The International Documentary Association (IDA) brings its popular DOC U seminar series (a long mainstay of the L.A. doc scene) to the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston. This special engagement features filmmaker Julia Bacha, a key member of the creative teams behind award-winning documentaries Encounter Point (directed by Ronit Avni, written and co-directed by Bacha) and Control Room (directed by Jehane Noujaim, co-written and edited by Bacha).
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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Now what? You’ve just poured your life and life savings into making your film, and you’re wondering, what’s next? What’s the best path to take to get your doc out into the world? Who can you turn it over to so you can get to that next great doc you’re itching to make? How can you really make an impact with your film? Spanning festivals, distribution, domestic and international sales, as well as theatrical release, our panel of doc insiders provide insight and expertise on traditional and non-traditional distribution and exhibition options for documentary films, the state of the marketplace, and what to do–and not do–to get your film seen and sold. Expect frank conversation.
Join IDA as we celebrate outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking. Friday, December 3, 2010 8pm Awards Show • 10pm Reception DGA Theatre and Grand Lobby7920 Sunset Blvd. • Los Angeles, CA, 90046
The International Documentary Association (IDA) brings its popular DOC U seminar series (a long mainstay of the L.A. doc scene) to New York's Tribeca Cinema. This special engagement features filmmaker Julia Bacha, a key member of the creative teams behind award-winning documentaries Encounter Point (as writer and co-director) and Control Room (as co-writer and editor).
October's exceptional Doc U session features a live appearance by Lucy Walker, a rising star of documentary filmmaking whose recent films Waste Land and Countdown To Zero have been dominating 2010's major festivals.
IDA MIXER and Free Screening at WESTDOC Doubletree Guest Suites 1707 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, California Sunday, September 12, 2010 International Documentary Associationinvites you to our Member Mixer at WESTDOCand A free screening for IDA members of the Sundance hit film Catfish at 6:30pm Meet
In this special Doc U session, the multitalented Shearer will show extended clips from the film, and discuss the passion and persistence that went into making it, in conversation with Eddie Schmidt, IDA's Board President and himself an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker.
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A moving history of one of the most harrowing and inspirational chapters of the Civil Rights movement, a behind the scenes look at the 1,400-year-old conflict between Islam and Christianity, an investigation of the unexplainable phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder, and a mash-up of "Glee" and
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A moving history of one of the most harrowing and inspirational chapters of the Civil Rights movement, a behind the scenes look at the 1,400-year-old conflict between Islam and Christianity, an investigation of the unexplainable phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder, and a mash-up of "Glee" and
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A seminar on WGA benefits, protections and programs for theatrical and television documentary writers and hyphenates.