Emily Verellen of The Fledgling Fund joins Doc U: Focus on Funding.
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Watch clips of panelists answering questions on writing for non-fiction programming.
Over the next couple of weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work will be represented in the DocuWeek TM Theatrical Documentary Showcase, August 18-24. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions to their films so far. So, to continue this series of conversations, here is Ruby Yang, director of The Blood of the Yingzhou District. Synopsis: The Blood of Yingzhou District documents a year in the life of children in the remote villages of Anhui
New Day Films celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2011.
Rahdi Taylor of the Sundance Documentary Film Program joins Doc U: Focus on Funding.
All-day event at The Standard, Downtown LA will focus on what gets your film funded.
IDA presents panel; two 2011 DocuWeeks features at PaleyDocFest in New York.
At $1,200 for two days, not counting workshops, RealScreen Summit ("Bringing The Best in Non-Fiction Together") doesn't exactly put out the welcome mat for grassroots filmmakers. Held in Washington, DC, the week after Sundance, at the end of January and beginning of February, the summit doesn't draw red-hot doc filmmakers and their posses of agents and theatrical distributors, either. To narrow the demographics even further, if you're looking for mind-blowing film screenings and wild parties afterwards, you probably don't want to go to RealScreen, either. It's a working conference, not a
Doc U has exciting panels coming to Chicago, New York City, and D.C.
Over the next few weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work will be represented in the DocuWeek TM Theatrical Documentary Showcase, August 18-24. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions to their films so far. So, to continue this series of conversations, here are Phil Grabsky, director/producer, and David Bickerstaff, director, of Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl. IDA: How did you get started in documentary filmmaking? Phil Grabsky: I started in