IDA & Outfest invite you to our IDA Conversation Series in Los Angeles with Academy Award-winning filmmaker/producer/writer duo Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein.
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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Join us for a NYC panel discussion about the power of cultural exchange through documentary storytelling.
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Join us in NYC for a conversation with Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, moderated by award-winning producer, director, and writer, Roger Ross Williams.
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IDA invites you to a screening of National Geographic's Hostile Planet followed by Q&A with Executive Producer, Guillermo Navarro and Composer, Benjamin Wallfisch.
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Get the primer on applying for funding from the NEH's Media Projects grants and California Documentary Project Tues. Aug 20th.
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Join us for a daylong exploration of documentary podcasting and audio documentaries.
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The mental health aspects of documentary are rarely discussed in our public square, reinforcing the loneliness many feel. Starting July 22nd, IDA and The D-Word are hosting a week-long special topic, in conjunction with filmmaker and psychotherapist Rebecca Day, to open a forum on the subject of mental health and documentary.
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Join us for a summer edition of the IDA Conversation Series, with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang.
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Join us for an exciting West Coast edition of Women Make the Cut: A Discussion with Female Documentary Editors.