November 28, 2011
At one time, the door to documentary filmmaking was very heavy. You had to go to film school and then apprentice under someone for a long time. Cameras, editing systems, film, and film processing...
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November 25, 2011
And nope we don’t mean the midnight Black Friday Sales. Rather, we mean getting an early start on the giving season. This year, why not give to Docs In Progress? We recently kicked off a new fund...
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October 10, 2011
Every summer, Docs In Progress gives an opportunity for our summer intern to write an article of interest to the Docs In Progress community. This year, Fay Gartenberg examined the question of how ...
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July 18, 2011
This year, in addition to the dispatches from Matt Radcliff and tweets from Erica Ginsberg, Docs In Progress reached out to many of our program alumni to get a sampling of the word on the street ab...
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June 22, 2011
The Silverdocs Film Festival and Conference is in full swing. We’ll be filing some reviews next week, but just wanted to share a few impressions as it happens. Contributor Matthew Radcliff attend...
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April 04, 2011
“I spent all my money making my film and have no money left for festivals. Will you please waive my submission fee?” This is the start of many an e-mail film festival programmers seem to receive wh...
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January 06, 2011
by Erica Ginsberg Docs In Progress is gearing up for our seventh year of presenting work-in-progress screening programs. When Adele Schmidt and I started this (ad)venture back in May 2004, our only...
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October 15, 2010
Perhaps this topic is particularly on my mind because I have recently returned from a trip through Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi where I had a chance to see some of the places which formed s...
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September 30, 2010
OK, so we talked in Tip # 10 about not submitting at the final deadline. Part of not waiting to submit late is about planning. Filmmakers are expected to spend a lot of time in planning their docu...
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September 26, 2010
Docs In Progress Executive Director Erica Ginsberg here. In the coming weeks, I'll countdown from 10 to 1 of what I consider the most important tips on film festivals. I will preface my tips b...
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