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.
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 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.
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Get an exclusive screener to The Vow and behind the scenes in a digital conversation feat. Directors/Executive Producers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.
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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.