 The 2017 conference will take place in ACMI and Federation Square's Deakin Edge Auditorium from 5 – 8 March 2017.The annual Stanley Hawes Award for contribution to the documentary in Australia is announced at each AIDC.The Stanley Hawes Award was established in 1997 to honour Stanley Hawes as first Producer-in-Chief of the Australian National Film Board and Commonwealth Film Unit.