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Master Class

Intensive sessions give filmmakers hands-on opportunities for skill development.


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.

Join us for a special Master Class with IDA’s 2014 Preservation and Scholarship Award recipient, director Rithy Panh, whose powerful and artful films over the past 25 years have explored the complex nature of memory and tragedy in Cambodian society following the devastating effects of the Khmer

In this Master Class on Producing, Paula will share her insights into what it takes to establish and maintain strategically vital relationships, successfully manage and maximize budgets, and squeeze the full creative potential out of each of her films.

Join us for the latest installment of our Master Class series with writer Mark Monroe, whose work on such high profile documentaries such as The Cove and Fed Up has made him the "go-to" writer and indispensable collaborator for numerous top documentary producers and directors.