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Who's Your Date to Doc Prom? 

There's the AmDoc Annual Gala, and there's Doc Prom. Get ready for the biggest party of the year celebrating the indie doc community: connect, rekindle and dance with filmmakers, creators and supporters from AmDoc and beyond at Public Arts Manhattan, following the gala cocktail reception.

Dress code: BOLD.
Reserve Tickets

Where's POV This Week? 

The POV team is always out there listening to pitches and leading panels. Come check out some POVers in the field in the coming days at these events:
  • Southern Documentary Fund Artists' Convening, Sept. 8: POV Spark Assistant Producer Aja Evans will be a panelist on "Expanding the Definition of Doc," discussing existing and emerging media such as virtual reality and podcasts. 
Learn More About SDF Artists' Convening

Radical Film Fair

This Sept. 15, filmmakers, indie distributors and theaters come together for Radical Film Fair, a new way to celebrate and support independent film, presented by @kickstarter and The Eyeslicer. Free to RSVP!

Get there early for a mimosa and a movie ticket, stay for free mentorship from POV at the walkup Indie Film Clinic. 

RSVP
Calls for Entries From Our Friends: 
The late deadline for Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is Friday, Oct. 14. 

Apply here.
Submissions are now open for the 2020 Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Feature Films. There is a final deadline of September 13 for Nonfiction Feature Films.

For Features, apply here.
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is accepting applications for two film funding programs. 

Learn more and apply here.
Filmmakers who identify as POC, Indigenous, queer, women, nonbinary and people with disabilities are invited to apply for a pitch opportunity at the 2019 New Orleans Film Festival.

Learn more and apply here.
The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund accepts submissions year round. 

Apply here.
Stay updated on more resources and opportunities through the AmDoc website:
Funds & Residencies
Hackathons & Labs
Filmmaker Resources
 
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.

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