Accessibility
FWD-DOC: Documentary Filmmakers With Disabilities FWD-Doc is a global, intersectional community of disabled creators and allies working in media to build a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable entertainment industry. We cultivate and champion disabled media-makers, and we elevate stories by, for, and about disabled people.
The Film Event Accessibility Working Group FEAW works to achieve an inclusive film community for disabled and non-disabled moviegoers and makers to feel welcome and accommodated. We wish to build a community of event organizers that will elevate the quality of accessibility accommodations at in-person and virtual film events, enriching the inclusiveness of these spaces.
International Documentary Association – Nonfiction Access Initiative
Social Audio Description Collective: Diverse audio description reflecting society
DAWG Syllabus: a guide for teaching the framework for values, ethics, and accountability in nonfiction Filmmaking.
Budgeting
International Documentary Association – Budgeting Resources
Pay Transparency Project The Pay Transparency Project (PTP) is a community-driven database that offers nonfiction video professionals timely insight into constantly evolving hiring trends and pay parity practices. Join us and help build a more transparent future!
Fiscal Sponsors
Center for Independent Documentary
International Documentary Association
Jewish Creativity International
New York Foundation for the Arts
Helpful Recourses
The Film Collaborative is the first nonprofit focused on distribution-education. TFC educates filmmakers about and helps filmmakers with all aspects of distribution without taking rights.
Entertainment Community Fund is a national human services organization here to meet the needs of our entertainment community with a unique understanding of the challenges involved in a life in the arts.
Creative Capital Foundation funds individual artists creating new works in visual arts, film, dance, theater, music, technology, and literature through a national, open call grant program.