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Getting Real '26

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Los Angeles CA
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Getting Real '26

Getting Real '26

Getting Real is a biennial conference designed for and by documentary practitioners and focused on the business and art of nonfiction storytelling. The seventh edition of Getting Real will celebrate a decade of what is now the largest peer-to-peer gathering of its kind in North America. 

Join us July 20-23, 2026, in Los Angeles for a four-day hybrid event. We aim to provide a space for the field to hold constructive conversations, build lasting relationships, and tackle the ethical, creative, sustainability, production, and distribution challenges facing our growing community.

Purchase your pass today!

What Pass Should I Get?

IDA members, please log in to the IDA Member Portal to find your special discount code.

All Access Pass (in person + virtual)

Virtual Together Pass (virtual only)

The All Access Pass includes:

  • Opening night activities: a live cinema performance and entry to the Opening Night Toast
  • Conference programming: access to all panel conversations, workshops, keynote speeches, and additional live cinema performances
  • Opportunity to sign up for in-person "Lights, Coffee, Action" roundtables with funders and buyers
  • Coffee Stations
  • Complimentary breakfast at "Lights, Coffee, Action" and complimentary lunch at "Industry Expo"
  • Access to the official Getting Real 2026 App. 
  • As well as everything offered in the Virtual Pass!
  • Regular Price: $550 | $475 for IDA Members Doc Maker level and above 

The Virtual Together Pass includes:

  • Global access: you will meet conference-goers and peers from all over the world
  • Conference programming: virtual live streams of most panel conversations, workshops, and keynote speeches (exclusions will apply to a select few events with limited slots) through Eventive, our conference platform
  • Opportunity to sign up for virtual "Lights, Coffee, Action" roundtables with funders and buyers
  • Asynchronous play-pack of most live-streamed events for 1 month following the conference
  • Price: $95 | $80 for IDA Members

Our Theme: Terms of Service

Getting Real ’26 will examine the gap between our current industrial reality and an expanding world of documentary practice. We will ask who and what documentary is in service to, and what it will take to collectively honor that commitment now.

Learn more about the 2026 conference here.