IDA calls on the Israeli government to withdraw its threats against filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. We also call for an end to the public
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On Monday, the twelve US state Attorneys General who sued to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger settled with Paramount. The Ellison
Updated on July 13, 2026– Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery July 13, 2026 Today, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along
Updated on June 8, 2026–Safety Planning Training for Documentarians June 8, 2026 Censorship is not always overt. In fact, many democracies that openly
IDA, in solidarity with our partners at the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR), calls on the Turkish authorities to drop the accusations against filmmaker and festival organizer Rojhilat Aksoy, amid a growing crackdown on Kurdish and Armenian films and filmmakers.
The Hellenic Documentary Association (Hellas Docs) has asked IDA to add our voice to their "Culture Absent" initiative, and we are glad to do so. This
Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery jeopardizes the future of documentary filmmaking.
Yesterday, October 30, documentary filmmaker Giorgi Mrevlishvili was detained by authorities in Georgia. This news was reported in social media posts published by Documentary Association Georgia, one of IDA’s peer organizations.
We received yet another threat to free speech and expression by documentary filmmakers, this time, the call comes from Hungary. Our friends at the Hungarian Documentary Association have published the statement below on May 15.
This article will be updated regularly as the situation unfolds with news and calls to action. July 30, 2025 The recent vote to eliminate federal