Notes from the Reel World

Dear IDA Community, Change can be hard. It can be terrifying, even paralyzing. It can also be exhilarating, inspiring and rejuvenating. After 28 years

Dear IDA Community, As this edition of Documentary magazine is reaching all of you, we at IDA are excited to be revving up for the next leg of the

Dear IDA Community, Transition of any kind is an opportunity for reflection. In the space between two defined states, we are afforded a chance to take

Dear IDA Community: As many readers of Documentary magazine may have already heard, I left IDA at the end of 2014 to accept a new position with the

Dear IDA Community: Thirty years ago, the International Documentary Association broke new ground by presenting the first IDA Awards for distinguished

Dear IDA Community, This fall, we debut IDA's new three-day Documentary Film Conference in Los Angeles. Held in conjunction with the Academy of Motion

Dear IDA Community: Every year seems to bring the release of more and more important documentaries, on an ever-wider range of topics, from an

Dear IDA Community, Fundraising. It's one of the hardest things about being a nonprofit, but there are no two ways about it: It must be done. The more

Dear IDA Community, Our lead times for Documentary magazine are long. As I write this, the nation is still trying to come to grips with the

On the IDA Documentary Awards and the Academy Awards...