About the Conference
"A crucial platform for non-fiction films. The Festival is top tier"- Ted Leonsis
Five Days
1,200 international media professionals
80 workshops, seminars, networking events
• Largest professional conference of its kind in the U.S. explores the business of documentary filmmaking.
• Brings together business leaders, filmmakers, broadcasters, distributors and funders from both established and emerging media markets.
Notable participants have included:
• Ted Leonsis, AOL Vice Chairman Emeritus, Sheila Johnson, BET Co-Founder, Al Gore, former Vice President, Academy Award-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney.
Participating organizations include:
• BBC, CPB, Discovery Channel’s TLC and Animal Planet, The Ford Foundation, HBO, Latino Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Miramax, National Black Programming Consortium, National Geographic, PBS, The Sundance Institute, The Weinstein Company.
2008 Delegates List:
