Jean-Marie Teno is Africa’s preeminent documentary filmmaker. With a critical eye and a sharp wit, he questions the established truth, exposes the
Getting Real
Anand Patwardhan has been making political documentaries for over four decades pursuing diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films were at one time or another banned by state television channels in India and became the subject of litigation by Patwardhan, who successfully challenged the censorship rulings in court.
Erika Dilday, a producer, journalist and media executive, is the executive director of American Documentary Inc. and executive producer of its award-winning documentary series POV on PBS and America ReFramed on WORLD Channel.
Nanfu Wang is an award-winning Chinese filmmaker based in the U.S. Wang directed and produced the feature documentaries 'Hooligan Sparrow' (Sundance 2016), 'I Am Another You' (SXSW 2017, Special Jury Prize winner), 'One Child Nation' (Sundance 2019, Grand Jury Prize Winner, Amazon), and 'In the Same Breath' (Sundance 2021, HBO).
Amid industry disruption, filmmakers search for marketing and data solutions in community.
In a world rent asunder, conference speakers thrust documentary ethics into reality.
Jemma Desai’s keynote address at Getting Real 2024 delves deeply into the ethical and existential challenges faced by cultural workers, particularly in the realm of documentary filmmaking, against the backdrop of global conflicts, notably the ongoing crisis in Palestine: “I have chosen to speak about integrity and so I cannot speak about anything but Palestine.” Her reflections resonate beyond the specific context of film, challenging all cultural workers to consider their role in shaping narratives that affirm human dignity and confront systemic injustices.
In this Fireside Chat, Keri Putnam (a Walter Shorenstein Fellow and former CEO of the Sundance Institute) and Barbara Twist (ED of Film Festival Alliance) will discuss their collaboration on and preliminary results from the first-ever large-scale survey of the scale, demographics, and interests of the U.S. audience of independent scripted and documentary film.
ndependent documentary producers face never-ending challenges to make a living from their work. This is in large part because the documentary industry has no real rules regarding sustainable working conditions and compensation for producers.
In this keynote session, IDFA's artistic director Orwa Nyrabia interviews Jean-Marie Teno about his craft and the issues of representation within societies that are still struggling to decolonize themselves.