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HBO Documentaries and IFP Have Teamed Up to Bring Your Doc Series To Life

5 days ago by Jon Fusco

Jon Fusco

A Massive List of Spring 2018 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

4 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Academy Nicholl Fellowships

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Need Public Domain Footage for Your Documentary? Here Are 8 Great Sources

3 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

6 Things To Remember Before Shooting Your Documentary

2 weeks ago by Paula Bernstein

Oregon Documentary Camp

Paula Bernstein

A Cinematography Masterclass from 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown' DP Zach Zamboni

4 years ago by V Renée

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V Renée

Oscar-Winning Director Morgan Neville: 'Narrative Filmmaking is in a Rut, But Doc is Just Starting'

1 week ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

'Working in Protest': How Two Filmmakers Made a Gripping Feature from 30 Years of Footage

2 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How Two Filmmakers Risked Life & Limb to Tell the Forgotten Story of 'The Interpreters'

3 weeks ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Why a Letter from the Vatican Led to Unprecedented Access for a Wim Wenders Doc on the Pope

4 weeks ago by Erik Luers

Wim Wenders

documentary

directing

Buena Vista Social Club

Erik Luers

Peek Behind-the-Scenes of Spike Lee's Epic Career with the Director and Alec Baldwin

1 month ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

Celebrate Mother's Day with the Most Cinematic Birth Doc Ever Shot

1 month ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

'The Bleeding Edge': The 'Outrage' Art of the Investigative Documentary Exposé

1 month ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

'A Crazy Journey': How True Crime and a Pizza Delivery Man Inspired 'Evil Genius'

1 month ago by Max Winter

Max Winter

'Pick of the Litter': How to Navigate Festival Deals, or 'The Business Side of Film School'

1 month ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

Watch: Everything You Need to Know About Mockumentaries in Five Minutes

1 month ago by Erik Luers

Everything You Need to Know

Video Essay

video essays

exclusive

Erik Luers

‘RBG’: Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen on Capturing the Life and Legacy of an Icon

1 month ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

How Susanna White Reinvented the Western for 'Woman Walks Ahead'

1 month ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

Kent Jones on 'Surprising Himself' with Tribeca-Winning, Scorsese-Produced 'Diane'

2 months ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

'Maine': How Matthew Brown Filmed a Love Story in the Wilderness with Little Dialogue

2 months ago by Emily Buder

Emily Buder

Why You Should Sweat the Details When Creating Your Series Pilot

2 months ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

A Baltimore at Odds: Director Marilyn Ness on Finding the Humanity in 'Charm City'

2 months ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

Why Sound Design is Just as Important for Documentaries—and Two Ways to Approach It

2 months ago by Justin Morrow

Justin Morrow

Director PJ Raval Reveals How He Filmed a Pressing Legal Battle Unfolding in Real-Time

2 months ago by Erik Luers

Erik Luers

How the ‘United Skates’ Directors Made the Film Everyone Said Was Impossible

2 months ago by Liz Nord

Liz Nord

Meet the VR Film That Proves Punk’s Not Dead

2 months ago by Liz Nord

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Tribeca 2018

battlescar

Liz Nord

'Phantom Cowboys': How a Filmmaker Grew Alongside the Subjects He Documented

2 months ago by Erik Luers

tribeca

Tribeca 2018

daniel patrick carbone

documentary

Erik Luers

Watch: Check Out All of the Tribeca 2018 Trailers Released Thus Far

2 months ago by Erik Luers

tribeca

Tribeca 2018

Westworld

Bobby Kennedy for President

Erik Luers

Our Most Anticipated Films of Tribeca 2018

2 months ago by NFS Staff

NFS Staff

Apply to Firelight Media's Documentary Lab to Tell The Stories That Shape Our Worldview

2 months ago by Erik Luers

Firelight Media Documentary Lab

Erik Luers

When Non-Linear is the Best Way to Structure a Documentary

2 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

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Sharing a Short Film Online

1 week ago by huse monfaradi

short film

documentary

huse monfaradi

Director

Amira or Alexa Mini?

3 years ago by Matt Carter

Matt Carter

VFX Artist / Director / DP / Writer / Composer / Alexa Owner

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CPU For editing under 750$ (50k INR )?

2 years ago by Suraj khade

rig

computer

hardware

Suraj khade

Filmmaker

Is it better to make a Short Film in your Native language for film festivals across the world or we should prefer English?

4 years ago by Akshay Asthana

Akshay Asthana

Writer, Director, Cinematographer and Editor

Which microphone do you use, why do you use it and what would you recommend me?

4 years ago by Tore Juncher Jørgensen

microphone

dslr

mini-jack

Tore Juncher Jørgensen 98

Can anyone provide advice for a complicated documentary question?

4 months ago by Ingrid Cruz

Ingrid Cruz

Director, Producer, Screenwriter

I Have To Make A Video For TV

11 months ago by Arsh DSJ

Arsh DSJ

Director Editor Producer

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[FILMSUMO.com] New Boards & Classifieds site for NFS users

2 years ago by Jordan Mederich

Jordan Mederich

Documentarian / Filmmaker

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The Color Catchers

1 year ago by Yuvraj Soi

documentary

INDIA

Kites

Yuvraj Soi

Filmmaker

141

Best Imac Upgrades for Premiere Pro

2 years ago by Mitchell Alderson

Mitchell Alderson 87

DSLR external Monitor vs Android Tablet (with DSLR Controller BETA)?

3 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

371

Canon C100 MarkII or the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5k MFT?

2 years ago by Joseph Nowell

blackmagic

Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K

Joseph Nowell 170

Metabones vs Low Price Alternatives? (EF to MFT)

3 years ago by S M Sabir

S M Sabir

Filmmaker in MAKING :)

371

5 tips to find AWESOME LOCATIONS

5 months ago by Michael Dajnarowicz

Michael Dajnarowicz 85

Rig / Cage set up for Sony a7s with Atoms Shogun

3 years ago by Jayce Kolinski

Jayce Kolinski 166

Our Cable Dolly (Cable Cam) + MoVI + Red Epic Dragon = Totally Sweet Setup!!

3 years ago by Dave Herman

Dave Herman

Production Manager

The Curator - 3minute Doc

3 years ago by Matt Owen

Matt Owen 168

Andrea Mitchell

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Zeiss focal lengths for Super35?

3 years ago by Liam Martin

Liam Martin

DP, editor, part time director

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Nature Park Mellerdall

2 years ago by Ben Schaus

Ben Schaus

Student

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Submissions Now Open for 2017

1 year ago by Paul Bruce

Paul Bruce

Film-Maker, Festival Director

182

Marketing for your film

4 weeks ago by Aaron Jones

Aaron Jones 79

Finding HD copies of TV news footage

2 months ago by Jimmy Morrison

Jimmy Morrison

Writer/Director

Short Documentary Project - Weightless

2 months ago by KC

KC 78

Using VR headset as wearable monitor for easy focus pulling?

2 months ago by Dibyendu Joardar

Wearable monitor

focus pulling

Dibyendu Joardar

Director of Photography

713

Cameras that record Proress Internally??

3 months ago by Isaac Elliott

Isaac Elliott

Director/Cinematographer

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Where to find Free High Quality Archival Footage?

3 months ago by Seth Demers