The Fledgling Fund recently announced new grantees and POV is thrilled to receive support for our ongoing series of Hackathons.
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Documentary News
Apply to POV Hackathon 3 by March 12!
POV Hackathon 3 will take place April 13-14, 2013, in New York City. If you’re a filmmaker, developer or designer interested in cross-platform, web-based storytelling, apply to be part of it by March 12!
Continue reading this entry »Oprah’s Documentary Club on OWN: What Happened?
In a recent article on Realscreen, Adam Benzine reported that the OWN Documentary Club is discontinuing its monthly screenings and shifting to a less specific schedule. The push behind getting the club started sounded promising. So what happened?
Continue reading this entry »Pitching 101: When You’re in the Room
Paul Pauwels offers some advice for when you are actually in front of a funder giving your documentary pitch.
Continue reading this entry »Pitching 101: The Ws That Build a Successful Pitch
Paul Pauwels, from the Belgian production company Congoo, shares 7 “W”s that help build a successful pitch.
Continue reading this entry »IFP Filmmaker Labs Seeks First-time Filmmakers
The IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs are now open for submissions. The Labs are open to all first-time documentary and narrative feature directors with films in post-production. Deadlines are March 8 (Documentary) and April 5 (Narrative).
Continue reading this entry »Pitching 101: Writing the Pitch, and Other Pitch Preparations
In this first part of a series on pitching, Paul Pauwels offers some overarching advice for preparing your pitch and what to put into writing.
Continue reading this entry »2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar Fellowship Program – Deadline to Apply 3/1
The 59th Flaherty Seminar, “History is What’s Happening,” is accepting applications.
Continue reading this entry »BizVizz: The Making of a Documentary App
Filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein recounts his journey for creating BizVizz, a corporate accountability app inspired his documentary As Goes Janesville.
Continue reading this entry »Women of Transmedia
Liz Nord profiles eight of the trailblazing women she’s learned from while making her own transmedia documentary.
Continue reading this entry »Upcoming Events
American Promise
March 11, 2014
6:00 pm
Albany, New York
WMHT is partnering with the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region to present a free screening of American Promise in their flagship space. Stick around after the film to join a conversation around the topics raised in the film. For more information, call (518) 880-3553.
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