Frame Documentary is Australia’s first and only organisation dedicated to supporting the next generation of creative minds to enhance documentary storytelling techniques through the use of emerging technologies. 

We support creatives across disciplines who are interested in the merger of non-fiction stories with creative technology. 

An organisation responding to the unique conditions of creative work at the intersection of art and technology.

Our Mission

Across the globe, new technologies and platforms are changing the way (and are being changed by the way) audiences consume media.

With the emergence of new platforms, there also emerges an opportunity - to place storytelling at the heart of next-generation immersive technologies and experiences, and in doing so, engineer a more diverse, sustainable, and innovative creative industry.

Recognising this, Frame Documentary is an organisation built around the four pillars of connection, celebration, capability and capital. Our mission is to shift the centre of gravity towards a vibrant and sustainable documentary ecosystem that enables creators to push the art, form and language through new technologies.

Our Team

  • Alice Burgin

    Alice Burgin is a documentary producer and film festival industry programmer. She is the Head of Industry at Switzerland’s largest documentary Festival, Visions du Réel, and is an executive produccer at Sweetshop & Green, a Melbourne-based production company. Prior to this, she ran the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) for four years and introduced a strong focus on innovation and new technologies to Australian non-fiction creators during her time there.

  • Katy Morrison

    Katy Morrison is a creative producer and doctoral researcher in immersive storytelling at Deakin University and a member of the Deakin Motion Lab. Her work focuses on exploring the narrative capacity of new technologies through multidisciplinary frameworks and co-creative practice. Katy co-founded the award-winning Australian virtual reality studio, VRTOV. Her VR projects have screened around the world including at Sundance, Tribeca, Venice and IDFA. She has worked as the Producer at Sensilab, Monash University, a leading Australian creative technologies research lab, and has over 15 years experience in the factual television industry as a producer, line producer and researcher.

  • Jana Blair

    Jana Blair has previously been described as a 3D printer due to her remarkable ability to transform ideas into concrete reality. Jana is focused on designing programs and initiatives that build the capacity and capability of the Victorian screen sector and she was part of the team that successfully attracted the Imagine Impact Lab to Australia, its first foray outside of the US. Jana’s particular focus on advocating for the integration of new platforms supported the expansion of agency funding streams into virtual reality as well as supporting key screen industry events, such as Australian International Documentary Conference in embracing emerging story platforms.

  • Melanie DiMattina

    Melanie began her career at Mushroom Records before setting up Australia’s premier electronic music touring and events agency Agent MAD which she creatively directed for 10 years before moving to Paris to undertake the role of head of business development for an online streaming service. Since returning from Paris, Melanie has focused on program and event management across music and fashion festivals and screen sector conferences and awards events including Stereosonic, The Australian Music Prize, So Frenchy So Chic in The Park, AIDC, The ADG Awards, M/FW and MIFF.