JOIN THE AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION AT HOT DOCS 2009
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 20 MARCH 2009
Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, in conjunction with the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) will host an official industry delegation of Australian documentary producers and professionals, to participate in the official International Delegations Programme at the 2009 Hot Docs festival (April 30 – May 10).
As North America’s essential meeting place for the international documentary industry, Hot Docs will offer the Australian delegation invaluable opportunities to network and do business with industry leaders from Canada and around the world.
OPPORTUNITIES
The official delegation from Australia is being organised by the Australian International Documentary Conference. The Australian delegation will consist of up to 30 established producers and broadcasters working in social, cultural and political documentary genres.
Hot Docs will work closely with this delegation to provide a variety of customised profile opportunities, dedicated networking meetings, and opportunities to promote programming from Australia. The delegation will feature participants at International Co-Production Day, an intensive, day-long series of presentations, targeted one-on-one meetings and social events aimed at sparking international co-productions. The Australian delegation will also be able to network with fellow delegates throughout the Festival at specially-scheduled parties and receptions, and as accredited participants in Hot Docs’ internationally renowned co-financing event, the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF).
Members of the delegation will also be helped with streamlining the pre-registration, travel and accreditation process.
CRITERIA
Members of the Delegation must be Australian Residents. The selection process is based on a first come, first serve basis. Individual delegate members are responsible for meeting all costs including the Hot Docs registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses.
Registration fees for Australian delegation members to attend Hot Docs and the Forum will be discounted to $425 CDN per delegate plus applicable taxes (normal cost $750 CDN per person). All delegates must be registered with Hot Docs by 20 March 2009 in order to ensure TDF Observer status.
FUNDING ASSISTANCE
Australian State and Territory film agencies will accept submissions from suitably experienced and eligible applicants to assist with travel and participation costs.
Please contact the Agency in your State or Territory to discuss which program you should apply to for assistance.
Go to www.aidc.com.auor Click Here for further information and/or to sign up
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Thank you to all those who participated in AIDC 2009 – the feedback over the conference period was fantastic.
We will be emailing out a delegate survey in the next couple of weeks and hope you will take the time to respond with your comments, information and suggestions, so we can continue to meet your needs and keep improving on this great event.
We hope to see you again in Adelaide next year. The dates for AIDC 2010 are 24th, 25th, 26th February.
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TOMORROW - FORUM: CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH FILM
Jointly presented with the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, UniSA and the 2009 Bigpond Adelaide Film Festival
6pm Tuesday 24 February – FREE
Bradley Forum, Hawke Building Level 5, UniSA City West campus, 50 North Tce, Adelaide
Bookings essential via Hawke Centre web site: www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au or Tel: 8302 0215
Some filmmakers pick up cameras in an effort to end injustice or suggest new ways of responding to the social and political issues of our day. In short, they want to change the world. This social activist filmmaking includes some of the strongest films in the BAFF program. Three festival guests share their personal experiences of socially committed documentary.
Pamela Yates directed the Sundance Award-winning When the Mountains Tremble, and Emmy and Academy Award winning Loss of Innocence and Witness to War. She is presenting her latest film The Reckoning about the International Criminal Court. Kiran Bedi is the subject of Megan Doneman’s Yes Madam, Sir. Bedi is India’s first woman to become a senior police officer. She brought in radical reforms against all odds, and is now one of India’s most remarkable, beloved and controversial women. For director Megan Doneman
, telling Bedi’s story has become a long term project.
Chair: Peter Wintonick, documentary filmmaker & former Adelaide Thinker in Residence
 
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