It might be tempting to think that if you write a check to a grant writer you can check out of the process and focus on making your film while the
Funding
Anyone who makes documentary films is aware of the idea that the social issue documentary is "the new black." Nearly every call for grant proposals
Editor's Note: The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Programs and Fund is the receipient of the IDA Pioneer Award; this article appeared in the
How do documentary filmmakers impact their audiences and create social change with their films? Working Films and the BRITDOC Foundation are two
Every once in a while we'll be highlighting one of the good questions we get here in the fiscal sponsorship department that we think might be useful
When cities recover from hard financial times, creative souls are often pushed to the peripheries. It should come as no surprise that the young
Even when the economy is robust, documentary funding is hard to come by. So, during these tough times, when a major research nonprofit organization
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From Katrina Browne's Traces of the Trade, which was made as part of the WGBH Filmmakers-in-Residence Program. Photo: Amishadai Sackitey The
Producing documentaries, which have become much more popular and visible on TV, DVD and in theaters in recent years, has never been an undertaking for