For Allan Clarke, documentary filmmaking isn’t simply about preserving history – it’s about challenging audiences to confront the stories they’ve long ignored. The award-winning Muruwari and Gomeroi filmmaker, journalist and writer has built a career giving voice to communities too often left out of Australia’s national conversation, from The Bowraville Murders and The Dark Emu…
Artificial intelligence is often framed as a technological revolution, but for producer Andy Huang, it’s the profoundly human stories emerging from that revolution that matter most. His latest documentary, Replica, follows women who have formed intimate relationships with AI companions, using their experiences to explore loneliness, connection and the rapidly shifting boundaries of what we…
The full program has been unveiled for the 2026 edition of Regionality Sunshine Coast, with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi set to headline the one-day documentary and factual industry event. Presented by AIDC and Screen Queensland, with the support of Sunshine Coast Council and in association with the Sunshine Coast Screen Collective, the event returns…
As the 30th anniversary of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) approaches, a final round of speakers have been announced today for the documentary and factual screen industry event. Co-founder of satirical media empire The Chaser, Julian Morrow joins AIDC 2017’s up-to-the-minute session Political Documentary in a Post-Truth World, presented by Screen NSW. Morrow will moderate a panel featuring AACTA Award-winning…
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) launched its program this year, with 2017 also being its 30th anniversary year. Held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Federation Square, Melbourne, the conference runs from 5th to the 8th March. Passes, both All Access and Day Passes (for days 2-4 only) are now…
