AIDC Program Update

The AIDC 2010 runs from Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 February, in Adelaide, Australia. 

Whilst the official Conference sessions begin on Wednesday 24, there are a number of key activities scheduled for Tuesday 23.  Please take these activities into consideration when booking your flights: 

• Science Exchange Pitching Session - science stories will be pitched by scientists, to science producers and science broadcasters. 
• First Factual Films Festival - delegates are invited to the opening night including the first screening (from approximately 5:30pm).
• Stanley Hawes Award Ceremony including the inaugural Stanley Hawes Address.
• AIDC Opening Night Function - delegates are invited to attend this special event from 7pm. This function is a great opportunity to welcome all delegates to the Conference, and it includes drinks, canapes and much socialising.
• Screening Room - open for delegates to view Videotheque and Trailer Park submissions for acquisition, distribution and co-production purposes.
• Registration Desk - beat the Wednesday morning rush, register and collect your Conference pass from 10:30am.

The session program is currently being finalised, and full details will be available in January.  For more information, click here.

AIDC Confirmed Guests Update

AIDC is please to announce the following new confirmed guests:

Hans Robert Eisenhauer - Commissioning Editor - Head of Thema, ZDF/ARTE, Germany
Riitta Pihlajamaki - Channel Controller, YLE TV1, Finland
Greg Sanderson - Executive Producer, BBC - Strand Executive Storyville, UK
Sarah Shen - Purchasing Manager, Sohu.com Inc, China
Cindy Witten - Director General - English Program, National Film Board, Canada

For the full list of confirmed guests, click here.

Online Marketplace

The AIDC co-production and acquisition programs are now available online.

Completed documentaries (both final and rough cut) that are ready for acquisition and/or distribution can be submitted to Videotheque. 

Documentary project trailers that are ready to pitch to potential investors can be submitted to Trailer Park.

Completed documentaries and project trailers can be uploaded to the Screening Room and viewed by broadcasters, distributors, sales agents and festival programmers.  After viewing, these executives can contact the filmmakers and producers directly, through DocExchange, to begin discussions.

For more information on the submission process, click here.

Deadline Reminders

• Science Exchange story idea submissions close 25 January 2010
• Mini Documentary Competition submissions close 10 February 2010
• Videotheque entries to be included in the printed catalogue for distribution at AIDC 2010 due 25 January 2010
• Trailer Park entries to be included in the printed catalogue for distribution at AIDC 2010 due 25 January 2010
• Videotheque entries to be included in the physical Screening Room at AIDC 2010 due 15 February 2010
• Trailer Park entries to be included in the physical Screening Room at AIDC 2010 due 15 February 2010