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CONNECT THE DOCS IS SPONSORED BY
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WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT!

WE MEET EVERY MONTH AT THE AMAZING
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WHO IS ALSO A SPONSOR

Week of 8/15 thru 8/21 and also

Week of 8/22 thru 8/28

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD; TRUMBO; MAN ON WIRE;  AMERICAN TEEN; UP THE YANGTZE;  THE NIGHT JAMES BROWN SAVED BOSTON  AND MORE TERRIFIC DOCS ARE SCREENING IN THEATERS. SOME END 8/21. SUPPORT THE FILMS AND THE THEATERS AND EXPAND YOUR MIND! 

TIFF HAS AN INTERESTING DOC LINE-UP. Go to this site's FILM FESTIVALS page for more info and links.

 

WHAT GOES ON AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS?

  • Mini-Workshops
  • Screenings
  • Problem Solving/Brainstorming Sessions   

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ADDRESS?

  • Funding/Fundraising
  • Distribution 
  • Festivals 
  • Demo Reels/Trailers
  • Web Sites
  • Use of Archival Footage
  • Problem Solving Each Others Projects
  • IFP Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
CHECK OUT THIS SITE'S DOC SCREENINGS AND EVENTS AROUND TOWN  PAGE, WHICH HAS LINKS TO ALL FILMS & VENUES!
 
 
WHO IN HELL ARE WE?
 
We are a group of Boston doc filmmakers who come together every month to make meaningful connections, share news, resources and information and to exchange ideas.
 
 
A FEW OF OUR PAST PRESENTERS:
 
Jason Redmond, Executive Director, Independent Film Festival of Boston, http://www.iffboston.org, on entering your film into film festivals, from the festival's POV, and how to make the most of your festival screenings.

Charles Schuerhoff, Director of Acquisitions, WGBH, International, http://www.wgbhinternational.org, on the international broadcast market--- what kind of doc films sell & who is buying them.

Steve Alves of archival footage company, Footage Farm, http://www.footagefarm.com on the use of low cost archival footage in doc films.

Jean-Phillipe Boucicaut, Editor of Citizen King, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ and American Blackout, http://www.americanblackout.com/. 

Gary Roma/Henry Bass, Filmmakers,  on successful self-distribution, http://www.ironfrog.com; http://merrimack-films.com

Liz Canner, Filmmaker, "Orgasm, Inc." How helpful is the IFP Market?  Thirty meetings with industry heavyweights, one year later...

 

 

 

 

New members are welcome. CONTACT FOUNDING MEMBER, RHONDA MOSKOWITZ. Please include a little info about your interest and experience in documentary filmmaking.