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Is there a story in your family you’ve always wanted to capture?
Make a Documentary from Your Family Story is a self-paced 12-week course that helps you turn interviews, photos, home movies and new footage into a finished 5-to-10-minute documentary.
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Final day: the Back to School Sale ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
Save 50% on individual courses, templates, and tools, choose a focused bundle, or get the 19-product collection for a year.
Explore the sale before it closes:
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One year. The complete 19-product Back to School collection for documentary filmmakers.
Save 72% compared with buying them separately through Aug 13:
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Make your first documentary with a personal story you care about.
Dandan Liu's guided, self-paced Family Story course uses practical assignments to help you move from idea to finished short documentary.
50% off through Aug 13:
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Our Back to School Sale is open: save 50% on individual documentary filmmaking courses, templates and tools through Aug. 13. Focused bundles and one-year all-access are also available.
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Free live session on Wednesday, May 2:
Why Film Festivals Matter!
Peter Hamilton speaks with Pat McGee, documentary filmmaker and Festival Director of Anchorage International Film Festival, about what festivals look for + what filmmakers can learn from the programming process.
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#FundingMonday
The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund opens today.
This is one of the major global opportunities for independent feature docs, supporting projects from development through post-production.
Deadline: 15 June 2026
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#FundingMonday
The @Canon Video Grant is open worldwide to documentary video makers and photojournalists with at least one video reportage project behind them.
€8,000 + Canon kit loan for a short documentary.
Free to apply.
Deadline: 27 May.
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AI is moving quickly, but documentary filmmakers need more than hype and tool-chasing.
That’s why we’re launching Doc AI Hub with Philip Shane: live sessions, office hours, curated AI updates and community.
First session: May 14 with Michael LaPointe.
🤖 Made with AI
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Details on how to join the Doc AI Hub including the launch offer can be found here: courses.desktop-documentarie…
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#FundingMonday
UK doc makers: the Climate Spring Digital-First Pitch for short-form, unscripted climate storytelling built for digital platforms, with 4 creatives shortlisted to pitch at @sheffdocfest .
Winner receives £10,000. Deadline: 11 May, 1pm.
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#FundingMonday: The Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film is open for docs exploring American history.
Awards include:
$200k winner
$50k runner-up
$25k for 4 finalists
Rough and fine cuts accepted.
Deadline: May 3, 2026, 11:59pm PT
More details here:
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Flash Sale this weekend:
Get 30% off Selling to Netflix 2026, our practical course on how documentary deals with Netflix really work.
Was $249. Now $179.
Sale ends Monday.
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#FundingMonday: The @chickeneggfilms (Egg)celerator Lab is open to women and gender-expansive directors making a first or second feature doc. 9 filmmakers receive $40k, mentorship, retreats, and industry support. Final deadline: April 29. #documentary #funding
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We’re live later today in the Doc Funding Hub on Film Markets.
If you’ve ever thought markets are only for finished films, this session will help widen that view.
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Film markets are not just for finished docs.
They can help at idea, teaser, production and rough cut stage too, with funding conversations, partnerships, festival strategy, and distribution opportunities.
@weare_thegotham Gotham Week Project Market is open now for submissions.
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#FundingMonday If you’ve got a doc in rough cut, this is worth a look. @CatapultFilmFnd is one of the better-known names supporting doc filmmakers, so expect competition, but a place on this retreat could be hugely valuable. Late deadline: April 17. catapultfilmfund.org/rough-c…
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DesktopDocumentaries retweeted
The 2026 #GriersonAwards are now open for entries🏆
Submit your #Documentaries & #FactualProgrammes across 16 categories.
Deadline: 22 May 2026
Find out more & enter 🔗 bit.ly/4rjUJTr
#Grierson #BritishDocumentaryAwards in association with @all3media
ALT A blue image with the Grierson Awards logo with All3Media is in the corner. White header text reads Entries Open. Smaller text: griersontrust.org/grierson-awards. Submit your documentaries by Fri 22 May 2026
#FundingMonday: @sundanceorg Sandbox Fund is open now for feature-length nonfiction projects exploring the link between science and culture. Open to U.S. and international filmmakers, with support from development to post. Deadline: April 13, 2026. sundance.org/sandbox-fund
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