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Sponsored Projects
Since 1998, IDA's fiscal sponsorship program has been helping independent documentary projects of all types get funded, finished and seen.
Bubblez is a feature documentary set in New Orleans that follows a passionate drag mother leading the House of Alexander, a chosen family of LGBTQ+ young adults, as Black queer spaces disappear acr
Bulbul: Song of the Nightingale documents the life of a young Banchara girl living off National Highway 79 in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Considered invasive pests by some and friends by others, there are thousands of feral donkeys roaming the Southwestern desert. What is the fate of the wild burro in today's United States?
When a renowned art leader begins gathering Confederate monuments for a major exhibition, he is confronted by political, logistical and emotional obstacles at every turn.
BY MY SIDE is an intimate portrait of three veterans suffering from the “invisible wound,” PTSD, the most prevalent and unhealed wound suffered by veterans.
Tempelhof removes the mass mask of the Migrants by showing them as individual persons through their stories about their lives, their journey, and integrating into Germany.
California Style: Edward H. Fickett will critically examine the life and work of master architect of Edward H. Fickett, one of America’s most prolific mid century architects.
"California's Forgotten Children" is a feature documentary about child sex trafficking.
A 72-year old man has been roaming the western United States and living outside with his pack mules for over three decades.
Calling All Earthlings tells the story of seminal desert UFO contactee George Van Tassel, his iconic Integratron dome, and of the communities nearby.
Camp 6ixx is an hour-long documentary, filmed over the course of two years, showing the growing tide of homelessness in America, and the obstacles faced by cities trying to solve it.
This Documentary project is going to show an ecosystem of Vintners in their small microcosms, working with nature to create better soil, which in turn creates more vibrant and energetic wines.
In 1975, Lee Brady and David Sanderson invented the first edible underwear in the history of the world. They called it “Candypants.”
Their legendary creation was a smashing success.
An intimate portrait of singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, one of Cuba's most enigmatic artists, this film follows the folk rocker on his first US tour with his band.
CARRYING is an intimate exploration of the experience of placing a child for adoption.
With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels.
“Cassandro, Queen of the Ring” is the true and remarkable story of Saul, a broken boy victim of abuse who found purpose and meaning in the most unlikely of places: the brutal and unforgiving world
Certified Fresh is a feature documentary about the wild rise of movie reviews, from buried blurbs in the back of newspapers to a single score that can make or break a film. At the center?
Each November, exotic poultry breeders across America come to Columbus intending to win the Ohio National Poultry Show, considered the Westminster of Chickens.
In the wake of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities discover a chilling pattern: more than 19,546 children have not just disappeared but vanished into a systematic web of state-sp
Set in the East African country of Uganda, CHILDREN OF WAR
chronicles the daily struggle towards rehabilitation and
reconciliation by a group of recently escaped child soldiers of the
Meet the greatest artist you've never heard of.
After the pandemic lock down was lifted in 2022, Youssef and Ali were relieved that they can now reopen one of the oldest remaining cinemas in downtown Amman, Cinema Kawakeb.
CIRCLE is an international training program and safe space for women and gender-expansive filmmakers.
For over 35 years, the gay porn shop, Circus of Books, served as the epicenter for LGBT life and culture in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to many in the community it served, the store was cultivat
In a half deserted Georgian ghost town in the former Soviet Union, dominated by an international mining corporation, three remarkable stories intersect: a young father struggles to cure his son's a
Post-Gold Rush San Francisco is dreary and stagnant, but banker William Chapman Ralston has a big vision for it.
A group of struggling yet determined public high school teens enroll in a groundbreaking, for-credit high school course in Mindfulness that changes their lives in unexpected ways.
Clinton, Louisiana: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow is a documentary exploring the heart of a rural Southern town grappling with its past while fighting for its future.
Telling the remarkable stories of three survivors of long-term solitary confinement, Cloudland is a short animated documentary exploring how the human imagination can provide both solace and renewe
Coached into Silence explores sexual abuse in youth sports. Filming since 2009, it tells the stories of a diverse group of athletes whom the system failed to protect.
At a time when the world is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront.