I was in the fray of this topic around this time last year (wow!). I’m surprised it has taken this long, but good news for independent filmmakers looking to film in New York City:
Commissioner Katherine Oliver of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) today announced the adoption of rules governing the issuance […]

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Do you want to live in New York and immerse yourself in documentary? Our friends over at UnionDocs have an opening for a new resident in their Brooklyn collective.
About the program
The UnionDocs Residency (UDR) combines an excellent and cooperative living situation with an opportunity for immersion in independent cultural production. It’s a structure for working […]

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WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, at 7 PM
WHERE: Screening room of Goldcrest Post (799 Washington Street, between Horatio and Gansevoort)
COST: Admission is free for current DocuClub members and $5 for non-members. To join DocuClub, go to: http://www.artsengine.net/store/#tools_consul
RSVP to: docuclub@artsengine.net
“Join us as we watch Personality by Vinay Chowdry and Sarita Khurana. In the film, a Bollywood background […]

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Cinereach is a non-profit based in NYC dedicated to promoting socially conscious filmmaking. To that end, they have a grant program and a small fellowship program, The Reach Film Fellowship. Four young filmmakers received $5,000 and mentoring from top documentarians Albert Maysles (Salesman), Sandi Dubowski (Trembling Before G-d), Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp) and Afia Nathaniel, an acclaimed independent […]

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I wrote a 1200+ word article for indieWIRE last month, Doc Filmmakers Guide to the IFP Market, geared toward filmmakers who are taking a project to this year’s incarnation. Naturally, I got more responses from generous past participants than I had room to include so I generalized and used pertinent quotes, etc., but one message […]

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