
Susan MacKinnon
The Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) is unique in Australia as the only organisation that builds and nurtures partnerships between filmmakers, non profits and philanthropic funders to enable them to tell stories and build campaigns that inspire change.
Susan and Mitzi are ready to take your meetings relating to Good Pitch Australia.

Documentary Australia Foundation
COO
Fabio Mancini
DOC3 is a summer slot focused on social issues, narrated through strong individual stories. Stories about problems which are not very present in the daily broadcasting of news programs.

DOC3 / RAITRE
Commissioning Editor
Joseph Maxwell
With a background as Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting Australia’s diverse society. SBS inspires all Australians to explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so contributes to social cohesion.
SBS carries out this function through an ever-increasing number of distribution platforms including free-to-air television channels, subscription television, analogue and digital radio, online, and via mobile devices and apps.
For more information, please visit www.sbs.com.au

SBS
Commissioning Editor - Documentaries
Jeni McMahon
Film Victoria is the State Government agency that provides strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and games sectors of Victoria. We invest in projects and people, and promote Victoria as a world-class production destination nationally and internationally.

Film Victoria
Development and Investment Manager
Andrew McPhail
Screen Tasmania is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for developing Tasmania’s screen industry through the production of films, television drama and documentaries and digital media. Screen Tasmania staff provide a bespoke service to industry with a clear aim of increasing production activity to create jobs and attract investment to Tasmania. It supports a broad range of productions and strives to be innovative and flexible in a rapidly changing screen industry. In particular, Screen Tasmania’s Digital Media Fund provides investment for games, web content and animations.. Screen Tasmania is also committed to funding factual entertainment productions and has a proud history of supporting successful documentaries.

Screen Tasmania
Business and Production Investment Manager
Kristian Moliere
Formed in March 2011, Triptych Pictures slate encompasses television, feature film and multi-media projects, with the development and production of factual and drama television series forming the cornerstone of the company’s vision. Coming from diverse yet related backgrounds, the Triptych producers bring a wealth of production experience and knowledge to the table, each having worked in the industry professionally for over 15 years, ideally situating the company for domestic and international co-production opportunities.
Producing credits include feature films, Boxing Day, Lucky Country, The Babadook (Sundance 2014), The Dead Speak Back, Touch, with co-producing credits on Shut Up Little Man! an Audio Misadventure (Sundance 2011) and One Eyed Girl; factual television series producing credits include mY Generation (2008 SBS), Croc College (2013 ABC1) and Jillaroo School (2014 ABC1), as well as the multi-media multi-platform project Stasis, currently in the first stage of production.

Triptych Pictures
Producer
Leila Monks
Zig Zag Productions is one of the UK’s foremost independent television production companies formed in 1999 by Danny Fenton and Kevin Utton.
With offices in London and New York, Zig Zag has produced over 600 hours of non scripted programming and has grown to become an internationally recognised, respected and award winning television producer both in the UK, USA and internationally. Zig Zag has produced programming for broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, TLC, MTV, Fox, National Geographic, Discovery, OWN, Logo and Syfy. The company has also won numerous awards including the Rose D’or for Best Format.
Zig Zag was rated 10th top sports producer, 7th top factual producer and 9th in the top specialist factual producers in the most recent Broadcast Indie Survey and is consistently listed in the Realscreen Global 100 Top Independent Production Companies.

Zig Zag Productions
VP: Commercial and Current Production
Richard Moore
Umbrella Entertainment has been in operation since 2001. With a catalogue of over 1,500 titles its a 100% Australian owned and operated distributor of filmed entertainment specializing in a range of content for theatrical, home entertainment, TV broadcasting and Video on Demand.

Umbrella Entertainment Pty Ltd
Theatrical Distribution Manager
David Morrison
Showrunner Productions is a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly listed agency, Adcorp Australia. We produce factual and drama series for the international markets, as well as local stories and concepts for Australian broadcasters. Our team is highly experienced and motivated to produce quality television in an ever changing market.

Showrunner Productions
CEO
Katy Morrison
Chemical Media is an independent production company specialising in factual entertainment, travel & lifestyle programming.
Established by the team which successfully brought the Lonely Planet brand to television, Chemical’s founders have made hundreds of hours of programming for broadcasters such as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Al Jazeera English, Channel 4 and SBS.
Along the way we’ve produced shows on everything from contemporary British gangsters to traditional Chinese medicine, handled location shoots from Alaska to Arnhem Land, been hailed by prime ministers, denounced as people-smugglers, and frequently missed the last bus home.
Focusing on strong storytelling and intelligent entertainment, the Chemical team has created factual documentaries, returnable travel series, break-through social media campaigns and occasionally even impressed our mums.
With Australian roots and a global outlook, we’ve forged strategic film finance relationships with partners around the world and tailored unique content for brands such as Nokia, Tourism Australia and American Express.
