Get an exclusive screener and hear from the Host & Executive Producer Padma Lakshmi with moderator Jenelle Riley from Variety in a digital conversation.
Here's What Really Happened
No tweeting. No press. No industry. Filmmakers-only conversations revealing personal insights into the art and business of documentary filmmaking.
“Here’s What Really Happened” are signature sessions from IDA's biennial Getting Real Conference that began as a filmmaker-led solution to combat the lack of transparency that continues to plague the community. These intimate conversations allow filmmakers to speak openly about what actually happened in the production, sales and distribution life of a film. The rules are, everything said in the room, stays in the room. Our goal is to create a safe space for discussion that allows filmmakers to have frank, meaningful discussions without the influence of industry in the room. We believe that one of the greatest resources for a filmmaker is another filmmaker.
In building a more knowledgeable and transparent community together, IDA tours “Here’s What Really Happened” sessions to various festivals and conferences around the world. These private conversations have focused on security/surveillance, sales agents, festival strategies, fact-finding, ethics, work/family life balance, truth-seeking in production, and other themes.
Learn what really happened behind-the-scenes in an upcoming session. It’s personal, it’s intimate, let’s get into it.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. Producer/Director Yoruba Richen and Producer Lora Moftah.
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Join us for a digital conversation with Executive Producers Larry Wilmore and Jana Babatunde-Bey, moderated by NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans.
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Join us for a digital conversation feat. Directors / Executive Producers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, moderated by Mara Webster of In Creative Company; exclusive access to episode 1 screener included.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. Executive Producer/Showrunner Alex Stapleton and Executive Producer Christine Vachon.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. film participant Judy Belushi-Pisano and Director/Writer/Executive Producer R.J. Cutler.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. Producer/Director Samantha Stark, Showrunner/Executive Producer Mary Robertson, and Story Editor Liz Day.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. Directors/Executive Producers Nick Cammilleri and Zachary Drucker, and Executive Producers Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, moderated by Inkoo Kang, TV Critic at The Hollywood Reporter.
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Get an exclusive screener then join us for a digital conversation feat. Director/Producer/Editor/Cinematographer Steve James and Producer/Sound Recordist Zak Piper, moderated by Shaniqua McClendon, Political Director at Crooked Media.
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Get an exclusive screener to the film then behind the scenes in a digital conversation feat. Director/Writer/Producer R.J. Cutler, Cinematographer Jenna Rosher and Editors Greg Finton and Lindsay Utz.