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    Friday, Nov 14 - 6:00am

    A Symposium of Sorts: Radical Inquiries with the UNDO Fellows

    Hosted at EMPAC

    A mix of artists, writers and curious minds to think together about the evolving shape of documentary art.

    Saturday, Nov 22 - 7:00pm

    Between Borders and Voices:
    The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz

    With Bernardo Ruiz

    A conversation with director Bernardo Ruiz and a sneak peek of The Low Season

    Workshops & Labs

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    Friday, Dec 12 - Sunday, Dec 14

    Producing with Care:
    Independent Production
    for Non-fiction

    With Colleen Cassingham, Sweta Vohra and Anya Rous

    How does a producer cultivate healthy, collaborative relationships with directors and crew, and authentic relationships with funders?

    Friday, Jan 23 - Sunday, Jan 25

    Thinking out Loud:
    Voiceover in Documentary

    With Stefan Pavlović, Su Friedrich and Philip Cartelli

    How can our voices become productive material during the research and development phases of filmmaking?

    Productions

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    Artistic Differences

    A new Break ꩜ut that asks how we can generate a public space for a better conversation around documentary film.

    Break Out 2022

    A symposium of sorts exploring the research of the UNDO fellows

    Carceral Screens and the Abolitionist Imagination

    The UnionDocs Collaborative examines, contextualizes and dismantles scripts of the carceral state from the archives of popular culture.

    Feral Domesticity

    an exploration by the 2021 Collaborative Studio

    Break Out 2021

    a symposium (of sorts)

    COLAB 2020: Unmute Please

    Six Short films made by the 2020 Collaborative Studio.

    COLAB 2019: Take The L

    Short Docs Lost on NYC Transit

    Sanctuary City

    8 SHORT FILMS MADE BY THE 2018 COLLABORATIVE STUDIO

    Say Something Bunny!

    An immersive performance based on an unforgettable amateur audio recording made over 60 years ago.

    COLAB 2016: Just To Get By

    Short films made by the 2016 Collaborative Studio.

    Living Los Sures

    An expansive documentary project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    Documenting Mythologies

    A simple escape from the city becomes the frame for a series of collaborative video essays.

    Inductive Thread

    An investigation of myth in contemporary society

    The Commons Berlin

    The Commons describes the space where private spheres intersect - where the relationship of the one to the many, the individual to the collective, is negotiated.

    The Commons Radio

    A monthly series broadcast on WKCR 89.9 fm in 2005.

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    News
    • The 15th Taiwan International Documentary Festival is accepting submissions 'til December 4!
    • The 2025 Un/Fund International Award is accepting applications 'til November 25!
    • The Stowe Story Labs $50,000 Curated Short Film Production Grant Program is accepting applications 'til December 16!
    • Applications for the Carole Dorothy Joyce Grant for Student Filmmakers are open 'til November 30!
    • Submissions for the 2026 MeTeORiC Public Arts Festival are open 'til December 15!
    • From the Heart Productions is accepting applications for the Roy W. Dean Grant 'til October 31!
    • Anthology Film Archives has an upcoming series on the leftist documentary collective Newsreel!
    • The 2026 Cosmic Rays Film Festival is accepting submissions 'til November 16!
    • The Palestine Film Institute is accepting applications for the Palestine Film Fund 'til October 31!
    • Fondazione Prada's Film Fund is accepting applications 'til October 17!
    • October 4 is the last day to apply for the Doclisboa x UNDO: Filmmaking Seminar 2025!
    • Microscope Gallery presents Ulrike Ottinger’s Shadows on October 2, a screening and conversation organized by UNDO Advisor Catalina Alvarez!
    • The Studio Museum in Harlem's Residency Program is accepting applications 'til October 7!
    • Culture Push is accepting applications for its Fellowship for Utopian Practice 'til October 5!

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