Join us for the first ever public event in Los Angeles to explore the many points of intersection between the documentary and VR worlds. This wide-ranging panel discussion will provoke your curiosity and raise as many questions as it answers about the vast possibilities and possible limitations related to documentary and VR.
Panels & Workshops
Our year-round series of topical seminars led by experts in the documentary field.
Free for IDA members on a first come, first served basis. Learn about the latest developments and best practices coming out of the educational distribution and outreach/engagement worlds as, together, we explore these topics with a highly impressive array of panelists.
In partnership with AFI DOCS Join us for a day with keynotes, panels, Q&A, and reception.
Free for IDA members on a first come, first served basis. Find out what the WGAW offers writers working on documentary films and nonfiction projects. The WGAW’s Independent Film Executive Kay S. Wolf and Contracts Administrator Elisabeth Flack will be on hand to answer your questions.
Free for IDA members and one guest on a first come, first served basis. Have your pressing questions answered and get the information you need at this timely session as Simon Kilmurry, IDA’s Executive Director, formerly of POV, holds a wide-ranging conversation and Q&A with Marie Nelson, PBS Vice President, News, Public Affairs & Independent Film and Lois Vossen, Founding and Deputy Executive Producer of Independent Lens.
Free for IDA members on a first come, first served basis. Are you interested in learning more about the Oscar ®-qualifying process for the Documentary Feature and Short Subject categories? Join us for this free information session. Tom Oyer, Awards Manager at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Interviewed by Josh Welsh Join us for a special evening with Ondi Timoner, the most dynamic force in documentary today. Recently bestowed with the honor of opening the 2015 SXSW Film Festival with her latest doc, BRAND: A Second Coming, Ondi has put herself in the upper echelon of doc makers through
Join us for 2 for 2, the riveting new Doc U series, in which we go behind the scenes to explore the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two documentary filmmakers who have managed to overcome the odds and ultimately prevail with their films. In our premiere event, moderated by Sacha Gervasi (
Interviewed by Trevor Groth Join us for an evening with one of documentary’s great artists, as we explore the uniquely imaginative world of filmmaker Brett Morgen, the man the New York Times coined the ‘mad scientist’ of documentary film. With a body of work as varied as it is original, Brett is a
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