Join us for a Master Class with Emmy award-winning journalist and the Vice President of Content at Wondery, George Lavender, exploring the different ways podcasts and audio documentaries use sound to create immersive and engaging stories.
Educational Seminars
Our year-round series of seminars, panels and workshops focusing on the art, craft and business of documentary filmmaking. Become an IDA member to access previous seminars online.
Join us and Alex Hannibal, Associate Director of Content Development at CNN Films, and Molly Harrington, Associate Director at CNN Original Series, for the 2019 return of IDA's What’s New series.
Come to the IDA offices 10/27/18 to learn how to use graphic design and animation to enhance your film's visual grammar.
Join us for a very special double Master Class in New York! In the morning, attorneys Neil Rosini, Jake Levy, and Steven Beer of Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo will offer a 3-hour crash course on the legal basics that every maker of non-fiction productions should know. The afternoon workshop, led by filmmaker and archival researcher Sierra Pettengill, will provide practical advice and creative inspiration for nonfiction filmmakers interested in the potential of archival and “found” materials.
Join us for a special Master Class that will examine the career of the Academy Award-nominated filmmaking team, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, whose creative approach to the verite aesthetic continues to define their 19+ years of filmmaking.
Join us for an informative Fair Use Master Class with prominent entertainment attorney, Lisa Callif, including special film workshops to determine if fair use can be applied.
Join IDA and ITVS in San Francisco for a special Master Class with celebrated Director Dawn Porter on ethical obligations documentary filmmakers have to their subjects.
Join us for a Master Class with our panel of international co-production and distribution experts who are utilizing their sales experience from production to release.
Join us and N’Jeri Eaton, Senior Manager of Programming Acquisitions at National Public Radio, for the next installment in our What’s New series, in which prominent industry leaders in documentary present up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening in the documentary landscape and discuss new opportunities in nonfiction content.
Join us and Juan Devis, Chief Creative Officer, for the next installment in our What’s New series, in which prominent industry leaders in documentary present up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening in the documentary landscape and discuss new opportunities for filmmakers.