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Beginning at Film Australia in 1989, Fiona built strong relationships with the independent production sector and content buyers. As Content Sales Manager at SBS, Fiona worked with producers to sell completed programs and helped secure presales and other market interest. Establishing her consultancy business Fi‚'sAbility in 2009, Fiona worked with producers to maximise the commercial opportunities for their content and explore new business opportunities. Now working as the Content Sales and Acquisitions Manager at Flame Distribution, Fiona and her team represent factual content from independent producers into all markets worldwide.

Erica Glynn is the Head of the Indigenous Department at Screen Australia. The funding programs of Screen Australia's Indigenous Department support creatively ambitious projects and people, and imaginative, resonant stories authored by Indigenous Australians. We aim to assist the career development of talented writers, directors and producers who have the potential to make a significant contribution to screen culture and the national cultural life by actively engaging at all stages with key creatives in the development and production of their works.

John worked for 10 years in the UK series/exec producing a range of factual programming across a range of genres for Channel 4 and BBC2. His career in the UK included the ground breaking Channel 4 series Eurotrash. He has been in Australia for 10 years, and has produced everything from documentary, to popular culture series (SBS and Discovery).  Most recently, he worked at Becker Entertainment as Head of Development and Executive Producer. He has been SBS Commissioning Editor of Documentaries since July 2008, and commissions include Who Do You think You Are? (Series 3 and 4), The Tall Man and Immigration Nation – The Secret History of Us. Now Head of Documentaries, John is responsible for the whole documentary slate, and in particular looks after indigenous and contemporary documentaries including Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta and Go Back To Where You Came From.

Mitzi has written, produced, edited and directed award winning international documentaries for over 25 years. Her films have screened in festivals around the world and have received many nominations and awards. She has made commissioned work for ABC, SBS, ITVS, ARTE, NGTI, Ch4, YLE and sold her documentaries to many other international broadcasters. Recent credits include End of the Rainbow, Memoirs of a Plague, A Common Purpose and Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography. From 2002 - 2008 Mitzi was Co-Head of Documentary at AFTRS. Her production company, Looking Glass Pictures Pty Ltd, specialises in social impact documentary. Mitzi is the CEO of the Documentary Australia Foundation, connecting private funders, non profit organisations and documentary filmmakers, facilitating new sources of funding for documentary and inspiring social change filmmaking. Mitzi holds a BA from University of Sydney and a Phd in Cultural Studies.

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Sam Griffin is an investment manager at Screen Australia who works across the International (IDP) , General (GDP) and Signature Funds. She has worked in film and television for the past 15 years. With a background in print journalism she moved from Sydney to the U.S. in 1996 where she worked as a director/producer for a New York production company. Prior to leaving the U.S. she was the supervising producer for a suite of cable TV lifestyle series. Sam has also produced and directed documentaries and theatre productions, as well as documentary for public radio.

As Executive Producer at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Emile oversees production of original content that caters especially to the region. Based out of Discovery's Singapore office, he works closely with producers and production houses in the region to conceptualise new content, ensure creative editorial standards are met, and foster new and emerging production talent. Emile joined Discovery in 2011, but comes from an extensive production background in the UK. He formally trained in documentary editing in London, and then following six years as a documentary editor, he moved into directing and producing, most notably gaining several prime-time credits for History Channel and Crime and Investigation Network. Emile is originally from London, and holds an MA from the National Film & Television School in the UK. He has lived and worked in Manila, Ho Chi Minh City and now resides in Singapore.

Elena has worked in a variety of roles within Screen Australia since 2009. Her work has included, as part of the Marketing Department, building audiences and profiling Australian films within Australia and internationally. More recently Elena has joined the State and Industry Partnerships team, working with Senior Manager, Chris Oliver, on the Enterprise Program and on building an increased Australian film and TV presence in Asia and facilitating business opportunities in new Asian markets. These strands converged in 2013 with the staging of the inaugural two- day Australia-China Documentary Forum in Beijing, a part of the Enterprise Asia program. Elena has a broad knowledge of the screen industry in Asian countries and has attended various festivals and markets including Busan International Film Festival, FICCI Frames, Asian Side of the Doc and the Sichuan TV Festival. Elena is interested in talking with you if you want to learn more about the screen industry in Asia.