FIRST-TIME EVENT: FULL PROGRAM REVEALED FOR REGIONALITY SUNSHINE COAST
PRESENTED BY AIDC AND SCREEN QUEENSLAND,
WITH THE SUPPORT OF SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL,
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUNSHINE COAST SCREEN COLLECTIVE
AIDC and Screen Queensland, with the support of Sunshine Coast Council and in collaboration with Sunshine Coast Screen Collective, are pleased to reveal the full session program and speaker line-up for the first Regionality Sunshine Coast documentary and factual industry event, taking place at Maroochy RSL, Maroochydore on Friday 26 July 2024.
The packed one-day program provides exclusive insights into crafting award-winning character docs, the elusive art of pitching, factual formats and new discoveries, First Nations storytelling and engaging audiences with impact. It also includes opportunities for sector networking and curated 1:1 meetings with participating industry representatives – all designed with the needs of Queensland-based documentary and factual practitioners in mind.
Leading the program are Emmy and Sundance Award-winning US documentarians Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, the creative duo behind Boys State (Apple TV+), The Mission (Nat Geo), Mayor Pete (Amazon Prime Video), The Overnighters (Netflix) and the 2024 Sundance smash Girls State (Apple TV+). Heralded for their character-driven, provocative, and timely documentaries, Moss and McBaine will share insights into their creative practice, playing with form and how to balance independent artistic endeavors with commercial realities to turn their documentaries into major international hits.
For those seeking insider knowledge of the evolving factual landscape, Endless Discovery – Reaching New Heights In Factual brings together some of Queensland’s finest and most prolific factual filmmakers, including Randall Wood (Flyways), Bettina Dalton (Every Little Thing), Dena Curtis (First Weapons), Nick Piper (Dawn of the Dolphins) and Dr. Chadden Hunter (The Platypus Guardian). Spanning natural history, wildlife, science and technology, this stellar line-up will share creative and industry insights into their most recent factual productions, how to create informative and entertaining programs that successfully ‘cut through’, and what discoveries lie ahead for the future of factual.
Award-winning Indigenous creatives John Harvey (Still We Rise) and Dena Curtis (Rebel With A Cause) join producer and industry expert Marissa McDowell and Screen Queensland’s Head of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit, Danielle Ah Boo for a robust discussion on First Nations storytelling and the documentary landscape. Drawing on recent works such as Still We
