IDFA Podcast

Wendy Bernfeld gives an updated overview of the evolving opportunities in video-on-demand, both in general and specifically for the documentary sector. Different VOD platforms (tvod, svod, advod, etc.) and various middlemen/aggregators are at the table: they can be subsidized or commercial, and involve a variety of business models and regions. Many buy and some even fund. How do they work, and how can you, as a filmmaker or producer, benefit from them? Bernfeld, founder and managing director of international content consultancy Rights Stuff, provides an overview of these opportunities and various angles around creating windowing and "hybrid" distribution possibilities.

Where The Girls Aren't. IDFA Industry Talk 20 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast

Leading distribution strategist Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting) gives an up-to-the-minute overview of the lay of the land and the perils to avoid in documentary distribution. He reviews possible destinations and explain the importance of beginning with clearly defined goals. Then he shows the old routes that have turned into dead ends including wide theatrical distribution and highlights promising new paths such as semi-theatrical campaigns. He also explains how essential windows are to be found in marking the legs of the journey. This session is designed to empower participants to design the best roadmaps for their distribution.

Death in the Terminal IDFA Q&A 21 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast

Faster is not necessarily better or more efficient; the key is to find the right speed. Often it's better to do things a little slower, for better quality. Carl Honoré is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and TED speaker, and a globetrotting ambassador for the Slow Movement. The Wall Street Journal called him an "in-demand spokesman on slowness." To open the theme program The Quiet Eye, Honoré is giving a keynote entitled "In Praise of Slowness," referring to the nine films that are part the program.

An Insignificant Man IDFA Q&A 22 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast

Plastic China IDFA Q&A 22 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast

Dream Empire IDFA Q&A 23 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast

The core of this program will look at the role of opinion-forming in the way we see and think about race and identity, as well as the perspectives from which we do so. The starting point for Shifting Perspectives will be centuries-old historical relationships between Africa, Europe and the United States and how these still influence relations in our world today, both between countries and continents and between people within societies. The program consists of 13 new and classic documentaries which reveal how the history of colonialism, the slave trade and slavery and racial segregation influence contemporary social, cultural, economic and political relations.

Whose Country? IDFA Q&A 23 November 2016 by IDFA Podcast