News & Stories
Interview with Angeline Teh, Storytelling Lab Participant
August, 04 - 2022
A former radio producer on making a documentary about intergenerational trauma, being vulnerable with fellow filmmakers, and exploring creative documentary.
Masterclass Series Highlights: Festival and Distribution Strategies with Irena Taskovski
August, 02 - 2022
The founder of Taskovski Film Training, in this Masterclass Irena talks about strategies on distribution and festival submission, drawing from her 20-year industry experience.
Interview with Ya-Ting Hsu, Editing Lab Participant
July, 27 - 2022
The director of Island of the Winds project on the ups and downs of pursuing a story and fighting for the unheard voices of the people in leprosy village in Taiwan.
Interview with Yaël Bitton, Editing Lab Mentor
July, 21 - 2022
An editor working internationally, Yaël talks about the socio-cultural contexts of documentary films and her experience mentoring and working with emerging Asian filmmakers.
Interview with Ernest Hariyanto, Editing Lab Mentor
July, 20 - 2022
What makes Indonesia "Indonesia"? The producer, writer, and editor of Jalanan (2013) talks about shaping our identity through documentaries and understanding different perspectives across Asia.
Masterclass Series Highlights: Commission & Acquisition Model for Documentaries with Lyfta
July, 20 - 2022
Charlie Phillips, Head of Stories at Lyfta and Nick Calpakdjian, Producer of a feature-length documentary Ta-thung, talks about adapting the film into a 360 short titled The Spirit Medium.
Masterclass Series Highlights: Editing Creative Documentary Films with Anne Fabini
July, 20 - 2022
This Masterclass focuses on identifying the right approaches in editing methods to create a compelling story, from the editor of Oscar-nominated Of Fathers and Sons and Writing with Fire.
About Docs by the Sea
Docs by the Sea is an international documentary lab and forum for creative documentary projects from Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and other Asian regions. Through Docs by the Sea, the selected documentary projects will obtain mentorship and pitching opportunities that allow them to connect with the international market.
Initiated in 2017, Docs by the Sea is organised by Kemenparekraf (the Ministry of Tourism and Economy Creative of the Republic of Indonesia, formerly BEKRAF) in partnership with In-Docs.
