Veteran filmmaker Amanda Pope asks a panel of filmmakers about their experiences watching stories unfold in front of a camera.
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Bring Your Own Doc's co-host Ondi Timoner speaks with some of this year's DocuWeeks participants.
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Syrian filmmaker and festival director Orwa Nyrabia has been missing since Thursday, August 23 after attempting travel from the Damascus International Airport. Nyrabia works as a film producer and is...
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The 27th annual IDA Documentary Awards will take place December 7, 2012.
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If you're thinking of applying to the Cal Humanities California Documentary Project Grant, it's time to get started! Check out their upcoming informational grant workshops in San Diego, San Francisco...
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In an IDA interview with filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton, she discusses the making of her most recent film, Somewhere Between. Like many filmmakers over the past few years, Goldstein Knowlton used...
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"Sadly...discrimination still exists in the marketplace towards documentaries" despite how well they are reviewed by critics in a variety of well-respected newspapers and websites. Why do you think...
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It might be tempting to think that if you write a check to a grant writer you can check out of the process and focus on making your film while the funds pour in. The reality is that when you're...
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Thank you to everyone who has already submitted a mid-year report!
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It is truly amazing the lengths to which documentary filmmakers will go to 'get the shot.' At times they put their lives at risk to give depth and meaning to stories that otherwise would remain untold...