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AG DOK
The German documentary filmmakers organization. Reports about events concerning German documentaries and boasts a large database of German documentary films and filmmakers. The site is in German only. Contact: Thomas Frickel, agdok@agdok.de
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AporDoc
The Portuguese Documentary Association is a non-profit cultural organization that was created in order to promote and develop the production and distribution of documentary films: - Promoting the visibility of documentaries as a cinematographic genre; - Stimulating the creation and production of new films; - Promoting Portuguese documentaries nationally and internationally. Founded in 1998.
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Center For Social Media
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes media for public knowledge and action—media made by, for, and with publics to address the problems that they share. We pay particular attention to the evolution of documentary film and video in a digital era. With research, public events, and convenings, we explore the fast-changing environment for public media. The Center was founded in 2000 by Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor in the School of Communication. As part of the School, the Center offers research assistantships, screenings, master classes and volunteer opportunities to SOC students. The Center also has fellows associated with funded projects, but has no stand-alone funding for fellows.
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DER
Documentary Educational Resources is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1968 and incorporated in 1971 for the purpose of producing and distributing cross-cultural documentary film for educational use. DER archive is one of the most historically important resources of ethnographic film in the world today. Contact: Cynthia Close, cclose@der.org
Website	Hits: 1059

DOCULINK
DOCULINK is a community for documentary filmmakers who share information, leads, ideas, and a commitment to support each other's growth as nonfiction filmmakers. The DOCULINK community consists of: (1) An active email mailing list, which provides a forum for 2000+ subscribers to quickly share information and engage in ongoing discussion about documentary filmmaking. (2) A website that provides detailed information and resources for documentary filmmakers. (3) Monthly meetings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, BC and occasionally in New York, which alternate between guest speakers, work-in-progress screenings and socials. To join, please create an account with Yahoo Groups
Website	Hits: 1071

Documentary Australia
Documentary Australia is a private initiative to provide information and resources to philanthropic grantmakers, charitable organisations and documentary filmmakers in order to explore, share and enhance their mutual objectives of creating a better society.
Website	Hits: 1038

Documentary Film Centre
The purpose of the Documentary Film Centre is promote, collect and research German and international film and television documentaries. The Centre’s collection ranges from artistic and social activist documentaries; industrial, nature, educational and cultural films, to journalistic films. The Documentary Film Centre regularly organises conferences on current and historical developments of documentary film and offers workshops and symposia on subjects relating to film and television production. It also offers access to the documentary film collection with over 8000 films and the Film Collection of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Website	Hits: 1189

Documentary Organization of Canada
The Documentary Organizat ion of Canada (DOC) is the collective voice of independent documentary filmmakers across Canada. It is a member driven organization dedicated to promoting, supporting and developing the ar t form of documentary filmmaking. As a national non-profit association it advocates on behalf of its members to foster an environment conducive to documentary production and strives to strengthen the sector within the broader film production industry.
Website	Hits: 1212

EDN - European Documentary Network
A member-based organisation for professionals working with documentary film and television. EDN supports, stimulates and creates networks within the documentary sector in Europe. EDN provides documentary consulting and informs about possibilities for funding, financing, development, co-production, distribution and collaboration across borders. This is done via individual consultancy to members on documentary projects, activities like workshops, seminars and conferences as well as through the two indispensable publications DOX magazine and The EDN TV-Guide. EDN started in September 1996 as a documentary organisation for filmmakers, producers, production companies, distributors, associations, film institutions & boards, universities, festivals, broadcasters and film & television agencies. Over 900 members from more than 60 countries have joined EDN (January 2008).
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Games For Change
Games For Change, a website dedicated to the art of creating games for your documentary.
Website	Hits: 624

Internatonal Documentary Association
Since 1982, the International Documentary Association has worked to promote nonfiction film and video, support the efforts of documentary film and video makers around the world and increase public appreciation for the documentary form. Its activities include the publishing of the magazine 'Documentary', The IDA Awards Competition - held annually, DocuFest™, DOCUWEEK™, DOCUDAY™ and other projects and initiatives.
Website	Hits: 1124

Media Rights
MediaRights maximizes the impact of social-issue documentaries and shorts. By engaging with the MediaRights community, filmmakers reach audiences, educators and librarians bring films into their classroom, and nonprofits and activists integrate media into their campaigns. MR is a project of ArtsEngine, a non-profit organization which also organizes Media That Matters Film Festival.
Website	Hits: 1420

OzDox
OzDox - The Australian Documentary Forum has been established as a joint initiative from documentary filmmakers, industry bodies and academics, to foster, promote and provide a monthly forum for documentary culture.
Website	Hits: 1176

realscreen - Magazine
Realscreen is the only international magazine devoted exclusively to the non-fiction film and television industries. Realscreen aims to bring diverse communities together for dialog, debate and discussion about the global business of factual entertainment. realscreen is a publication of Brunico Communications. See also realscreen Summit in this Directory. Contact: Brendan Christie - Editor, bchristie@brunico.com
Website	Hits: 1670

Tales from the Public Domain
Center releases "Bound By Law," a comic book exploring the impacts of intellectual property on creativity - specifically, documentary film. A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the “Rocky” theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? “Eyes on the Prize,” the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation because the filmmakers’ rights to music and footage had expired. What’s going on here? It’s the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property law, and it’s the inspiration for this new comic book. Follow its heroine Akiko as she films her documentary, and navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. Why do we have copyrights? What’s “fair use”? Bound By Law reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture. This book is available under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
Website	Hits: 751

The Documentary Doctor
New Yorker, Fernanda Rossi, has earned a reputation for providing expert advice on documentaries and advises filmmakers on how to construct their films, offers workshops on the structure of documentaries and wrote the book, "Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making Your Documentary Fundraising Trailer (Megafilms, 2005)."
Website	Hits: 309

WGA - West
The Writers Guild of America - West has a section dedicated to documentary and non-fiction writing. In the site, you can download a contract which allows writers to defer payments without losing their rights.
Website	Hits: 970

Working Films
Working Films leverages the power of storytelling through documentary film to advance struggles for social, economic, and environmental justice, human and civil rights. With offices in the U.S. and London, we offer consultation, strategic planning for alternative distribution, website and social media development, and complete campaign management services to filmmakers to ensure the content of nonfiction media truly meets the intention for change.
Website	Hits: 734