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Amanda is Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival and CEO of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. 

We are currently looking for projects for 2015 AFF Investment Fund (AFFIF) - check site for details and happy to heaer of projects in pre or post. www.adealaidefilmfestival.org  

Ruari has worked with distributor Gil Scrine Films since 2009 including the company's evolution into Antidote Films. This work included acquisitions for the VoD platform beamafilm and the not-for-profit theatrical distributor, Cinema Ventures.  With a focus on documentary and the education market Ruari now consults in acquisition/distribution for Antidote Films and others while completing his PhD at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology. 

Leo Faber is Development Executive Factual at Essential Media and Entertainment. He has extensive experience in factual story telling as both writer and producer involved in award-winning programs such as Whatever! The Science of Teens, Miracle in the Storm and Masterchef. Prior to joining Essential Media, Leo was responsible for writing and series producing some 50 hours of factual programming at Beyond Productions, Southern Star Endemol and Fremantle Media.

Alex is the Head of Alliance and Product at EFIC. Alex's role at EFIC is to work with key alliance partners including the banking community, government and industry bodies, to develop solutions that support EFIC in its role to help Australian SME exporters overcome financial barriers. Alex has specific responsibility for assisting Australian producers of low budget productions to finance the producer offset rebate. Alex experience's includes 30 years working in commercial lending, primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises. He specialises in providing tailored solutions that meet a customer's particular needs. Before joining EFIC, he worked for seven years for HSBC, and before that, for 18 years for what was then Australia's oldest finance company, Australian Guarantee Corporation.

Jules joined Prospero Productions in 2010 bringing with her experience from both RTE and the independent sector in Ireland. After working as a Production Manager on some of Prospero's most challenging documentaries, Jules was appointed to the position of Head of Production in 2012. Now she overseas the day-to-day management of all areas of production, from contracting and budgeting to managing staff and creating schedules.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Wild Fury Pty Ltd is one of Australia's newest factual and factual entertainment production companies. Wild Fury represents the combined forces of respected producers, Tina Dalton of Absolutely Wild Visuals and Content Mint, and Veronica Fury of Fury Productions. Former Nine Network and Southern Star CEO Hugh Marks has come on board as Executive Director.

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.

Mitzi and Susan are ready to take your meetings relating to Good Pitch Australia.