The following is an UPDATE on: DOCUMENTARY SITES International Documentary Conference, being held at the University of Auckland (6th -10th September 2000). Confirmed Panellists now include: Academic: Toby Miller (Professor of Cultural Studies, NYU) Commissioning Editors: Diane Weyerman (Soros Documentary Fund, NY); John Hughes (SBS, Aus); Jennifer Cornish (Jennifer Cornish Media, Aus) Film makers: Tom Zubyricki (Aus); Barry Barclay (NZ) This documentary conference is the third of such international documentary events to be held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Following the precedents set by "In Reality" (1996) and "Thinking Markets" (1998) we aim to stimulate productive dialogue between documentary professionals researching and working at universities, and in the film and television industries of Australasia and the Asia-Pacific region. The conference begins with an opening night premiere, followed by a three-day symposium and ending with a day of practitioner workshops. The majority of panel discussions will be oriented around the intersection of theory and practice with two sessions focused on industry questions of co-production. In response to a need for a regular forum for documentary theories in the Asia-Pacific region, with the support of Australian academics we are widening the focus this year to invite international participation in the presentation of conference papers. "Documentary Sites" is an invitation to open up documentary scholarship and practice to further geographical, media and discursive modes of siting /sighting documentary. Panels will be based around the following themes: Documentary Audiences Ethics and Documentary Documentaries of the Asia-Pacific Region Autobiography Postcolonialism, Indigeneity and Diaspora New Media Digital to 35mm: the New Visibility of Theatrical Documentary Political or Agitational Documentary Reality TV and Celebrity The Politics of History-Making Drama Documentary: Borders and Boundaries The Apparatus in Documentary: Camera, Sound, Edit CALL FOR PAPERS: the EXTENDED closing date for paper submissions is now 31 May, 2000. Please send a brief (200 word) paper abstract: Via Email to: [log in to unmask] (Please stipulate panel topic in the subject headings field) or Via Overland Mail to: Susie Corrick Documentary Sites Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland NEW ZEALAND Note: our Conference website, providing further updates and information, is available at: http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/ftvm/docconfframeset.htm ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html