Supervisor, First District, Gloria Molina recently confirmed a grant award to IDA in the amount of $53,500 from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. The funds will be used to support IDA's acclaimed Doc U Program, a series of hands-on educational seminars for aspiring and experienced documentary filmmakers, taught by artists and experts on subjects ranging from marketing and distribution to working with composers, writers or agents.
IDA also received a grant earlier this year from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the amount of $7,500 to expand Doc U to cities outside of the Los Angeles area.
These funding awards allow IDA to better support documentary filmmakers, and we are grateful for the generosity of both the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation for their ongoing support of IDA.
For more information on Doc U, visit the Doc U page.