Resources

Opportunities

Internships (many have deadlines – click on links as soon as possible)

• (Deadline 1/31/2013): Summer internships: Google Journalism Fellowships (eight different organizations) – www.niemanlab.org

• Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/OFI/Internships

• Women Make Movies (NYC) – http://www.wmm.com/about/jobs.shtml#internship WNET-TV (New York City) – http://www.wnet.org/about/internships

• P.O.V. (PBS independents series, Brooklyn, NY): http://www.pbs.org/pov/about/internships.php

Grants/scholarships available to undergraduates

• (Deadline 3/1/2013): Initiatives For Women grant opportunity (students and faculty) at UAlbany, $500 to $1500 (www.albany.edu/ifw/

• http://www.albany.edu/honorscollege/scholarships.php

Skills training

• Interactive Media Center, University at Albany: Training and equipment loans available only to UAlbany students, faculty and staff (http://library.albany.edu/imc/_

• Lynda.com – online tutorials, some free (http://www.lynda.com/)

Professional Associations

This is a very partial list of international, national, and regional organizations, some of which offer discounted student membership. Many also offer opportunities to follow them, whether on Facebook, Twitter, or by email subscription, which can be a good (free) way to stay informed.

• American University Center for Social Media (http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/)

• The D-Word (www.d-word.com)

• Independent Filmmaker Project (www.ifp.org)

• International Documentary Association (www.ida.org)

• University Film & Video Association (www.ufva.org)

• Upstate Independents (http://www.upstateindependents.com/)

Documentary Film Festivals (and film festivals that include documentary)

There are many film festivals held each year, which focus in whole or in part on documentary. It can be useful to see if a festival is seeking volunteers to help out behind the scenes: In exchange for some work, you get free admission and a chance to meet others in the industry.

Upcoming festivals in the U.S. in 2013 include:

• South by Southwest/SXSW (March 8-16, Austin) - http://sxsw.com/film

• (Deadline 1/21/13 for volunteer applications): Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (April 4-7, Durham, NC) - http://www.fullframefest.org/

• Tribeca Film Festival (April 17-28, NYC) – http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/

• Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April 25-May 5, Toronto) - http://www.hotdocs.ca/festival/

• Silver Docs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (June 17-23, Silver Spring, Md.) - http://silverdocs.com/

• DOC NYC (November 14-21, NYC) - http://www.docnyc.net/

• World Congress of Science & Factual Producers (December 3-6, Montreal) - http://www.wcsfp.com/

• Impact Media Summit (January 2014, NYC) – www.impactmediasummit.com

Graduate Programs in Documentary Filmmaking

This is only a partial list. Some of these programs offer a Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) degree; others offer an M.A., M.S., or Certificates of Advanced Study.

• Columbia Journalism School (http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/90-the-documentary-project/90)

• Duke University - Center for Documentary Studies (http://documentarystudies.duke.edu/)

• George Washington University – The Documentary Center (http://research.columbian.gwu.edu/documentarycenter/)

• Maine Media Workshops and College (http://www.mainemedia.edu/)

• The New School (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/documentary-media-graduate-certificate/)

• New York University (http://gradfilm.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html)

• Stanford University (http://art.stanford.edu/graduate/mfa-documentary-film/

• University of California, Berkeley – Graduate School of Journalism http://journalism.berkeley.edu/program/documentary/

• Wake Forest University (http://www.wfu.edu/documentary/)

What about funding sources for documentary work?

For information about scholarships, which may include funding for research (which may include documentary work), go to:

In general, funding categories are different for students than non-students, so be sure to read guidelines closely.