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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 16:00
Join our TikTok #MicroDocChallenge to express your views on #Democracy. We invite TikTok users to make micro docs about what documentary means to them between February 14 and March 15, 2024.
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 10:13
Xiaolu Wang was born between the Yellow River and the Helan Mountains to a family estranged from their own Hui Muslim traditions. As a teenager, they followed their mother’s footsteps as immigrant...
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 17:13
Documentary is happy to debut an exclusive clip from Ruth Leitman’s No One Asked You, which follows The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead on her 2017 “Vagical Mystery Tour, which spanned 16 Southern...
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:27
How can I upgrade my membership? To upgrade your membership, simply purchase your desired membership level here . Your new membership will begin at the expiration of your existing membership. You can...
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 06:11
Documentary is happy to debut an exclusive clip from Emily Mkrtichian’s documentary There Was, There Was Not , which will world premiere at True/False on Thursday. Like IDFA 2023 winner 1489 , this...
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 16:49
Celebrating Black History should not be limited to just one month! We must celebrate, honor, cherish, and uplift the voices and works of Black non-fiction makers, thinkers, scholars, and workers in our industry every day.
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 16:35
"It's about time there was an organization just for us. An organization whose sole purpose is ‘to encourage and to honor the documentary arts and sciences; to promote nonfiction film and video; to...
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 13:50
Nehal Vyas is a film and video artist from India, currently based in Los Angeles. Her work explores the idea of national identity through memory, personal history, and inheritance. She is a graduate...
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:59
Today, International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the 2023 Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund recipients for the 2023-24 grant cycle. May the Soil Be Everywhere by director Yehui Zhao, Powwow...
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 16:32
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, my passion for video production was ignited in childhood while accompanying my father, a national public network announcer, to TV studios. Enrolling in Visual Arts at a...