The Australian International Documentary Conference has confirmed that John Smithson - producer of Touching the Void, 127 Hours and Sherpa - will attend Aidc 2016.

Smithson will participate in a Feature Documentary Masterclass before a screening of Sherpa, which he will attend alongside director Jennifer Peedom and producer Bridget Ikin.

He will also co-present Keynote in Conversation: The Rise of the Superdoc with Phil Craig (Head of ABC Factual, 2012-2015).

Smithson is the co-founder of the UK production company Arrow Media and has produced Deep Water, The Falling Man, The Beckoning Silence and Thrilla in Manila among numerous other projects.

Aidc 2016 takes place at Acmi in Melbourne from February 28-March 2.

Horse lovers – there’s a new documentary on the horizon.

Sony Pictures Classics has released the brand new trailer for Dark Horse.

Set in a former mining village in Wales, Dark Horse is the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men’s club who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse. Raised on a slagheap allotment, their foal grows into an unlikely champion, beating the finest thoroughbreds in the land, before suffering a near fatal accident.

Nursed back to health by the love of his owners – for whom he’s become a source of inspiration and hope – he makes a remarkable recovery.

18 months later, defying all odds and judgement, Dream makes a heart-stopping comeback in the Welsh National. His fantastic victory makes the national news – Nags To Riches! Slumnag Millionaire! Champion The Wonder Horse! – and in all the...

British talent swept the board at the International Emmy awards in New York on Monday night - with U.K. productions scooping seven out of the ten 10 awards.

Veteran British thespian David Suchet won the Best Actor gong for his portrayal of late media mogul Robert Maxwell, with English star Lucy Cohu taking home the Best Actress prize for her role in drama Forgiven.

U.K. comedy series The I.T. Crowd, based on the working lives of a group of computer geeks, was awarded the Emmy in this year's comedy category, while time-travelling cop show Life on Mars triumphed in the Best Drama category.

Other Brit winners at the event at Manhattan's Hilton Hotel included Strictly Bolshoi for the Arts category, animated kids show Shaun the Sheep for the Best Children prize and The Beckoning Silence took home the gong for Best Documentary.

But it wasn't only the Brits who were celebrating at the event - legendary U.S. TV producer Dick Wolf, who created longrunning series Law and Order, was honoured for his contribution to the industry.

The winners were chosen from among 40 nominees from 16 countries competing for International Emmys, which honour quality TV produced outside the U.S.

  New York -- Jordan and Argentina took home their first-ever International Emmys as U.K. shows added seven to their country's collection at Monday's ceremony in New York.

That's one more than the Brits won in each of the past two International Emmy competitions. "Life on Mars" again took home the prize for best drama series for its final season on the BBC; it also won in 2006.

Jordan's "The Invasion," produced by Arab Telemedia Prods., won in the telenovela category. It's a love story about a Palestinian during 2002's Israeli military operation. "Television por la identidad," from Argentina's Telefe Contenidos, won for TV movie/miniseries. The mini focuses on how an organization of women rescued their grandchildren after the children's mothers disappeared during the 1976-83 dictatorship.

Beyond that, though, most of the rest of the night belonged, as always, to the Brits. Along with the country's win for "Mars," David Suchet...