Asako Fujioka is an independent consultant and producer with a focus on strengthening the creative documentary genre in Asia. She has worked with the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
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Grants can be a sizable source of revenue, whether you are applying for film funding or on behalf of an organization. They often lend credibility in addition to monetary support, so they can be...
Bircan is a documentary filmmaker working between Scotland and Turkey. After a period in journalism, she found her true passion in creative documentaries. In 2019, she directed her first short...
The Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced its new members recently. We congratulate ten IDA members who joined The Academy this year joining 600+ of our members who were already AMPAS members.
Advik Beni is a South African filmmaker and curator currently based in Los Angeles. Through a practice steeped in South African traditions of orality, their work aims to create imagined spaces for marginalized people to express grief and trauma.
IDA’s tips for navigating your first Cine Gear Expo—IDA staff Zaf and Janki give advice on making the most of a large commercial event.
At IDA, we honor July as Disability Pride Month with deep respect for the invaluable contributions of disabled nonfiction filmmakers.
The global IDA membership includes professionals from diverse roles within the non-fiction field. We are documentary workers, professionals, thought leaders, and innovators from around the world, united by our passion for the non-fiction form. We celebrate the work of our members during the festival season and every day! With the upcoming BlackStar Film Festival, we are excited to celebrate our members who have films in the festival as directors, writers, producers, and in various other roles.
Documentary is happy to debut an exclusive clip from Dan Covert’s Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life , a SXSW Audience Award-winning biodoc about the prolific artist whose work has been exhibited in...
The Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) has received $500,000 from the Doris Duke Foundation’s Building Bridges Program to provide multi-year support through a collaborative fellowship with the Sundance...