Join master editor Doug Blush ( 20 Feet From Stardom, The Hunting Ground) on a virtual, insider’s tour of his editing suite as he focuses on several key aspects of the editing process: how to make great openings and endings for your films and how to plan for a detailed post production process that
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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Presented by the IDA and DOC NYC Tues, 03/31/15 7:30pm-8:45pm and Wed, 04/01/15 10:30am-5:00pm IFC Center - 323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10014 Can't make it to New York? Follow #savedocs and watch the discussion as it unfolds. Tuesday, March 31 at IFC Center 7:30pm-9:00pm
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Get any group of documentary filmmakers together and, no doubt, a big topic of conversation will be money: how to get it, how to make it, and how to keep getting and making it. Why? Because making docs is hard enough, but figuring out how to make a living making docs can be downright maddening
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Interviewed by Marjan Safinia Join us for the first in a new series of “Conversations With…” as maverick documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield looks back on his incomparable body of work that spans more than 40 years. IDA Board President Marjan Safinia is our guide for this on-stage interview and
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Join us for a special Master Class seeking to demystify the scoring process and give directors the tools they need to ensure that when the final mix is done, their films will become music to their — and their audiences’ — ears.
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From Citizenfour to Virunga, documentary filmmakers are increasingly breaking important investigative stories, while at the same time employing gripping story-telling techniques and delivering powerful cinematic experiences. What are the artistic and personal challenges of working in both the
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Making a successful, long-term career in documentary filmmaking has never been more challenging than it is now. Demand for documentaries is rising, but, simultaneously, so is the number of filmmakers competing for the same grants and jobs. How can you generate the support you need, strengthen your
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Join us for a special Master Class with IDA’s 2014 Preservation and Scholarship Award recipient, director Rithy Panh, whose powerful and artful films over the past 25 years have explored the complex nature of memory and tragedy in Cambodian society following the devastating effects of the Khmer
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The IDA Documentary Awards is the foremost event dedicated to the art of documentary film, honoring individuals for outstanding achievements and contributions to the field, as well as the best documentary films and nonfiction series of the year. Winners of the 30th Annual IDA Documentary Awards will
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Is writing a key component of your documentary film and nonfiction projects? The Writers Guild of America, West is available to you as a resource and to help sustain writing careers through contractual benefits and protections. Find out what the Writers Guild offers you or writers you are seeking to