Success Stories

Manassas, VA

March 27, 2020

BY Docs In Progress

Shantay RobinsonManassas, VA Shantay is a freelance art writer who has been published in Washington City Paper, Art Papers, Arts ATL, Burnaway, Number, Inc. Afropunk, Black Art in America, and ARTS...

Meet the 2020 Docs in Progress Fellows

March 27, 2020

BY Barbara Valentino

Docs In Progress is elated to announce our 2020 Fellows. Now in its eighth year, the Docs In Progress Fellowship provides selected filmmakers from across the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area mo...

Six projects selected for Docs In Progress/Double Exposure Public Pitch

September 22, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

Six projects originally presented at Peer Pitch programs around the country have been selected to return to Washington DC for an industry pitch. The pitch will take place Friday October 11 as part...

Summer 2019 Newsletter

August 01, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

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...

Getting Close Means Getting Lean

July 27, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

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.

Spring 2019 Newsletter

May 15, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

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...

Winter 2019 Newsletter

February 20, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

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,...

Meet the 2019 Docs In Progress Fellows

February 20, 2019

BY Albert Gersh

Docs In Progress is pleased to announce the selections for the 2019 Docs In Progress Fellowship.

Sara Barger

February 20, 2019

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, ...

Renee Bullock

February 20, 2019

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...