Getting Real '24 Passes

Key Dates

All Access Registration Ends: ~~April 9, 2024~~ Extension: sales will close on April 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM PT
Getting Real '24: April 15-18, 2024
Virtual Together Pass can be purchased at any time.
All pass sales are final and nonrefundable.

What Pass Should I Get?

All Access Pass (in person and virtual)	Virtual Together Pass (virtual only)
The All Access Pass includes: Opening night activities: a live cinema performance and entry to the Opening Night Party Conference programming: access to all panel conversations, workshops, keynote speeches, and additional live cinema performances Opportunity to sign up for in-person “Meet the Funders” roundtables Complimentary lunch at "Meet the Funders" and "Industry Expo" Coffee Stations As well as everything offered in the Virtual Pass! Early Bird Price (valid until December 25): $450 \| $375 for IDA Members Regular Price: $550 \| $475 for IDA Members	The Virtual Together Pass includes: Global access: you will meet conference-goers and peers from all over the world Conference programming: virtual live streams of most panel conversations, workshops, and keynote speeches (exclusions will apply to a select few events with limited slots) through Eventive, our conference platform Asynchronous play-pack of most live streamed events for 1 month following the conference Opportunity to sign up for virtual “Meet the Funders” roundtables Price: $95 \| $80 for IDA Members

All Access Pass (in person and virtual)

Virtual Together Pass (virtual only)

The All Access Pass includes:

Opening night activities: a live cinema performance and entry to the Opening Night Party
Conference programming: access to all panel conversations, workshops, keynote speeches, and additional live cinema performances
Opportunity to sign up for in-person “Meet the Funders” roundtables
Complimentary lunch at "Meet the Funders" and "Industry Expo"
Coffee Stations
As well as everything offered in the Virtual Pass!
Early Bird Price (valid until December 25): $450 | $375 for IDA Members
Regular Price: $550 | $475 for IDA Members

The Virtual Together Pass includes:

Global access: you will meet conference-goers and peers from all over the world
Conference programming: virtual live streams of most panel conversations, workshops, and keynote speeches (exclusions will apply to a select few events with limited slots) through Eventive, our conference platform
Asynchronous play-pack of most live streamed events for 1 month following the conference
Opportunity to sign up for virtual “Meet the Funders” roundtables
Price: $95 | $80 for IDA Members

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Who Attends Getting Real?

See registered 2024 attendees here. In 2022, we hosted our most international Getting Real conference to date, welcoming 600 in-person and more than 2,000 virtual participants from a total of 69 countries.

Recent past featured speakers include filmmakers such as Dawn Porter, Morgan Spurlock, Lucy Walker, Nanfu Wang, Frederick Wiseman, Sam Feder, Jessica Beshir, Payal Kapadia, Sara Dosa, Su Kim, Amy Hobby, Joe Bini, Karim Amer, Michèle Stephenson, Stanley Nelson, Michel Zongo, Rosine Mbakam, Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Anand Patwardhan, and many others. Other attendees include industry professionals and executives from Just Films | Ford Foundation, Cinetic, A&E, Netflix, Nat Geo Documentary Films, ITVS, AmDoc/POV, Firelight Media, Kin Theory, NEA, Danish Film Institute, Taiwan Docs, California Humanities, BAVC, Documentary Organization of Canada, Documentary Association of Europe, and others.

Over the past decade, the impact of Getting Real on the broader nonfiction filmmaking industry has been extensive. Some panels that began at the conference, such as the #decolonizedocs strand, have reconfigured the terms of conversations around questions of ethics, access, and accountability within the larger documentary industry. Important filmmaker-led documentary organizations, including FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers With Disabilities), A-Doc (Asian American Documentary Network), and the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, emerged directly out of conversations at Getting Real. In 2022, IDA announced the commencement of the groundbreaking Nonfiction Access Initiative (NAI), a multi-year collaborative effort that will support and create resources for disabled nonfiction filmmakers.

To ensure Getting Real ’24 attendance continues to reflect a diverse range of geographic, racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, we will conduct targeted outreach to members of organizations and filmmaker collectives who may be unable to attend but nevertheless will significantly contribute to conference discussions. Individuals who face financial barriers to purchasing a pass can email conference@documentary.org to receive a complimentary virtual pass, no questions asked.

Policies

Video and Camera Policy: Our events and sessions will be live-streamed to our virtual platform by IDA staff. That is the only permitted recording at the conference. Live streaming of events by attendees is not permitted at Getting Real ‘24. Photos, social media stories, and quotes are welcome in open sessions. To ensure a safe space for all of our guests, filming and on-spot interviews of attendees by non-staffers are also not allowable at the conference.

No/Low Scent Policy: We ask all guests who are joining us in person to arrive using no to low-scented products. This means refraining from using perfumes, lotions, detergents, oils, and hair products with strong fragrances. Learn more about why this is important and what we will do in the accessibility tab of the event website.

COVID-19: While Getting Real ’24 will not require testing nor masking, attendees are encouraged to do so.