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Sponsored Projects
For over 30 years, IDA's fiscal sponsorship program has been helping independent documentary projects of all types get funded, finished and seen.
Everest Dark is a feature documentary that takes us on a daring expedition with world-renowned Nepalese mountaineer Mingma Tsiri Sherpa.
EVERY BODY IN THE ROOM is a lyrical documentary portrait of celebrated theater director Anne Bogart's work with the SITI Company, one of theater's most influential and innovative companies, as they
In September 2009, Wayne Schoenfeld, film maker and photographer, and Nadia Duguay, producer and organizer, left for Cape Town (South Africa) to shoot a film about the care for the sick and dying c
“Everything Must Change” is a an Iranian-American woman’s search for meaning after her recurrent diagnosis of Breast Cancer. This first-person, follow-along documentary unfolds in real time o
Everything You Have Is Yours is inspired by the story and award-winning work of choreographer Hadar Ahuvia.
For decades, Boston has been the world’s leading hub for medical research, built venture capitalists, pharmaceutical companies and generations of scientists drawn from across the globe.
With intimate access, Exodus Stories follows the high-stakes journeys of Central American immigrants Daisy, Dennis, and Cindy who escape violence and persecution and join the 2018-19 migrant carava
Expedition Parkimanjaro documents the journey of Marco Masoni, a father, educator and adventurer diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson's Disease who tackles climbing Mount Kilimanjaro while being vi
“Exquisite Wasteland” shatters the popular myth that deserts are lifeless, barren, and worthless.
In a region scarred by conflict, with a people stained by distrust, a simple act of kindness may be the most difficult act of all to conclude.
Presenting the power of architecture on the world’s imagination and its ability to affect a nation’s dreams…
“FACE OF A NATION: What happened to the World’s Fair?” captures erosion of the American image at one of the most important events in showcasing a nation’s influence on the international stage. A reminder that “to keep the dream alive,” we must never lose sight of our vision and values. Probing deeply into national identity, Mina Chow investigates the controversy surrounding U.S. participation at World’s Fairs for the last 25 years. The film asks important questions about the country’s role in the world and perceptions of the American image. With our diminished presence at World’s Fairs, have we lost sight of what it means to be American?
Join Mobolaji and the Ferguson Rises team on our Oscar journey! We need your help to raise the final campaign funds needed to reach the coveted Academy Awards shortlist.
For 20 years, Kettering Elementary—a public school in Long Beach, California—has taught every second grader the violin as a part of its core curriculum.
Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is a feature documentary that begins with U.S.
A family shattered by the foster care & prison systems reunite to heal old wounds & rebuild their family, starting with finding their houseless mom.
An uplifting and heartfelt, one-hour, Verite docu-series, following America’s premiere operatic countertenor, the astonishingly talented John Holiday; as he performs in the world’s most prestigious
Firefly: The Emily Remler Story is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life and legacy of Emily Remler, one of the most distinctive jazz guitarists of her generation.
In a time when anti-Semitism is again raising its ugly head around the world, "The First Quarterback" looks back to an era of even greater intolerance, when an unlikely Jewish hero gave hope and pr
For much of the 20th century, babies routinely underwent major surgery without adequate pain relief.
Five Sisters (working title) paints a portrait of five sisters, in their 70s and 80s.
Help bring Fixed into millions of homes in 2015. Support our fundraising efforts for Fixed's public TV broadcast!
Driven from Ireland when the revolution she'd given thirty years to turned grey and administrative, Ella Young arrived in California speaking the language of mountain spirits, sea-voices, and the o
Set in Lviv, Ukraine, the film follows a group of men who organize daily funerals for fallen soldiers at the country’s only active military cemetery.
At the center of the story is the amazing and endlessly curious Ruth Reichl-- former NY Times food critic, groundbreaking editor of Gourmet, best selling memoirist, and possibly the most respected
For A Million Years is a universal story about humanism, unity and a romantic belief that music can change the world.
FOR HERE OR TO GO? is an eight-episode documentary series that celebrates one of the staples of American cuisine.
Semi-retired Chicago postal worker Eugene Thomas reflects on his life, music, and martial arts practice. Oh, and that decade between the 80s and 90s when he was an international celebrity, starring in a dozen ninja movies filmed in Taiwan
Los Angeles, summer, 1945, a young boy, whose parents fled from Germany twelve years earlier, is adjusting to his mother’s fragile state of mind.
FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND (formerly THE GUT) explores a blue-collar New England town as a complex, partial microcosm of our current national and global reality.