Support documentary filmmaking. Eight filmmakers with feature documentary projects currently in development will have the opportunity to pitch their work to you and (a jury of industry peeps) to receive much needed funding for project completion.

Your voice counts, you have a say which project will receive the $25,000 Audience Favorite cash award – An additional $100,000. will be distributed during the event through jury selection.

Each year we gather a few DocLands’ filmmakers together for an informal conversation to share thoughts, ideas, and strategies with each other, other filmmakers, and doc lovers. Topics have included different strategies used to sustain thriving filmmaking careers; how to use music and score to boost the power of documentary storytelling; and how best to connect with an audience deeply to help manifest social change.

In response to the unprecedented effects COVID-19 has had on public screenings, DocLands has partnered with The Variety Streaming Room, a new initiative for virtual conversations and events, to present DocTalk From Home on Sunday, May 3 at 4:00pm PDT on Variety.com. This 90-minute event will host a selection of filmmakers from the 2020 DocLands program in conversation with Variety’s Sr. Features Writer Andrew Barker, and will help showcase films that haven’t yet had exposure beyond the Sundance Film Festival this year.

CLICK HERE for complete program info.
Conversations to be archived on Variety.com.