Join us Wed. 5/20 11:00 am PDT on IDA's Facebook for a live online conversation with Awards Competition Manager, Ranell Shubert.
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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IDA’s Program Officer Dana Merwin chats IDA grantees Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, whose film, And She Could be Next, offers an in-depth case study of how to weave your film’s loglines, synopsis, treatments and more into a compelling package for potential funders.
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Join us on IDA's Facebook Tuesday at 12pm PST for a live online conversation with Program Officer, Dana Merwin.
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Firelight Media, IDA, and ITVS invite you to an hour-long webinar to learn the basics of applying for the various SBA programs.
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Firelight Media, IDA, and ITVS invite you to an hour-long webinar to learn the basics of applying for the various SBA programs.
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Firelight Media, IDA, and ITVS invite you to an hour-long webinar to learn the basics of applying for the various SBA programs.
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Firelight Media, IDA, and ITVS invite you to an hour-long webinar to learn the basics of applying for the various SBA programs.
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Join IDA and IMAX's Mo Rhim, Sandy Itkoff, and Patricia and David Keighley to learn the kinds of projects IMAX is looking to produce and what stories work best on the IMAX big screen format.
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Featuring Director, Eddie Martin, and Producer, Sarah Shaw, the filmmaking team behind 'Have You Seen the Listers?'
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Featuring Hans Pool (director) of 'Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World'