September 26, 2018 Real DC Is Also Reel DC: A Regional Perspective The majority of American documentary filmmakers do not live in New York or Los Angeles. That may seem difficult to believe, given the large Read more
September 21, 2018 Getting Real '18: The Producers Reflect on Reframing the Field In 2018, the world needs documentaries more than ever, yet doc-makers frequently find themselves under-resourced and isolated. Space for the larger Read more
August 30, 2018 The Documentary Sustainability Movement: A Work in Progress Perhaps it is not surprising that in a community so deeply rooted in social issue activism and environmental concerns, the word "sustainability" Read more
February 9, 2017 Exit Interview: Ken Jacobson Reflects on His Years at IDA Ken Jacobson recently departed IDA, having served just over three years as its inaugural director of educational programs and strategic partnerships Read more
January 18, 2017 The Unstoppable Future Editor's Note: The following is a keynote address that Marcia Smith of Firelight Media delivered at IDA's Getting Real conference last September. Read more
January 18, 2017 Getting Real: Before and After the Election Editor's Note: Following IDA's Getting Real '16 conference, filmmakers Grace Lee and Marcia Smith approached us about publishing their respective Read more
November 3, 2016 Getting Virtually Real: IDA Conference Hosts VR Summit Shortly after Facebook acquired Oculus VR, which developed the Oculus Rift headset, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in an interview in MIT Technology Review , Read more
October 19, 2016 Getting Real '16 Hosts Historic Convening of Asian American Documentary Filmmakers The day before they brought together a groundbreaking number of Asian American documentary filmmakers on the first day of the International Read more
September 20, 2016 How to Get Real: The Producers Explain the Conference The three-day agenda of IDA's Getting Real '16 conference contains as many strands: art, diversity and sustainability braid together to form a rope, Read more
August 5, 2016 Getting Real '16: 'Together. Stronger' (Not 'Stronger Together') Hillary got it wrong. Her campaign slogan, "Stronger Together," embossed on a sea of campaign signs at the Democratic convention and emblazoned Read more