NEW! - Full Program Details

With some 65 sessions scheduled, the broadly-based Conference program incorporates a variety of features including:

A large number of screenings in the state-of-the-art George Cinema Complex;
A full multimedia strand with such hands-on sessions as Practicalities of New Media Production, and The Internet as a Research Tool - computer points will be set up where delegates will be able to access the Internet and trial some of the new multimedia projects being made by their peers;
Documart, a half-day forum similar to the extremely successful and exciting Market Day held at the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, at which filmmakers will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas for new productions to a panel comprising national and international television and distribution companies;
And continuing the work of the 1993 Conference, a focus on the documentaries of the Asia-Pacific region with the launch of the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) 1996 Asian Film Discovery program.

The Conference Program will incorporate different types of sessions to suit everyone:

Plenary sessions: In-depth examination of the topical issues confronting documentary film makers today
Forums: For debate and discussion
Networking spaces: Planned and informal sessions where Australian film makers can meet with local and international television buyers, producers and distributors
Workshop and Craft sessions: Focusing on practical or technical areas of the documentarists’ work
Information sessions: More on new technologies, working abroad, using archives, etc.
Action sessions: Identifying the real concerns of the Australian documentary industry
Spotlight sessions: On selected filmmakers
Screenings: Participating delegates will present their work