Who's Coming

Speed Dating & Close Encounters Decision Makers

  • Catherine Alvaresse, Director of Documentary Unit, France Télévisions (France)
  • Harriet Armston-Clarke, Sales Manager, TVF International (UK)
  • Steve Bibb, Head of Factual, ABC (Australia)
  • James Bridges, Co-Founder & CEO, iwonder (Singapore)
  • Stella Briley, Head of Acquisitions, Orange Smarty (UK)
  • Andrew Bowers, Acquisitions Manager, Sky Vision (UK)
  • Shirley Bowers, VP, Sales & Acquisitions, Red Arrow Studios International, (USA)
  • Nha-Uyen Chau, Founder/CEO, Looking Glass International (Australia)
  • Hélène Coldefy, Head of Science & Factual Department, ARTE (France)
  • Sue Dando, Executive in Charge of Production, The Nature Of Things, CBC (Canada)
  • Sara Edelson, Original Documentaries, Netflix (USA)
  • Henrik Ekman, Acquisitions Executive, Natural History, SVT (Sweden)
  • Marc Etkind, General Manager, Science Channel (USA)
  • Fiona Gilroy, Content Sales & Acquisitions Director, Flame Distribution (Australia)
  • Justina Hemperek, Head of Acquisitions, Beyond Distribution (UK)
  • Patrick Hörl, Managing Director, Autentic GmbH (Germany)
  • Craig Hunter, Lead Commissioner, Science and Specialist Factual, BBC (UK)
  • Marita Huebinger, Senior Commissioning Editor for Science, Arte/ZDF (Germany)
  • Nikolas Hülbusch, Project Manager Co-Production and Development Factual, ZDF Enterprises GmbH (Germany)
  • Susie Jones, Commissioning Editor, SBS (Australia)
  • Tetsunori Kikuchi, Executive producer of Science Programs, NHK (Japan)
  • Kate Laffey, VP of Acquisitions, Cineflix Rights (UK)
  • Joseph Maxwell, Head of Documentaries, SBS (Australia)
  • Kay Meseberg, Head of Mission Innovation, ARTE G.E.I.E. (France)
  • Jens Monath, Editor Department Terra X, ZDF German Television (Germany)
  • Anne Olzmann, Managing Director, Albatross World Sales GmbH (Germany)
  • Mikael Osterby, Head of Factual, SVT (Sweden)
  • Loren Syer-Willoughby, Head of Acquisitions, Off the Fence (UK)
  • Nick Solowski, Director, International Sales and Acquisitions, Blue Ant Media (Canada)
  • Stephanie Sun, Senior Partnership Manager, Tencent (China)
  • Edwina Thring, Managing Director, Wild Thring Media (UK)
  • Melanie Wallace, Senior Series Producer, NOVA (USA)
  • Simon Young, Commissioning Editor, BBC (UK)
  • Lexian Zhu, Documentary Studio Deputy Director, Tencent Penguin Pictures (China)


Attending Companies

AUSTRALIA

  • 360 Degree Films
  • ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • ABC Commercial
  • AESA Films
  • Artemis Media
  • Australian Academy of Science
  • Australian International Documentary Conference
  • Being Reel Films
  • Beyond Productions
  • Byron Bay International Film Festival
  • Catchlove Films
  • The Chaser
  • Changer
  • Chimaera Pictures
  • CJZ
  • Collective Reality/Byron Bay Film Festival
  • Curtin University
  • Cutting Edge
  • David Adams Film Pty Ltd
  • DMA Creative
  • Dower Productions
  • Electric Pictures
  • Elevator Entertainment
  • Essential Media Group
  • Fanfare Entertainment
  • Film Projects Pty Ltd
  • Film Victoria
  • Flame Distribution
  • Flickchicks
  • Fortuna Films
  • Genepool Productions
  • Globalstory
  • Good Thing Productions
  • Greenhills Media
  • Griffith University
  • Gulliver Media Australia
  • Heiress Films
  • Hopping Mouse Productions Australia
  • Inkey Media
  • Intomedia Pty Ltd
  • Jazza Studios
  • JENUINE PRODUCTIONS
  • Joined Up Films
  • Jungle Lass
  • Looking Glass International
  • Mago Films
  • Media Stockade
  • Metamorflix
  • Mindful Media Pty Ltd
  • Mint Pictures
  • National Indigenous Television
  • Network Ten
  • Nora & RD Productions
  • Northern Pictures
  • NT Media Productions
  • Oceans IQ Pty Ltd
  • Polar Media
  • Possum Creek Films
  • Princess Pictures
  • Projector Films
  • Prospero Productions
  • Queensland Health
  • QUT
  • Regen Pictures
  • RP Williams Films
  • Rymer Childs
  • Sally Aitken
  • SBS
  • Scope Red
  • Screen Australia
  • Screen Queensland
  • Screenwest
  • Sea Dog TV International
  • SeaLight Pictures
  • seed.ED Eductionery Pty. Ltd.
  • Serendipity Productions
  • Showrunner Productions
  • Smith&Nasht
  • StarSapphire Productions Pty. Ltd.
  • Stranger Than Fiction Films Pty. Ltd.
  • Sutu Eats Flies
  • Tamarind Tree Pictures
  • This Is 42
  • Tom Thum
  • UNBOXED MEDIA GROUP
  • University of Queensland
  • Upshot Films
  • The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
  • Wild Pacific Media
  • WildBear Entertainment


BELGIUM

  • RTBF


CANADA

  • Blue Ant Media
  • Blue Plate Productions
  • CBC
  • Fifth Ground Entertainment
  • Filmoption International Inc.
  • Great Pacific Media
  • Hot Docs
  • ID: Productions
  • Inigo Films
  • Intuitive Pictures
  • JKJ-TV International
  • Markham Street Films
  • MBM TV Inc.
  • Muse Entertainment
  • Past Perfect Productions
  • Paul Kemp Productions Inc
  • PL Productions
  • Primitive Entertainment
  • Robert E Moberg Films
  • Ryerson University
  • Skye Larke Productions Limited
  • Société Radio-Canada
  • Souleado Entertainment
  • Tell Tale Productions Inc.
  • YAP Films
  • Zoot Pictures


CHILE

  • Las Minas


CHINA

  • Beijing Huayun-Shangde International Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd.
  • China Central Television (CCTV)
  • China Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC)
  • DOClabs Beijing Media Technology Co., Ltd.
  • FreshPitch China
  • Other Documentary (Beijing) Cultural Communications Co.,Ltd
  • Tencent


FINLAND

  • YLE


FRANCE

  • Agat Films & Cie/Ex Nihilo
  • ARTE France
  • ARTE G.E.I.E.
  • Bellota Films
  • Bonne Pioche Television
  • EFFERVESCENCE LABEL
  • Films à 5 / Newen
  • France Télévisions
  • GAD
  • Galaxie Presse
  • Gedeon Programmes
  • Heliox Films
  • INTERSCOOP
  • Little Big Story
  • Lucky You
  • Point du Jour International
  • Yuzu Productions
  • ZED


GERMANY

  • Albatross World Sales GmbH
  • Autentic GmbH
  • Berlin Producers Media GmbH
  • Cocoa Film GmbH
  • Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion
  • Marco Polo Film AG
  • NDR television/ARD network
  • Silbersalz Science & Media Festival
  • Spiegel TV GmbH
  • Terra Mater Factual Studios
  • ZDF Enterprises GmbH
  • ZDF German Television
  • ZDF/3sat German Television


ITALY

  • Full Board Media srl


JAPAN

  • AMATELAS, Inc.
  • NHK
  • TOKYO VIDEO CENTER


MEXICO

  • Zinzuni Media


NETHERLANDS

  • Off the Fence


NEW ZEALAND

  • Diva Productions
  • Greenstone
  • Luke Nola & Friends
  • Making Movies
  • Monsoon Pictures International
  • NHNZ
  • Pacific Screen
  • PRECURSOR FILMS
  • Razor Films
  • Screentime NZ ltd
  • SMU Media


SINGAPORE

  • Aurora Media Holdings
  • Beach House Pictures
  • BOMANBRIDGE Media Pte Ltd
  • Discovery Networks
  • iwonder


SOUTH KOREA

  • Buzz Media
  • CJ ENM


SWEDEN

  • Dixit International
  • Manussaurus AB
  • SVT - Sveriges Television
  • The Financing Forum for Kids Content


TAIWAN

  • Go Inside


UKRAINE

  • IHRFF Docudays UA


UK

  • 72 Films
  • Arrow Media
  • BBC
  • BBC Studios Science Unit
  • Beyond Distribution
  • Black Sea Films
  • Caravan Media
  • Channel 4
  • Cineflix Media Inc.
  • Cineflix Rights
  • Cornelia Street Productions
  • Drive
  • Humble Bee Films
  • Icon Films
  • Lion Television
  • Little Dot Studios
  • Meridian Line Films
  • NHK
  • Orange Smarty
  • Off the Fence
  • Oxford Scientific Films
  • Pilot Film & Television Productions
  • Pioneer Productions
  • Polar Media
  • S4C
  • Screen Glue Ltd
  • Sky Vision
  • Sundog Pictures
  • True to Nature
  • TVF International
  • WCSFP Ltd
  • Wellcome
  • Wild Thring Media
  • Windfall Films


USA

  • BlueSpark Collaborative, LLC
  • BrainCraft
  • Forest Creatures Entertainment
  • GRB Entertainment
  • NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
  • NOVA
  • Netflix
  • PBS
  • PBS International
  • Red Arrow Studios International
  • Science Channel
  • Sierra Tango Productions/Ikana Health Action Lab
  • Science Sandbox, Simons Foundation
  • Stony Brook Films
  • Velo Media
  • VICE Media
  • Vulcan Productions
  • Wicked Delicate Films