Billy Shebar is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose feature documentary Monk in Pieces was an official selection and Teddy Award nominee at the 2025 Berlinale and will be released in U.S. theaters...
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With over three decades of learned experience from Disney, Oscars, Fox Sports, GSN, and the NFL in the areas of programming and production, Erik’s skillset is rich and vast. The depth of his industry experience, accompanied with an extensive education from CSU Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, Emory University, and Berklee College of Music, makes him a powerful force of creativity.
This past March, we announced the launch of the Nonfiction Core Application 3.0, an update to the application template created to ease the application burden on filmmakers while reflecting evolving artistic and ethical practices. In our launch post, co-authored with Keisha Knight, we described the Nonfiction Core Application 3.0 not only as a shared resource, but also as a living document that should evolve with the field. Today, we are continuing that evolution.
This year, the Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund theme will be: Migration in and to the Americas. While based in the United States, IDA has long championed documentary filmmaking across borders and...
This month, we have the great opportunity to highlight three rising stars and Northwestern University Documentary Media program graduate students: Blake Knecht, Gríma Eir Geirs Irmudóttir, and Shawn...
Congratulations to the five IDA grantees who have premieres at Hot Docs 2025.
International Documentary Association (IDA) announced that Inti Cordera, executive director of DocsMX, Nathalie Seaver, Producer and executive vice president of Foothill Productions, Joel Simon, founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and Luis González Zaffaroni, executive director of DOCSP have joined its board of directors.
The revision process for Core Application 3.0 was informed by feedback gathered from filmmakers and industry professionals. Building on the success of Core Application 2.0, which was generally well-received as a tool for simplifying the application process, we identified areas for improvement.
Biljana Tutorov is a writer, director, and producer of feature and documentary films, video works, and performances focused on women-driven stories that examine contemporary political reality, the...
Following the death of one of her brothers, filmmaker Robie Flores returns to her hometown, Eagle Pass, on the Texas/Mexico border, wanting to turn back time. She collides with unruly experiences of adolescence that invite her to soak up the details of the home her late brother adored, and she ignored. 'The In Between' premiered February 10, 2025, on 'Independent Lens.'