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New director for Documentary conference

Andrew Wiseman appointed as new CEO / Conference Director of the Australian International Documentary Conference.

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Producer / Director Andrew Wiseman has been appointed as the new CEO / Conference Director of the Australian International Documentary Conference.

Wiseman has more than three decades as an independent producer and director of documentary and drama, working through his company Pericles Films including titles such as Kokoda, My Brother Jack, After the Deluge, Curtin, and Waiting at the Royal.

His projects have garnered awards in Australia and around the world, and have been screened at festivals including the Venice Film Festival, Banff World Television Festival, Sydney Film Festival and MIFF.

AIDC Board Co-Chairs, Karena Slaninka and Fiona Gilroy said, “Andrew has a deep and extensive understanding of the Australian screen industry and a passion for factual storytelling. His production knowledge and academic background is an exciting combination and we are confident that he will grow the conference and market, to ensure their relevance to the sector whilst also building the professional development program to inspire and ignite a new generation of factual content creators.”

Wiseman replaces Britt Arthur, who leaves the AIDC to start a family.

“The AIDC board acknowledges the significant and valuable contribution that outgoing CEO Britt Arthur has made in reinvigorating and re-imagining the AIDC. She has left a legacy of stability, financial certainty, solid relationships and increased engagement with the factual and broader screen industry.

“We are delighted to have found such a worthy successor in Andrew Wiseman and we are confident he will build on the work achieved to date to ensure that the conference and market continues as a leading event, and the one ‘not to be missed’ on the national and international circuit.”

Andrew Wiseman said, “I’m delighted to take up the role of CEO / Conference Director at AIDC. Britt and her team have done a really wonderful job and the 2017 Event is shaping up to be every bit as imaginative, thought provoking and useful as the 2016 Conference. I firmly believe that story, in all its myriad guises, matters a great deal. Documentary, factual and unscripted screen content is a vital and creative part of the world of story and the 30th anniversary of AIDC provides the perfect opportunity to celebrate past success and, crucially to look ahead and imagine all the potential of the future.”

Earlier this week the the Victorian Government and Film Victoria confirmed renewed funding support of the AIDC until 2020.

The 30th Anniversary AIDC will take place at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne next March.

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