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Helping independent documentary filmmakers develop the skills and resources to tell their story. From funding to development to distribution.

https://desktop-documentaries.com
Happening today 🎬
Our Doc Funding Hub workshop is diving into real crowdfunding plans from filmmakers in the room.
Get live feedback on your own plan - or listen in and apply the lessons to yours.
Starts 12pm ET / 5pm PT → buff.ly/ovFnzMo

#Documentary #IndieFilm #FilmFunding
September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎥 #FestivalFriday
Got a doc with Italian roots?
Documentaria in Sicily is calling! 🌿

📍 In the stunning town of Noto
🗓 Final deadline: Aug 10
🎬 Italian shorts + features
🏆 Multiple awards, live events & more

buff.ly/DSBpbBm
#DocumentaryFilm #FilmFestival
July 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🎬 Final class is TODAY - but you can still join!

Learn how to use Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc:
🎥 B-roll
📽️ Reenactments
🌀 Abstract scenes

✅ All replays available for 1 year!

Join now → buff.ly/h39Cfel
#DocumentaryFilm #Midjourney #AIinDocs
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎬 Starts TOMORROW!

Learn how to use #Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc, from b-roll and reenactments to abstract story sequences.

Taught live by Sundance-winning filmmaker @philipashane.bsky.social.

🎟️ Still time to sign up →
buff.ly/OeuJXk4
#DocumentaryFilm #AIforFilmmakers
July 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 LAST CALL for early-bird pricing!
Early-bird discount ends tonight for our brand-new class on creating cinematic AI visuals with Midjourney.
🎨 Learn from Sundance-winning filmmaker Philip Shane.
🎟️ Save 25% here →
buff.ly/tD9Roor
#DocumentaryFilm #AItools #Midjourney
July 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨 Just a few hours left! This is your final call to grab 50% OFF all our documentary filmmaking courses & templates. Enhance your skills, fuel your stories - before the sale ends tonight! 🎬⏳
👉 buff.ly/WS2jlzQ
#LastChance #Filmmaking
June 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎬 #FestivalFriday
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is back for its 34th year - and it’s Oscar-qualifying for Documentary Shorts!
🗓 Final deadline: July 15
📍 Hot Springs, Arkansas
🎥 Shorts + features welcome
🔗 buff.ly/1wp6eh5

#DocFilm #OscarQualifying #HSDFI #FilmFestival
June 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
⏰ Last chance! Just 24 hrs left to grab 50% OFF all our documentary filmmaking courses & templates. Level-up your storytelling skills today! 🎥🔥
👉 buff.ly/WS2jlzQ
#Filmmaking #SummerSale
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🎬✨ Mid-sale check-in! Still thinking about boosting your filmmaking skills? Our 50% OFF Summer Sale is on - but only until Friday! Don't miss this chance to dive into storytelling, funding, AI tools & more. 📚🔥
👉 [https://buff.ly/WS2jlzQ
#DocFilmmaking #SummerSavings
June 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌴 SUMMER SAVINGS 🌴
Get 50% OFF every single course and template to elevate your documentary filmmaking journey. Don't miss out—sale ends this Friday! 🎥🔥

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#Documentary #Filmmaking #SummerSale
June 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🚀 HAPPENING TODAY!!

🎬 Doc Funding Hub Webinar: "Navigating Niche Foundations"

How do you find and engage with the right smaller foundations for your documentary, out of the thousands that exist?

🗓️ TODAY | 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UTC

👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe
#DocFunding
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🎬 Next Doc Funding Hub Webinar: "Navigating Niche Foundations"

🗓️ June 18 | 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UTC

How do you find and engage with the right smaller foundations for your documentary, out of the thousands that exist?

👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe
#DocFunding #Filmmakers
June 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ben Makinen ran an entire film festival solo — in Bali — focused on AI storytelling.

No crew. No big budget. Just passion and follow-through.

With one edition down and the next planned for September, he shares the raw truth of what it takes:
buff.ly/hZYjtXW
#DIYFilmFest #AIfilm #BIAIFF
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Your film can be more than a story...it can be a catalyst.

Learn how to build an impact campaign that turns your doc into a tool for change.
buff.ly/QdJFblW
#DocumentaryImpact #Filmmakers
June 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🎬 TODAY: Doc Funding Hub Webinar: "Getting Fast Cash: Finding the Low-hanging Funding Fruit"
🎤 With filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller
🗓️ TODAY! | 9am PT / 12pm ET
Fun, interactive tips for quick funding wins!
👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe
#DocFunding #Filmmakers
May 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Our 1st Doc Funding Hub webinar is TODAY!
🎬 Topic: Setting Up Your Fundraising Infrastructure
🎤 Hosted by award-winning filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller
🗓️ Apr 30 | 10am MT / 12pm ET

Join the Doc Funding Hub for access! 🎟️
👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe

#DocFunding #Filmmakers
April 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you love real, inspiring filmmaker journeys, this one's for you 🎬

Bruce Young talks about his doc Pangolin: Journey to Freedom - and how it reached a global audience (with help from exec producer Peter Hamilton!).

Full replay on YouTube: buff.ly/QSo0oTp
#Documentary #Pangolin #FilmmakersJourney
April 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
United Nations Association Film Festival features docs with a focus on human rights and issues from around the world. This year's theme is "Messages For the Future".

Their final deadline is 25th May.

To see if your doc fits the brief: buff.ly/m4rZCr8

#festivalfriday #documentaries #docfestivals
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We're launching an informal series of 'Desktop Documentaries Filmmaker's Journeys', highlighting filmmaker experiences from within our community.

This Wednesday hear from producer Bruce Young on making 'Pangolin – Journey to Freedom'

Register for free: buff.ly/q1aozSa
April 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We've got a good one for you this #FestivalFriday.

The YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival runs every 2 years, and is a feeder to the Academy Awards. The deadline for international entries this year is 15 April.

buff.ly/tQalqjH #YIDFF2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's happening TODAY! Live Webinar and Q&A with award-winning EP Roy Ackerman, hosted by Peter Hamilton from 'Documentary Business'. Starts at 9am PT/12pm ET/4pm GMT.

It's a bonus extra to our "Selling to Netflix" course and there's still time to enroll at 25% off.

buff.ly/8YFOUQR
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This Thursday, join us for an exclusive Live Webinar and Q&A with award-winning EP Roy Ackerman, hosted by our friend Peter Hamilton from 'Documentary Business'

The webinar is available as part of our "Selling to Netflix" course. Sign up today for 25% off:
buff.ly/Nx6DRl5
March 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The weekend is nearly here, which means it's time for #FestivalFriday 🔥 🎬 🔥

Don't miss submitting your film for SF DocFest by April 12th. The San Francisco Documentary Festival hosted by @sfindiefest.bsky.social gives great exposure to those who make it in.

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March 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Access all the recordings and material from the "Boost Your Documentary Production with AI" series, hosted by award-winning filmmaker @PhilipAShane.

Gain insights into AI use in storyboarding to music to B-roll creation and much more!

Enroll in the On Demand course: buff.ly/P4rm1ic
March 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The deadline for the 2026 Open Call is nearing for both the Creative Capital Award ($50k) and the State of the Art Prize ($10k per US state) fro @creativecapital.bsky.social

Apply by April 3rd. #FundingMonday

Please share this opportunity with your documentary peers!

buff.ly/d7hKfHH
March 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM