Come to the VICE Office and Learn How to Pitch Docos to Us

So you might have seen our call out for documentary ideas. Basically, we’ve teamed up with Screen Australia and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), and we're launching a new pitching competition—Pitch Australiana—that offers local filmmakers the chance to win a $50,000 commission for a short-form documentary to be released on VICE.com.

To provide a bit more about what we're looking for, we're hosting a moderated panel at VICE’s Melbourne office at 6 PM, Monday December 11. It'll run for an hour, offering applicants an opportunity to ask questions and learn more. The session will be open to anyone able to attend, in addition to being filmed and edited for public release in the following days.

In the lead up, we're doing a call out for question submissions from across Australia, encouraging those who aren't able to attend (or those who aren't in Melbourne) to take part. Our number one priority is that we film the event, and get a video out answering all your questions. So if you're not in Melbourne, no stress. Just send us your questions and we'll get them answered for you at the event.

RSVP to attend or ask any question you like right here:

And if you can make it along, please do. Here's who you can expect to see see:

Moderator: Ingrid Kesa, VICE Executive Editor of Native
Panelist: Katy Roberts, VICE Head of Video AU/NZ
Panelist: Andrew Kavanagh, VICE Director/Producer
Panelist: Alyssa Orvis, Screen Australia Investment / Development Manager
Documentaries

And those details for the session:

When: 6 PM, Monday 11 December
Where: VICE Melbourne, 89 Rupert Street, Collingwood, VIC
Schedule: 6 PM arrival
6.15 PM panel commences
7.15 PM panel ends / drinks and mingling
7.45 PM event ends

See you there.