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Summer 2019 Newsletter

August 01, 2019

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Summer is popping at our new space. AFI DOCS focuses on localism. Community Stories Festival is looking for submissions. Plus news from alums, upcoming funding deadlines, hot reads, and more...

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Getting Close Means Getting Lean

July 27, 2019

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Want to get close to your documentary subjects? Dispense with all the bells and whistles. This the focus of a new book from filmmaker Rustin Thompson. We asked him to give us the highlights.

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Spring 2019 Newsletter

May 15, 2019

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Meet our 2019 Docs In Progress Filmmaker-in-Residence. Our move date is official. Peer Pitch returns home. Plus news from alums, upcoming funding deadlines, hot reads, and more...

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Winter 2019 Newsletter

February 20, 2019

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Meet our 2019 Docs In Progress Fellows. We head out on the road with Peer Pitch. Docs In The City focus on environmental documentaries. Plus news from alums, upcoming funding deadlines, hot reads,...

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Sara Barger

February 20, 2019

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Sara has traveled the world making short films as a producer and editor, producing content for the U.S. State Department, USAID, Discovery Channel, and think tanks. Her work has taken her to Iraq, ...

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Renee Bullock

February 20, 2019

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A former reporter whose work has appeared in the The New York Times, The New York Post and FOX News, in recent years, Renee has shifted her focus to documentary filmmaking, gaining hands on experie...

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Robert Chapman-Smith

February 20, 2019

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Robert is a director and producer who works for Freethink, a media company specializing in short-form documentary storytelling with a focus on making content for young people wanting to make a diff...

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Andrea Conte

February 20, 2019

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Andrea is a writer and non-fiction filmmaker whose work illustrates intersections between politics, violence, and justice. His work has been broadcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio, and TV Ontario. ...

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Kris Higgins

February 20, 2019

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Kris comes to filmmaking with a background in managing non-profit organizations that focused on children, education, and creative expression. In his current position as Director of Operations &...

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