Featuring Anne Köhncke (producer) of 'Pervert Park'.
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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Featuring Kellen Quinn (producer) of 'Midnight Family'.
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Featuring IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund filmmakers Assia Boundaoui (director) and Jessica Devaney (producer) of 'The Feeling of Being Watched'.
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IDA’s Filmmaker Services Manager, Toni Bell presents Grant Application Do's and Don'ts!
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Join us for a free information session with Leslie S. Klinger, VP of the Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute, who specializes in tax and business law. Klinger will explain the specifics of the AB5 and will take questions on how you can protect yourself.
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Join us on IDA's Facebook Thursday from 12pm PST for a live-stream online conversation with IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Director, Carrie Lozano, and Program Officer, Dana Merwin!
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In this highly practicable session, moderated by International Documentary Association (IDA) Program Officer Dana Merwin, we unpack the grant-writing process with director Beth Aala and producer Beth Levison, whose documentary Made in Boise has its world premiere at this year's AFI DOCS.
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IDA’s Program Officer Dana Merwin outlines the multi-faceted grant-writing process for documentary projects.
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Learn how to write a fantastic funding proposal, presented in theatrical form by Gabrielle Eitienne of The Southern Documentary Fund (SDF), Dana Merwin of IDA, and Daresha Kyi (Mama Bears).