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International Documentary Association For 40 years, IDA has supported nonfiction filmmaking and documentary creators through our major program areas.

Support our mission by becoming a member: www.documentary.org/membership The International Documentary Association (IDA) is dedicated to building and serving the needs of a thriving documentary culture.

In this expansive interview, Robb Moss discusses longitudinal personal filmmaking, his influence as a teacher, and 'The ...
08/29/2025

In this expansive interview, Robb Moss discusses longitudinal personal filmmaking, his influence as a teacher, and 'The Bend in the River.' Read on !

In this expansive interview, Robb Moss discusses longitudinal personal filmmaking, his influence as a teacher, and The Bend in the River

Exclusive on : Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering The Bend in the River
08/28/2025

Exclusive on : Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering The Bend in the River

Exclusive: Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering The Bend in the River

Formed over two decades ago, a Korean q***r feminist collective “putting aesthetics into praxis” considers streaming and...
08/28/2025

Formed over two decades ago, a Korean q***r feminist collective “putting aesthetics into praxis” considers streaming and festival success.

Formed over two decades ago, a Korean q***r feminist collective “putting aesthetics into praxis” considers streaming and festival success

In this interview, Kamal Aljafari discusses how three tapes filmed in 2001 revealed themselves as a new film, 'With Hasa...
08/28/2025

In this interview, Kamal Aljafari discusses how three tapes filmed in 2001 revealed themselves as a new film, 'With Hasan in Gaza'.

Read Nicolas Rapold's interview on .

In this interview, Kamal Aljafari discusses how three tapes filmed in 2001 revealed themselves as a new film, With Hasan in Gaza

In this interview, Iranian filmmaker discusses how she abstracts and rewrites post-revolutionary Iranian cinema to rev...
08/21/2025

In this interview, Iranian filmmaker discusses how she abstracts and rewrites post-revolutionary Iranian cinema to reveal the q***r bodies and untold stories forced into invisibility. Read more on .

In this interview, Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory discusses how she abstracts and rewrites post-revolutionary Iranian cinema to reveal the q***r bodies and untold stories forced into invisibility

In this investigation piece by Anthony Kaufman for , independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives des...
08/20/2025

In this investigation piece by Anthony Kaufman for , independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives describe the far-reaching effects of federal funding cuts.

In this investigation, independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives describe the far-reaching effects of federal funding cuts

"For Quinn, this exchange, which continued through the Middle Ages up to the early Modern era, means that Ireland today ...
08/19/2025

"For Quinn, this exchange, which continued through the Middle Ages up to the early Modern era, means that Ireland today was informed as much by contact with Africa, the Middle East, and Islam as by Europe and Christendom."

Atlantean and the Communal Cinema of Bob Quinn

"In 'Everything You Have Is Yours,' we see dancer Hadar Ahuvia as she develops her performance by the same name, the cul...
08/11/2025

"In 'Everything You Have Is Yours,' we see dancer Hadar Ahuvia as she develops her performance by the same name, the culmination of years spent celebrating her own Jewish identity while also challenging Israeli tradition."

In Tatyana Tenenbaum's Everything You Have Is Yours, we see dancer Hadar Ahuvia as she develops her performance by the same name, the culmination of years spent celebrating her own Jewish identity while also challenging Israeli tradition. After its theatrical run in NY, Documentary spoke to Tenenbau...

Detail Versus Fidelity: CEO of AI Video Footage Enhancer Topaz Labs Strongly Advises “Against Forensic and Medical Uses”...
08/07/2025

Detail Versus Fidelity: CEO of AI Video Footage Enhancer Topaz Labs Strongly Advises “Against Forensic and Medical Uses”. Read on !

Revolutionary! Magical! Game-changing! These are some of the words being used to describe the results of AI-generated upscaling tools for archival and low-resolution footage. Some documentarians have turned to Video AI from Topaz Labs, a software featuring a suite of 30-plus AI models for video enha...

The 78ᵗʰ edition of the Locarno Film Festival kicks off today (August 6 – 16, 2025), and IDA is proud to be a media part...
08/06/2025

The 78ᵗʰ edition of the Locarno Film Festival kicks off today (August 6 – 16, 2025), and IDA is proud to be a media partner of the Future of Cinema initiative.

This year, Future of Cinema features two exciting programs: the Future of Reality Conference, which explores how new developments in cinema (from avant-garde documentary to AI) are reshaping our understanding of reality; and the REAL Academy, which brings together next-generation thinkers and creators for an in-depth exploration of cinema’s evolving realities.

Thanks to IDA, all participants will receive a complimentary copy of Documentary Magazine: the essential read for non-fiction filmmakers and enthusiasts worldwide.

→ Discover more about this Locarno Film Festival project:

How does cinema – and all audiovisual media – construct, challenge, and reimagine reality in times of ecological, political, and technological transformation?

"We may have lost our funding, but unlike Congress, we have not lost our way." An important read from Carrie Lozano, ITV...
08/02/2025

"We may have lost our funding, but unlike Congress, we have not lost our way." An important read from Carrie Lozano, ITVS CEO and former IDA Funds Director. Thank you, Carrie!

"We may have lost our funding, but unlike Congress, we have not lost our way," writes ITVS boss Carrie Lozano as she assesses a less vibrant documentary landscape without the $9 million her organization provided annually to indie doc filmmakers behind titles like ‘Minding the Gap’.

Longtime Sheffield DocFest attendee Nick Bradshaw reported on the UK festival’s steady hold within a rapidly changing wo...
07/31/2025

Longtime Sheffield DocFest attendee Nick Bradshaw reported on the UK festival’s steady hold within a rapidly changing world for !

“Always balance, everything in balance,” intones Raul Niño Zambrano, all smiles and relaxed on the last morning of his fourth year as creative director of Sheffield DocFest. It’s an aspirational mantra for a festival that seeks to elevate the documentary art of drawing meaning from chaos; in ...

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