Notes from the Reel World

Dear IDA Members, What will 2005 bring for the documentary world? I make no predictions, but it does look good. The year 2004 was impressive, no

Dear IDA Members: For the past three years, I've heard, "This is the Year of the Documentary." In a line of great documentaries including The

On the mandated broadcast hour...

Dear IDA Members: Giving your time.... As many of us punch through our day-to-day routines of phone calls, emails and FedEx deliveries, once in while

Dear IDA Members: I have just returned from MIP and MIPDOC in Cannes. These two events really are the center of the international broadcast

Dear IDA Members, There are a number of excellent conferences worldwide devoted to the documentary. A notable one here in the US is the RealScreen

Dear IDA Members, Before I address you as your new president, I would like to say a few words about my predecessor, Michael Donaldson. About four

Dear IDA Members, When I took the helm as IDA President three years ago, I eschewed "pompous pledges and misty projections" and promised to "keep my

Dear IDA Members, It's the end of an active year of continued changes and growth for the IDA. Our biggest accomplishment was getting InFACT, formerly

Dear IDA Members: As we go to press, it looks like our comrades in the independent film movement are making some headway with the Motion Picture