International Documentary Association

11/26/2025

11/25/2025

Watch the trailer for Hilla Medalia’s new short, which observes a weekly vigil in Tel Aviv in memory of children killed in Gaza. Watch at .

Hilla Medalia’s new short observes a weekly vigil in Tel Aviv in memory of children killed in Gaza

11/21/2025

With IDFA-winner 'A Fox Under a Pink Moon,' Mehrdad Oskouei evolves his work with marginalized youths into a remote-directed collaboration with protagonist and co-director Soraya Akhalaghi. Read more at .

With IDFA-winner A Fox Under a Pink Moon, Mehrdad Oskouei evolves his work with marginalized youths into a remote-directed collaboration with protagonist and co-director Soraya Akhalaghi

11/20/2025

Today, the Center for Asian American Media announces the 2025 cohort of its Building Bridges Documentary Fund, which will award a total of US$1 million and wraparound services to support 13 documentary film projects intended to represent a fuller spectrum of the U.S. Muslim experience.

US$1M will be awarded to 13 projects and their filmmakers by the Center for Asian American Media’s fund for U.S. Muslim documentary stories

11/17/2025

In this interview, Marc Isaacs discusses his latest provocation, a hybrid doc set at the fictional “Synthetic Sincerity Lab." Read more at .

In this interview, Marc Isaacs discusses his latest provocation, a hybrid doc set at the fictional “Synthetic Sincerity Lab”

11/14/2025

Watch the exclusive trailer for Diego Gutiérrez’s latest feature, a hopeful-minded travelogue through Mexico centered on the stories that bind its people together. Watch on .

Watch the trailer for Diego Gutiérrez’s latest feature, a hopeful-minded travelogue through Mexico centered on the stories that bind its people together

11/14/2025

Back by popular demand with a virtual version! Join us for a pitching workshop with the IDA Artist Services Manager, Maria Santos. This event is open to the public! Pitching participation is open to IDA members at the Doc Maker level or above. Learn more and RSVP

Join us for a pitching workshop with the IDA Artist Services Manager, Maria Santos. For the first hour, she will share some tips for preparing a pitch and using that process to keep developing your project. Then, we will take a 20-minute break to review the recommendations from the presentation and....

11/13/2025

In this interview, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk talks about how the war refocused his portrait of a Ukrainian pacifist community in 'Silent Flood.' Read more at .

In this interview, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk talks about how the war refocused his portrait of a Ukrainian pacifist community in Silent Flood

11/12/2025

Best known for co-directing 'Writing With Fire,' Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh discuss the aims and philosophy behind the Himalayan Story Lab. Read more on documentary.org/magazine . https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/post-colonial-building-power-structures-collaboration-everything-rintu-thomas-and-sushmit

11/11/2025

Congratulations to all makers and IDA members attending IDFA and DOC NYC!
Take a look at the grantee projects premiering at IDFA DOC NYC and find a screening. IDFA takes place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 13-23, 2025. DOC NYC takes place in New York from November 12-30, 2025. Read more about our grantees premiering on the . https://www.documentary.org/blog