Doc U: Expanding Your Film’s Reach and Revenue

Free for IDA members on a first come, first served basis.

While the educational market represents a vast potential source of revenue and eyeballs for many doc makers, it can also feel illusive or even impenetrable. What partnerships, business relationships, and resources are key to successfully placing your film in schools, libraries and other educational markets? How is changing technology, such as streaming, affecting the potential revenue to be gained from these markets? What types of outreach and engagement strategies are most effective for reaching audiences? What models should you follow and how hands-on should you be?

Learn about the latest developments and best practices coming out of the educational distribution and outreach/engagement worlds as, together, we explore these topics with a highly impressive array of panelists: outreach and engagement expert Wendy Cohen (President, Picture Motion); filmmaker and educational distributor Sarah Feinbloom (Executive Director, Good Docs); CEO of an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions Olivia Humphrey (CEO/Founder of Kanopy); and producer/directors Grace Lee (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs) and Yael Melamede ((Dis)Honesty - The Truth About Lies, Inocente). Moderated by IDA’s Director of Educational Programs Ken Jacobson.