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FAQ's Membership Can I Get My Name Put On IDA's Mailing List? Magazine How Can I Get A Subscription To IDA's Magazine, Documentary? How Can I Get More Information About IDA, Documentary Magazine, And Upcoming IDA Events? Funding I Know IDA Does Not Offer Funding Itself, But Can It Help Me Find Some Other Sources? What Kind Of Grants And Funding Does IDA Offer? Filmmaking Does IDA Have A Library Or Archive I Can Use? I Am Looking For A Copy Of A Certain Documentary, And Am Trying To Locate The Filmmaker: Can IDA Help Me Find Either? I Could Use Advice About Making And Selling My Film. Can IDA Help? What Kinds Of Films Does IDA Produce And Distribute? Can I Get My Name Put On IDA's Mailing List? IDA is a member-service organization. As such, our 'mailing list' is essentially our membership list: generally, to receive information from us, you must be an IDA member. Back to Top How Can I Get A Subscription To IDA's Magazine, Documentary? It's very easy: just become an IDA member. Subscriptions to Documentary magazine are included with IDA membership. Subscriptions without membership are available only to libraries and institutions, but individual issues of the magazine are available monthly for purchase at larger news vendors in major cities, and some back issues are available through the IDA office. Back to Top How Can I Get More Information About IDA, Documentary Magazine, And Upcoming IDA Events? You can always check this site for information about IDA and its upcoming events, and if you'd like further information, you can visit the NEWS section. Back to Top I Know IDA Does Not Offer Funding Itself, But Can It Help Me Find Some Other Sources? There are numerous listings of agencies, foundations, and government offices in the Survival Guide and Membership Directory , which may be of great use to the fundraising documentarian; but the IDA does not presently offer professional researching services of any kind, including funding research assistance. Back to Top What Kind Of Grants And Funding Does IDA Offer? While IDA does not itself provide funding or grants (with the exception of the Kodak Project Access product grant, which members of our Fiscal Sponsorship Program may apply for), we do have a Fiscal Sponsorship Program, which can be very useful in the pursuit of funding of various kinds. Such information about funding-- including resources such as foundations, programs, and opportunities in documentary work-- as we do provide is listed in our magazine, Documentary, or will be found in the Survival Guide and Membership Directory . Plus, IDA also offers several transcripts and audiotapes of seminars, which discuss the processes of fundraising, budgeting, and grant seeking. Back to Top Does IDA Have A Library Or Archive I Can Use? There is an IDA Archive at the Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, Hollywood. The Archive is open to the public by appointment: appointments can be scheduled, and additional information about the Archive can be obtained, by calling Snowden Becker at 310/247-3016 x. 387 - sbecker@oscars.org. The IDA offices themselves do not have on-site research or reference libraries. When looking for archives and film reference resources, also try the various university archives: there are excellent archives at USC, UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, among other universities. Also, many important documentary films can be found in the collection of the Motion Picture Division of the Library of Congress. Back to Top I Am Looking For A Copy Of A Certain Documentary, And Am Trying To Locate The Filmmaker: Can IDA Help Me Find Either? Unfortunately, due to the fact that there are simply too many filmmakers making too many documentaries for anyone to keep track of, the IDA does not follow or keep listings of documentaries or filmmakers. However, our biennial Survival Guide and Membership Directory, which is available for purchase to both members and nonmembers through the publications order form does list a number of archives and distributors which may be able to provide assistance locating specific documentary films. If a specific documentarian is an IDA member, you can find their contact information in the Survival Guide and Membership Directory. Also, the IDA-sponsored International Documentary Sourcebook, published by Broadcast Information Bureau (BiB) Publishing (http://www.bibnet.com, tel: 215/238-5300, fax: 215/238-5317) contains distribution and contact information for a fairly large number of documentary films and production companies. Back to Top I Could Use Advice About Making And Selling My Film. Can IDA Help? IDA generally tries to offer one or two series of seminars and/or workshops every year designed to assist documentarians with such issues, and we also offer transcripts and audiotapes of such seminars and workshops for sale. However, we do not presently provide career counseling or training programs per se. Of course, IDA members are always free to contact other IDA members for advice: that kind of community is what IDA is designed to foster. Back to Top What Kinds Of Films Does IDA Produce And Distribute? IDA is a non-profit member service organization, providing publications, benefits, and a public forum to our membership for issues regarding nonfiction film/video/multi-media. We do not produce or distribute any films, either our own, or our members', nor do we engage in broadcast or multimedia ventures of any kind. Back to Top | ||||||
