Get an exclusive screener to The Vow and behind the scenes in a digital conversation feat. Directors/Executive Producers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.
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 and behind the scenes in a digital conversation feat. Director Tom Beard and Executive Producer Alice Keens-Soper.
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Get an exclusive screener and get behind the scenes in a digital conversation with Directors/Producers Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, CEO Nsé Ufot of New Georgia Project, and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta, Stephanie Cho; moderated by LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund.
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To introduce Challenging White Supremacy, the open call theme for this year’s Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, NPR film critic Eric Deggans will lead a discussion on US systemic racism and documentaries.
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Hear about a spectrum of field-led research efforts and the activism it inspires. Researchers and activists will discuss a range of research methods and strategies for putting the results to work for change.
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Video Consortium Education Committee member Julia Pontecorvo speaks with Dana Merwin, Program Officer in the Grants Department at the International Documentary Association, about the documentary funding landscape and how to get your funding pitch noticed.
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In this documentary grant writing workshop, IDA’s Program Officer, Dana Merwin will demystify the process and discuss authorship’s role in documentary projects with IDA grantees, Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu.
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Join us on IDA's Facebook for a Livestream Q&A with Program Officer Dana Merwin and Grants Coordinator Kenny Brown.
