Join IDA and Film Independent on Monday, July 15, for a WIP screening of 'The Dilemma Of Desire'
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Due to a lack of funding, DocuClub is currently on pause. If you would like to support DocuClub with a sponsorship, please contact IDA Development Director Brian J. Davis at brian.davis@documentary.org
About the Program
Founded by Susan Kaplan in 1993, DocuClub is a works-in-progress screening series offering the public and members of the documentary film community a first look at new projects. Filmmakers and creators have the opportunity to showcase their rough cut and consult feedback from their peers and audience.
Why DocuClub
For many, DocuClub is the first opportunity for a filmmaker to share their work-in-progress in an intimate setting with a general audience at a critical moment in their process. Presented in partnership with regional film organizations, selected filmmakers are paired with seasoned story/editing consultants to help them integrate audience feedback into their film.
The DocuClub 2023 season is now over. This year, we conducted 5 in-person screenings and feedback sessions with the following partner organizations.
Our partner organizations for 2023 are:
- DCTV in New York City
- Film Independent in Los Angeles
- Sisters in Cinema in Chicago
Project Submissions
Due to a lack of funding, DocuClub is currently on pause. If you would like to support DocuClub with a sponsorship, please contact IDA Development Director Brian J. Davis at brian.davis@documentary.org
Submissions for 2023 are currently closed. For all inquiries, please email us at docuclub@documentary.org
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Los Angeles, CA
Join IDA and Film Independent on Monday, July 15, for a WIP screening of 'The Assassination & Mrs. Paine'
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New York, NY
A work-in-progress screening of filmmaker Judith Helfand's personal film, 'Love & Stuff' - Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother die in home-hospice, becomes a “new old” single mother at 50. Overnight, she’s pushed to deal with her “stuff”: 63 boxes of her parents’ heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby’s room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half-century older than her daughter.
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New York, NY
A work-in-progress screening of 'Two Gods' about a Muslim casket maker and body washer in Newark, NJ decides to bring two young men under his wing to teach them how to build caskets, wash bodies, and how to live better lives. Soon they all realize they must rely on each other to beat the streets and live to up the potential they’ve been fighting for.
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Los Angeles, CA
Join IDA and Film Independent on Monday, February 4, for the first DocuClub LA of 2019 with a screening of From Here.
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Los Angeles, CA
The Hosts is a feature documentary about the unknown stories behind the curtains of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Los Angeles, CA
BELLY OF THE BEAST intimately chronicles the journey of women fighting reproductive injustice in their communities.
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Los Angeles, CA
It's a dirty job, but Singaporean entrepreneur Jack Sim is fighting the world's sanitation crisis one loo at a time. Mr. Toilet, as he likes to be called, founded the other WTO, The World Toilet Organization, and after thirteen years spent lobbying 193 countries, he created “UN World Toilet Day.” But he is soon to learn there is a price to pay for being the World’s #2 superhero.
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New York, NY
The kingdom of plastics is a NY redemption center for underdogs where the waste of society becomes the dreams of its inhabitants. WIP screening is followed by a feedback discussion with Directors Adán Aliaga and Àlex Lora, and Producer Isa Feliu.
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New York, NY
DocuClub NY kicks off DCTV Presents Summer 2018 season with This Might Hurt, an intimate verite film that follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years trying and failing to cure their illness through modern medicine. Desperate for relief, they enter a mind-body medicine program that focuses on uncovering buried trauma at the root of their suffering, retraining their brains to turn off pain.