The Documentary Life21 Sep 2018

91 – Doc Filmmakers Getting Real, with Claire Aguilar

Getting Real is a biennial conference put on by International Documentary Association (IDA) to foster three days of documentary media discussion, with documentary filmmaker’s sustainability at the core of its discussion. Along with the theme of sustainability, the 2018 conference will see the themes of transparency and creativity being added to the discussion.

At the time of this episode, we are days away from the event (Sep 25-27) and we thought it might be a great time to check in with our friends over to IDA to see what was happening this year. We are were elated when Claire Aguilar, Director of Programming & Policy agreed to sit down this and tell us of all the special events happening at this year’s Getting Real.

Topics Discussed

the continuing need to better understand sustainability and how it pertains to the doc filmmaker
how & why IDA continues to be at the forefront of fostering networking & discussion to and with the doc community
the addition of transparency and creativity to the Getting Real discussion
a breakdown of all that is offered at this premiere three-day event for doc filmmakers
while tix are sold-out for the event, you can still volunteer for Getting Real

Related Sources

Two episodes were mentioned in today’s programme. They were Episode #58 with IDA Exec Dir, Simon Kilmurry and Episode #51 with 2018 IDA Career Achievement Award recipient, Lourdes Portillo. Check out one or both!

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