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Courtesy of Judith Dancoff What are the keys to successfully selling your film to the academic market? The mistake too many documentary filmmakers make is to think of the process as simply a matter of buying e-mail lists; they are then disappointed when they don't make the sales they want. The fact is, marketing, like filmmaking, requires solid pre-production, with one's campaign at the back end, not the beginning. We would never turn our cameras on without a lot of preparation, so why do we think we can go directly into sales without the same degree of work? As in filmmaking, pre-production
From The Boys of Baraka Feature Documentaries The Boys of BarakaHeidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Cara Mertes, Sally Jo FiferLoki Films, ITVS, PBS, P.O.V. /American Documentary Cowboy del AmorMichèle Ohayon, Theo Van de SandeHomeland Film Productions Inc., Netflix Inc., Showtime Networks Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomAlex Gibney, Jason Kliot, Susan Motamed, Joana VicenteHDNet Films, Magnolia Pictures Favela Rising *WinnerJeff Zimbalist, Matt MocharyStealth Films, Sidetrack Films, Voy Pictures, THINKFilm, HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films The Last CampaignWayne EwingWayne Ewing Films, Inc The Last
We stand with Kartemquin Films in their statement regarding PBS's recent decision to move two exemplary series on Tuesday night to Thursday night, a slot reserved for local programming.
Visit our recently updated YouTube Channel now featuring Q&As with notable documentary filmmakers, curated playlists as well as video of past Doc Us and workshops. This month we feature Doc U: Focus on Funding, a rare opportunity to actually hear from those elusive funders! A panel of experts, including Morrie Warshawski and Tamir Muhammad from Tribeca give you the inside scoop on best practices when applying for grants and pitching your film to potential funders.
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In the fall of 1971, my friends and I gathered in our college dorm to listen to the radio as our draft lottery numbers were drawn. Since the Vietnam War was still raging and student deferments had been eliminated, these random numbers would determine who would be drafted, who would become a conscientious objector and who would emigrate to Canada. We all knew we were against the war in Vietnam, but in retrospect, we couldn't easily separate our moral convictions from our own selfish reasons for opposing the war. A few years after I drew a safe lottery number, I saw Hearts and Minds by Peter
THANK YOU CENTRAL SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL! The Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council has provided the IDA with a generous $3,000 grant to help support the Docs Rock program in the 2011-2012 school year. Docs Rock is a two-semester program taught at San Pedro High School that introduces high school students to the world of documentary filmmaking. The Council announced that they are "pleased to support the Docs Rock program..." They were "impressed, not only with the unique quality of the program but also the improved graduation rate as an outcome." Docs Rock engages students in their
If you happen to wander into the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City, California from October 29-November 1, 2005, you may notice an abundance of smart ladies from around the globe dashing about, talking about everything from international sales to creative choices to camera equipment. That's because Los Angeles is the 2005 host for the annual Women In Film & Television International (WIFTI) Summit. The yearly gathering, which has been held in such exotic locales as New Zealand and Jamaica, comes to the movie capital of America for four days of panels, lunches, screenings, parties and special