Excerpt from "Notes from the Reel" - Summer 2011 - Documentary magazine Dear IDA Community, In a US Tax Court trial held in Arizona on March 9, Judge Diane Kroupa made a statement that, if memorialized in a ruling, will have a devastating impact on independent documentary filmmakers across the US. Judge Kroupa questioned whether a documentary could be “for profit,” since by its nature it is designed “to educate and expose,” and she invited the parties to present case law on the issue. Judge Kroupa’s speculation came in a case in which the IRS argued that filmmaker Lee Storey could not deduct
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CHAINSAW , an ongoing supporter of the documentary film community, joins as a sponsor of the 15th Annual DocuWeeks Theatrical Showcase. Other DocuWeeks sponsors are FotoKem, NBCUniversal Archives and the Canadian Consulate. Thank you CHAINSAW for being so awesome and for all that you do for documentary filmmakers! CHAINSAW, based in Hollywood, CA, provides editorial services from concept to completion. Emmy Award winning editors Bill DeRonde and Mike Polito used their years of hands-on experience to build a full-service post facility that gives editors what they need to get the client what
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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN Screens at the Los Angeles Film Festival SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, an IDA fiscal sponsored film, profiles Chineseadoptees in contemporary America. This deeply moving documentary illustratesthat even the most specific of experiences can be universally relatable. Of theroughly 80,000 girls that have been adopted from China since 1981, the filmmakers followfour giggly, typical American teens who reveal a heartbreaking sense ofself-awareness. Issues of identity, race and gender are brought to life throughthese articulate subjects, who approach life with honesty and open hearts. Sat
Next to the Oscars, the Emmys are the most prestigious awards in Hollywood. Everyone has seen the Emmys on television, but the Emmy broadcast shows only a small number of the actual awards. In fact, there are three separate Emmy organizations, and each one gives out numerous awards for documentary films and series every year. Among the three organizations, documentaries can enter at least 15 categories and possibly more, depending on the category definition that can change from year to year. So now that you've raised the financing, made your film, shepherded it through the festival circuit
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011 Enter Now! Earlybird Deadline: June 10, 2011 IDA is proud to announce submissions are open for the 27th Annual IDA Documentary Awards. The IDA Documentary Awards is the foremost event dedicated to the art of documentary film. All winners will be honored at the IDA Documentary Awards Gala in Los Angeles, December 2, 2011. Entry is open to any documentary, nonfiction or factual program completed between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 that qualifies for one of the five main award categories. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE 27TH ANNUAL IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS EVENT PAGE.
Until we become parents, our own parents are those mythical, mystical authority figures whom we have only known as authority figures. Your parents were the grown-ups who taught you table manners, scolded you, dressed you, supported you, grounded you and rewarded you. And they are always your parents--no matter how old you are or mature you think you are, you can't help melting into a sheepish puddle trying to please them. No matter how hard you try, you just can't kill your inner Beaver Cleaver. Sooner or later, you want to know about your parents--I mean, really know. You rummage through the
I guess it wasn't until I started making documentary films that I realized the prospect of failure was so acute. There's no guarantee that what you start out filming will be as captivating as you imagine. And the more stripped down the style, the higher the risk of failure. That's exactly why I so admire the documentary films of the '60s. I'm referring, of course, to the classic cinema vérité works of Robert Drew, DA Pennebaker and the Maysles Brothers. It's what I grew up on in the '60s and '70s: the filmmaker as proverbial fly on the wall. Human behavior, the subtleties of expression--what
Latino Producers AcademyApplication Deadline Extended to Wednesday, June 8 NALIP believes that a Producer is the creative originator of films, a self-starter who recognizes ideas that have artistic or commercial merit. Producers must have passion, sensitivity for story and audience, plus the organizational ability and practical smarts to put together a project, then guide it to and through the marketplace. NALIP’s Latino Producers Academy™ (LPA) provides our Fellows with the practical skills and knowledge to accomplish their personal goals and realize their artistic dreams as filmmakers.The