Join us for this special master class with Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the most dynamic and multi-talented duo in the documentary world.
Master Class
Intensive sessions give filmmakers hands-on opportunities for skill development.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind Master Class that will shed light on the art and craft of documentary filmmaking from two-time Academy Award®-winner Barbara Kopple.
Join us for a rare career examination of one of the most influential auteurs in the personal documentary genre, Ross McElwee.
Join us for this essential exploration of the art and craft of directing with Academy Award®-winning director Morgan Neville.
Join us for a unique three-hour journey with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, director of 2012’s ground-breaking, Oscar®-nominated The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, as we explore the issues and ideas at the heart of these two masterpieces .
Executive Producer/Director Abigail Disney ( The Armor of Light; Pray the Devil Back to Hell) kicks off IDA’s 2015/16 season of Master Classes with this special session that focuses on the important role of the Executive Producer on docs.
Join us for a very special two-day Master Class with Steve James, one of the greatest documentary filmmakers of our time. Director and Producer of Hoop Dreams, widely considered one of the best documentaries ever made, Steve is a filmmaker’s filmmaker, who has not only built a truly substantial body
Submitting your film to festivals is like walking through a minefield of choices. Make the right decisions and you will launch your film successfully into the world and build a solid foundation upon which to establish your film career; make the wrong ones and you will likely cost yourself precious
Join master editor Doug Blush ( 20 Feet From Stardom, The Hunting Ground) on a virtual, insider’s tour of his editing suite as he focuses on several key aspects of the editing process: how to make great openings and endings for your films and how to plan for a detailed post production process that
Join us for a special Master Class seeking to demystify the scoring process and give directors the tools they need to ensure that when the final mix is done, their films will become music to their — and their audiences’ — ears.