UCLA Film & Television Archive, in partnership with the International Documentary Association, is proud to present this selection of titles from Kartemquin Films on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary: Operating from its home base in Chicago where it was founded in 1966, Kartemquin Films has become
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 this special master class with Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the most dynamic and multi-talented duo in the documentary world.
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Interviewed by Ben Mankiewicz Join us for the premiere event of the 2016 IDA Conversation Series, spotlighting the brilliant work and extraordinary career of the Academy Award®-winning director Roger Ross Williams.
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Join us and A&E’s Molly Thompson, Senior Vice President, Feature Films at A+E Studios and the founder and head of A&E IndieFilms, for the next installment in our What’s New series.
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Join us and Vimeo’s Peter Gerard, Director of Content Distribution, for the next installment in our What’s New series, in which prominent industry leaders in documentary present up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening in the documentary landscape and discuss new opportunities for filmmakers.
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Join us for a one-of-a-kind Master Class that will shed light on the art and craft of documentary filmmaking from two-time Academy Award®-winner Barbara Kopple.
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Join Kartemquin Films for the first IDA Conversation Series event in Chicago, an exploration of the extraordinary work and career of the Academy Award® nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself).
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Join us for a special event to discover and analyze the qualities that make some documentaries stand above the rest. This three-hour interactive workshop offers an in-depth analysis of recent Academy Award-winning documentaries to reveal what makes them great.
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Join us and Showtime Networks’ Vinnie Malhotra, Senior Vice President, Documentaries, Unscripted, and Sports Programming, for the next installment in our What’s New series, in which prominent industry leaders in documentary present up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening in the documentary landscape and discuss new opportunities for filmmakers.