Documentary Edge Festival
Country
New Zealand
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Formats
35 mm, Beta, DVD
Deadline month
October
Event month
April
DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival New Zealand is an international competitive documentary film festival. It aims to foster and promote the art of documentary film-making cinema and to facilitate in New Zealand the meeting of documentary film from all around the world. The festival accepts films in three different categories: short (less than 30 minutes), medium (30 to 70 minutes) and feature (over 70 minutes) documentary films. Preference is given to New Zealand or world premieres.
Documentary Edge Forum
Country
New Zealand
Type of link
Pitching Forum
Deadline month
March
Event month
April
DOC Pitch will allow selected filmmakers to pitch their project to a panel of local and overseas commissioning editors, buyers and other funders sitting together in a documentary specific pitching forum.
This is a significant opportunity for filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects to local and overseas commissioners and buyers as well as to make important new contacts. The Panel is able to find out about new and exciting projects. Observers will hear international commissioning priorities direct from the decision-makers as well as to watch & learn from the pitching process.
Up to twelve filmmaking teams will be selected. Selected applicants are invited to attend a master-class on pitching prior to the Pitching Forum.
Documentary Educational Resources
Country
USA
Type of link
Distributor, Producer
Documentary Educational Resources is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 for the purpose of producing and distributing cross-cultural documentary film for educational use. Our company focus then and now is to support filmmakers who have long-term commitments to the people that they film. We find that filmmakers who work collaboratively with their subjects produce film with integrity. It is also our focus to distribute media that has the power to overcome barriers to cross-cultural understanding. Media can be the first step in growing sensitivity and awareness of other cultures. Our archive is one of the most historically important resources of ethnographic film in the world today. In 1975 DER co-founders John Marshall and Timothy Asch were key figures in establishing the Human Studies Film Archives at the Smithsonian Institution and their bodies of work are among the most significant ethnographic collections within the HSFA. We continue to collaborate with the Smithsonian on the use of our films for research. Our films have been screened everywhere, from villages and refugee camps in Africa and Native American reservations, to classrooms, museums and theaters worldwide.
Documentary Film Centre
Country
Germany
Type of link
School
The Documentary Film Centre serves as a meeting point for anyone interested in documentary films. It is the Centre’s job to collect, research and promote German and international films and TV documentaries. The range includes artistic and socially committed documentaries| industrial, nature, educational and cultural films as well as journalistic forms such as reports, features and documentation. The Documentary Film Centre organizes regular conferences on the current and historical developments of documentary film. It also offers workshops and symposiums on subjects relating to film and television production.
Documentary Film Festival
Country
Slovenia
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Event month
March
Diverse insights into contemporary developments in documentary film production, is increasingly pervasive and widely accepted art form. Political, socially documentaries, portrait documentaries, movies about myths and cultural icons and intimate portraits.
Documentary Film School Moscow
Country
Russia
Type of link
School, Producer
Documentary Film Theory and Contemporary Hungarian Documentaries
Country
Hungary
Type of link
Other Events
Deadline month
July
Event month
September
King Sigismund College (Budapest, Hungary) with the support of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary is organizing a three-day film screening and international conference on the latest developments in the theory of documentary cinema and contemporary Hungarian documentaries. The organizers offer a full day of film projections, interspersed with Q&A sessions with the creators of the films. Then on the second day, international and Hungarian scholars will present lectures on the latest trends in documentary filmmaking and documentary theory.
Documentary Filmmakers Group
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
School, Other Events
Event month
March
The Documentary Filmmakers Group is a comprehensive resource for those involved in, or interested in the art and production of documentary film and video. We provide professional, convenient and affordable training in touch with the needs of documentary filmmakers at various stages of their careers. Over the past few years, DFG Training has established an international reputation as a professional training centre and point of exchange between established and new producers, directors, researchers, editors, crews and visual artists.
Documentary Filmmakers Group - DOCLAB
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Training Programme
Event month
October
The Documentary Filmmakers Group - DFG - is the national organisation working to promote documentary filmmaking talent and innovation in the UK.
A single aim links all our work: to encourage, stimulate, promote and support the growth of a strong community of documentary filmmakers and film audiences.
We have been running since 2001, operating as a non-profit organisation. Our presence, our activities and our community continue to expand, showing that there is real demand for a group dedicated to serving the needs of documentary film in all its aspects.
DFG is the leading provider of industry-focussed training for established and aspiring documentary filmmakers and a member of the elite Skillset Media Academy Network.
We run a range of networking, information and advice events for documentary filmmakers at different stages in their careers, as well as pitching opportunities and screenings. We also provide a number of resources for our members, a growing community of documentary filmmakers.
Through our unique partnership with the award-winning Mosaic Films, DFG provides a combined level of expertise that positions us to collaborate on a range of exciting training and film production initiatives in partnership with Channel 4, Five, and ITV, amongst other organisations. In keeping with our mission statement, these initiatives are designed either to promote talent, diversity and equal opportunities within the documentary filmmaking industry, or to promote innovation in a particular strand of documentary programming.
Documentary Filmmakers Group - Final Cut Pro Editing Week
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Training Programme
Event month
November
Final Cut Pro Editing Week covers the fundamentals of documentary editing, using industry relevant equipment, Final Cut Pro software and important areas such as preparing a project for the edit and the Grammar of Editing.
Documentary Filmmakers Group - Research Masterclass
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Event month
November
You will learn how to access, analyse and use information in a confident manner: how to make the best use of the Internet for film research, how to access archive footage and stills and how to find contributors and locations.
Documentary Films.net
Country
USA
Type of link
Film Website
A resource page providing numerous information aboutfilmmakers, festivals, film sites, TV, interview, reviews.
Documentary in Europe
Country
Italy
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Pitching Forum
Deadline month
July
Event month
September
Documentary in Europe is a no-profit cultural association that proposes to increase the value of the documentary culture, to highlight and promote it, in all its forms, with particular stress on Italian, European and International documentary.
To achieve these purposes, the primary activities of the association are to organize meetings among the insiders of documentary world and to promote the popularization of the documentary genre among a larger audience.
Documentary in Europe is a project started up from F.E.R.T. (Filming with a European Regard in Turin), but, since 2000, is an indipendent association.
Since the beginning, Documentary in Europe cooperates with EDN (EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY NETWORK), the European net of the documentarists, that has its centre in Copenhagen, gathers about 900 members among producers, distributors, tv networks and film industries.
Documentary Network
Country
Canada
Type of link
Film Website
The Documentary Network acts as a place to come together for reflection and discussion, to ensure that documentary maintains its essential position in the world of cinema. The Network aims to ensure that documentary plays its rightful role in the defence of democracy, tolerance, and open-mindedness. It encourages speaking out and public debate sparked by films that tackle the issues, aspirations and values of society. The Network works to improve the conditions that enable Canadian POV documentary creation and production and to facilitate access to POV documentary for all audiences.
Documentary Scriptwriting Residency
Country
France
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
October
Event month
November
Eight to ten young film authors/makers from Georgia, Armenia and North Caucasus will be hosted in a writing residency for a two-week workshop, aiming to: - Carry out a diagnostic and detailed critical analysis of their projects, - Develop an actual documentary script for their project, - And finally, carry out exercises in rough video sketches. Two tutors from France, both writer and director, will mentor the programme.
The best documentary filmmakers involved in the Caucasus Eurasiadoc residency will have the opportunity to attend the co-production meetings at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, in Yerevan, in July 2013, to pitch their project developed during the writing residency.
Documentary Site
Country
USA
Type of link
Film Website
Documentary blog that attempts at grappling some of the deeper issues that arise in both popular media and academic discourses.
Documentary.net
Country
Austria
Type of link
Film Magazine
VOD-Platform with free streaming of documentaries, plus filmmaker support, news, articles, tutorials. Producers can promote their films and projects for free.
DocumentaryTech
Country
USA
Type of link
Film Website
DocumentaryTech is an open-source collaborative project exploring documentary filmmaking techniques and technology.
DocuMentor
Country
Romania
Type of link
Organization/Institute
DocuMentor is the only professional organization of Romanian documentary filmmakers. Its members are personalities of Romanian documentary film.
DocumFest
Country
Romania
Type of link
Festival
Deadline month
November
Event month
December
DocumFest International Festival is organized by TVR Timişoara (the Regional Studio of the Romanian National Television, which broadcasts for the South-Western area of Romania), in partnership with The City Hall and the City Council of Timişoara, the Timis County Council and co-organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute.
Docúpolis Ibroamericano
Country
Chile
Type of link
Festival
Section
student, documentary
Formats
Beta
Deadline month
June
Event month
September
Festival Docúpolis Iberoamericano is organised by Tercer Ojo vin Spanish cultural center in Chile in cooperation with national National Chilean cinematheque.
Docurama Films
Country
USA
Type of link
Distributor
Docurama Films is dedicated to making critically acclaimed and cutting-edge documentaries available digitally and on DVD. The collection unites both classic and contemporary docs from award-winning filmmakers whose work continues to astound and enlighten. Since being launched by parent company New Video in 1999, Docurama Films has released over 250 award-winning and highly acclaimed titles. This year we celebrate our 10th anniversary of great docs. Among our releases for 2009: Academy Award®-winning director James Moll's hauntingly profound film Inheritance; a moving portrait of Estonia's fight for freedom in The Singing Revolution and Stacy Peralta's gripping Crips and Bloods: Made in America.
DocuShuk
Country
Israel
Type of link
Market
Deadline month
March
Event month
May
Organized by CoPro - Documentary Marketing Foundation (R.A), DocuShuk is a stimulating platform for the marketing of Israeli documentaries. Invited representatives of local and foreign networks, alongside representatives of Jewish and Arab communities around the world will enjoy as many as 120 newly produced documentaries in a multiply categorized catalogue.
DOCUTAH
Country
USA
Type of link
Festival
Section
student, short, documentary
Deadline month
April
Event month
September
DOCUTAH is a Southern Utah International Film Festival presented by Dixie State University in St. George. It is a new festival that focuses on independent films looking for distribution. It also encourages student submissions.
In addition to screening films at both indoor and outdoor venues, it hosts master class seminars with internationally renowned guest lecturers who are industry professionals providing an academically based/ hands-on approach to film making. It will also feature a distributor market place - an invaluable networking hubbub.
DOCVILLE
Country
Belgium
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Deadline month
March
Event month
May
Every year the DOCVILLE festival presents a selection of the latest national and international documentary films. Eye-catcher of the festival is a long list of unreleased films that have their premiere at the festival and the national and international competition.
Thematic compilations, a video-installation, several events and industry activities complete the festival programme.