News & Events
CID Amazon Store!
Visit our new online store, where you can purchase DVDs, downloads, and more from CID filmmakers and other great documentaries through our participation in the Amazon.com Associates Program. Each purchase you make supports the continued development of the Center for Independent Documentary.
Scheduling and Budgeting Workshop
April 22nd, 2010
BEFORE THE CAMERA ROLLS: A Production Scheduling And Budgeting Primer.
Media Services, in association with the Center for Independent Documentary, Boston International Film Festival, and National Boston Studios presents a FREE seminar as part of its 2010 Filmmakers’ Toolbox Seminar Series.
MPC Elects New Board Of Directors
Massachusetts Production Coalition, the leading voice of the film and television community in the state, has announced a newly elected Board of Directors– including representatives from some of the most well-known production companies and independent professionals in the Commonwealth.
Register Now – Pride of the Ocean
LGBT Film Festival on the High Seas
Norwegian Dawn from New York to Bermuda May 30 – June 6 2010
MPC Member Meeting: Thursday March 25, 2010
Spring Massachusetts Production Coalition Member Meeting. March 25th, 6 – 9 pm at High Output in Canton, MA.
Film Industry Lauds UMass Boston Report
The Massachusetts Production Coalition issued a press release on Feb. 11th 2010, endorsing a new report by the University of Massachusetts Boston that finds that the film and television industry is not only growing in Massachusetts, but is having a positive effect on the Commonwealth’s economy.
IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs
Application Deadline February 12, 2010
IFPs Independent Filmmaker Labs for Narrative & Documentary Features
A free national mentorship program for first-time feature filmmakers, before they apply to festivals.
The Good Pitch @ Tribeca. Deadline Feb. 8, 2010
The Good Pitch @ Tribeca is now open for submissions. Deadline: Monday, February 8, 2010. To find out more and to apply go to www.britdoc.org/goodpitch Tribeca Film Institute is hosting the Good Pitch in New York during the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27th and is calling out to filmmakers involved in social justice film [...]
NAMAC Conference Sessions Available Online
In case you missed the NAMAC conference in Boston this August, you can now watch or hear many of the sessions online. There are also a number of blogs recapping the conference and continuing the conversations that started there.
Kopkind Filmmakers Camp Recap
We had a great week at the Kopkind/CID filmmakers camp from August 2-9 up in Guilford Vermont. We’d like to especially thank our guests Sandra Forman, Nora Jacobson and the Vermont filmmakers group, Henry Ferrini, Deborah Chasnoff and Liz Canner for joining us and for sharing their expertise and their work.
Kopkind Filmmakers Seminars
Grassroots Film Festival 2009
The Kopkind Institute and The Center For Independent Documentary will convene ten filmmakers at Tree Frog Farm in Guilford Vermont this coming Sunday August 2nd. The public portion of the program, the Grasroots Film Festival will begin on Thursday August 6th.
