countries believe that the answer is…
AIDC 2013: Evan Shapiro, Participant Media and the heroic idealism of the millenial child
Evan Shapiro is building a cable channel on the theory that the millenium generation wants to both change the world…
AIDC 2013: ABC TV Head of Factual Phil Craig on leadership, confidence and the future of his patch
Phil Craig, irrepressible English import, deadly serious about Australia, used the Australian International Documentary Conference to expound his vision of…
AIDC 2013: Ratings driving Australian content
We used to have huge output deals with the US, but I don’t see that continuing. The good news is…
AIDC 2013: government commissioning editors, all in a row...
Now that we have three government channels in the FTA sector, the landscape is riven by contradictions. With such differences,…
AIDC 2013: ye olde complete guide to formats
Formats are a strong theme at this year's Australian International Documentary Conference. And if you have a format, and you…
AIDC 2013: making money under the education Kanopy
When you think profitability, do you think education sales? Kanopy provides the "Netflix of education", and it's a damned site…
AIDC 2013: Digital Distribution, a complex way to make money
Digital distribution is the great hope for many filmmakers - a way to get material out into the world, either…
AIDC 2013: keeping the pirates at bay
he piracy horse has bolted. The only question that remains is what is to be done about it. The figures…