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Getting Real '26 - Program Announced

We have some amazing speakers, including veteran documentary filmmaker and executive Mandy Chang, Congolese filmmaker, educator, and ancestral ecologist Petna Katondolo, and chats with nonprofit cooperative Tikkun Olam Productions, as well as two of documentary’s foremost thinkers, Set Hernandez and Leonard Cortana.

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Exclusive Virtual Screening ‎- John Candy: I Like Me

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Greatest Docs of the 21st Century List Reveal

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Getting Ready for Getting Real: Meet the Programmers

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Reducing Risk in Documentary: Insurance, Copyright & Defamation Essentials

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In this practical, documentary-focused mini-conference, lawyers from the UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic will guide filmmakers through three of the most pressing legal and professional risks facing nonfiction storytellers today: production insurance, libel and defamation threats, and the growing rise of aggressive copyright enforcement, such as “copyright trolls.” Reserve the day! Learn how to legally safeguard your nonfiction film with an in-person training with experts in LA.
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Spring 2026

Cover: Ross McElwee (Remake). Features: Artegios Distribución, Melania, Fortuyn: On-Hollands, Meta’s ad restrictions, The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, no-fly year.Festivals: IFFR 2026, Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2026. Columns: What’s in My Bag (Katy Scoggin), What’s on My Desk (Daniel Garber), Legal FAQ: Production Insurance, Screen Time. Articles will be published online between March and June 2026.
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