Database | Narrative | Archive (Montréal May 13-15 2011)

Wifi Access and Eduroam

May 9, 2011

We have been working with our IT services to set up wifi access for everyone at the symposium. That said, if you have an academic affiliation you may also be able to access our campus wifi services through a relatively new initiative called Eduroam. This is an agreement allowing faculty, staff and students at member […]

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News Update: Visualizing digital nonlinear narratives

May 4, 2011

On the right side of the website we are curating a small collection of sketches, schematics, diagrams and screengrabs contributed by some of our participants. They show, variously, a map drawn by a contributor to a documentary on a Métis community, and a schematic of the web doc itself drawn by its maker; a diagram […]

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News update: Jigar Mehta

May 3, 2011

We’re delighted to report that Jigar Mehta, creator of the crowd-sourced documentary #18DaysInEgypt, will be joining us as a participant. Jigar is a 2011 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, and President of the South Asian Journalists Association. Meanwhile, we’re on the home stretch with organizing the event. Here are some more highlights: […]

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News update: Draft schedule, registration, D|N|A Cabaret

April 6, 2011

With just over a month to go before D|N|A kicks off in Montréal, we’ve added some more information for our confirmed participants (see list at right) and all the amazing folks who have recently expressed interest in attending. 1. The draft schedule is now online, and is accessible from the top menu. Some highlights: We’ll […]

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Registration update and some news

March 16, 2011

The deadline for early bird registration for confirmed participants is March 31st. (If you are a listed confirmed participant and you did not receive the email containing registration, travel, and accommodation information sent out in mid-February, please let us know ASAP and/or check your email spam/junk folder.) At the beginning of April we will be […]

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New funding initiative: docXchange

February 17, 2011

docXchange is a joint funding initiative for interactive documentary projects brought to you by Hot Docs and Filmkontakt Nord. It’s open to European and North American producers. Project registration opens: 18 February 2011. Deadline for submission of applications: 4 March 2011.

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News update: David Dufresne

February 16, 2011

We’re delighted to announce that David Dufresne, co-creator of the stunning web doc Prison Valley, will be joining us in May as a participant in D|N|A. Hear a recent interview with David about his work (en français).

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TFI New Media Fund

February 14, 2011

The Tribeca Film Institute announces the launch of its New Media Fund and asks for feedback from makers before it begins accepting submissions in April.

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New study addresses online documentary

February 7, 2011

A new report from the Montréal- based Observatoire du documentaire aims to provide “a snapshot of the creation, production, and distribution of documentaries in a rapidly-changing digital environment.” Documentary and New Digital Platforms: An ecosystem in transition is available en français and in English. It covers documentaries designed for the web as well as the […]

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