The International Documentary Association (IDA) supports the vital work of documentary storytellers and champions a thriving and inclusive documentary culture.
Upcoming Events
Tue. January 31, 2023 @ 11:00am PTIDA Fiscal Sponsorship is happy to present a webinar featuring Patrick Creadon to discuss fundraising as an independent filmmaker. We will also delve into the ins and outs of our program and what you should know about fiscal sponsorship.
Thu. February 9, 2023 @ 9:30am PTJoin filmmaker/activist Adamu Chan and a distinguished group of panelists to think through the ethics, realities, and outcomes of documenting incarceration.
Thu. February 23, 2023 @ 10:00am PTIn this 90-minute workshop, Gabriella Ortega Ricketts, IDA’s Manager of Artist Programs and working archival producer, will walk filmmakers through the process of handling archival materials from research to organization and licensing.
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Documentary Magazine
Fall 2022
The biennial Getting Real conference has been such a rich and rewarding well of ideas, issues and themes to draw from, as we continually rethink our editorial strategy—so that we are truly serving the documentary community with a robust palette of content from around the world. Getting Real has always spurred us to consider where we need to go deeper and further as a publication. With that, five of the articles we commissioned here complement the spirit of Getting Real, from different angles.
IDA-Supported Doc of the Week
This week's Doc of the Week is a journey across five countries in Europe exploring the Black diaspora outside of the Black American identity. Hoping to bridge the communication gaps between the African American communities and the international Black diaspora, the film shares these parallels and connections to allow for open and genuine dialogue between Black communities across the globe, expanding the perception of what Blackness is and can be.