The team from Docs in Progress brings you articles and candid interviews with experienced film and video professionals who offer their personal perspectives and advice on the craft and major issues of documentary.
ARTICLES BY THEME
Audience Engagement
Netflix as a Tool for Understanding the Audience and Yourself
Distribution
From Iran to America: On Making The Glass House by Melissa Hibbard
Interview with Aron Gaudet (The Way We Get By)
Documentary Appreciation
The Flaherty Seminar: Dissecting Documentaries with Distinction
Editing
Interview with Kurt Engfehr (Editor and Co-Producer, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine)
Torn Between Buying Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express
Film Festival Strategies
Interview with Jon Gann, Director of DC Film Alliance and DC Shorts Film Festival
Interview with Thom Powers of the Toronto Film Festival
Fundraising
Interview with Morrie Warshawski, Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, and Chris Wong on Houseparty Fundraising
Interview with Trinh Duong from the Funding Exchange on a funder’s perspective
International Film Exchanges
Building International Understanding Through Documentary Film Exchanges
Kosovo to the USA: International Exchange in Action
Silver Spring to Dushanbe: International Exchange in Action
Legal Issues
Interview with Entertainment Attorney Joy Butler on navigating clearances and rights
Music in Documentaries
Interview with Composer John Keltonic on music in documentaries
Pitching
Interview with Doug Block and Aviva Kempner on the art of the elevator pitch
Structuring the Documentary
Interview with Fernanda Rossi, aka “The Documentary Doctor”
ARTICLES BY EXPERT
Bahar, Robert
Block, Doug
Butler, Joy
Carracedo, Almundena
Dahlman, Andre
Duong, Trinh
Engfehr Kurt
Eyre, Grace
Gaudet, Aron
Ginsberg, Erica
Hibbard, Melissa
Keltonic, John
Kempner, Aviva
Powers, Thom
Rossi, Fernanda
Sijarina, Ismet
Warshawski, Morrie
Wong, Christopher
