Features
AIDC 2013: Michael Loebenstein, the NFSA, and an inconvenient truth
Watching a room of archivally-obsessed filmmakers with the National Film and Sound Archive's personable leader is like watching alley cats…
AIDC 2013: ancillary rights, the devil is in the lawyer
So your show has just become a hit, and everyone wants to help you exploit the opportunity. That’s where the…
AIDC 2013: Deanne Weir's keynote address combines evidence, inspiration, and fear
Deanne Weir is a media entrepeneur, former Pay TV executive, Screen Australia board member and part owner of Brisbane transmedia…
AIDC 2013: the ABC Natural History Unit - a creation story
For many filmmakers, the ABC’s Natural History Unit was driven strongly by the BBC model, with those mellifluous Attenborough narrations.…
AIDC 2013: Independent Chinese documentary production
Three television businesspeople from the non-government sector in China slipped between the ying of bland generalisations and the yang of…
AIDC 2013: the format and the Fish On The Cake
This session perhaps should have been called Is Your Doc a Format - And If Not, Maybe It Should Be,…
AIDC 2013: ABC Arts commissioning, looking for online
ABC’s new Head of Arts, Katrina Sedgwick, and the new Arts commissioning editor, Mandy Chang, were full of enthusiasm for,…
AIDC 2013: the money in 3D and IMAX documentary
AIDC 2013: the money in 3D and IMAX documentary
AIDC 2013: Australian stories on Australian screens
The screen sector is up in arms about the dilution of Australian content on our TV screens. The title of…
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…