Meet the Funder is a professional development series that brings funders & non-fiction content creators together to share information.Join DOC Institute on Wednesday, September 29 for the first event of the season, a Meet the Funder with TVO! Jane Jankovic, executive producer at TVO, will join moderator Jeannette Loakman, instructor at Centennial College, for a… Continue reading DOC Institute Presents: Meet the Funder with TVO

Want to learn more about what it means to join the DOC Ontario board? Join us for a virtual info session on November 9, at 1PM. Tiffany Hsiung will be joined by fellow members of the board for an informative conversation about the responsibilities and operations of DOC Ontario's board. 

A curated online series of six documentaries by Black Canadian filmmakers from across the country, available for free across Canada.DOC Institute and Hot Docs are partnering this Black History Month to co-present Black Light: A Celebration of Canadian Filmmakers, a series of six documentaries by leading Black documentary voices in Canada. This series is presented… Continue reading Black Light: A Celebration of Canadian Filmmakers

The DOC Institute Savvy Producer Series is back! Join DOC Institute for a three-part workshop series on how to fund your documentary projectThe DOC Institute Savvy Producer Series is back! With a focus on fundraising for your documentary projects, we will be offering workshops that focus on the deep dive of three key areas of… Continue reading Savvy Producer Series: Demystifying Documentary Financing

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A recent report released by the DOC Institute points to the lack of data on funding for documentary content produced by Indigenous, Black or racialized filmmakers. This panel will discuss why it's important for agencies and broadcasters to collect and share race based data in order to achieve their stated equity goals. The panel will… Continue reading Panel: Funding BIPOC Documentaries

Join us in-person for the 9th Annual DOC Institute Honours Celebration, where we will present our two milestone awards, the Rogers-DOC Luminary Award and the DOC Vanguard Award, to outstanding members of the Canadian documentary community. The evening will be hosted by Toronto-based magician Julie Eng. Doors open at 7pm and awards will be presented at 8pm, followed by… Continue reading 2022 DOC Institute Honours Celebration

DOC Institute's popular Essentials Bootcamp series is back! This 4-part virtual series will cover the documentary producing essentials that every early career producer needs to know.

DOC Institute presents: Writing for Documentaries Learn from experts and get feedback on your project at this 2-day interactive workshop series. Led by award-winning writer and director Yasmine Mathurin, the in-person masterclass portion of the workshop will teach the essentials of documentary writing— from research to story editing. Following this, you will get the chance to… Continue reading DOC Institute presents: Writing for Documentaries