DCTV Presents is our exclusive screening and event series that highlights significant and innovative work from the independent filmmaking community. From screenings with filmmaker Q&As to parties and seminars, each event offers the audience opportunities to meet, mingle, network, share and grow as part of New York City’s independent filmmaking community. DCTV Members receive advance invitations and reduced rates to all events in the series.


Friday, May 2nd @ 5:00PM-7:30PM
Documentary Filmmakers Lounge
Presented by DCTV & Shooting People
Celebrate independent film in Lower Manhattan with a networking happy hour & BBQ for documentary filmmakers in the DCTV & Shooting People communities. Featuring complimentary drinks, free food, door prizes from our sponsors and partners, and special guest filmmakers.

Friday, May 9th @ 7:30PM
Legal Clinic with Innes Smolansky: Distribution Deals
Innes Smolansky & distribution company representatives offer step-by-step guidance to the economics, business & financial mechanics, and legal components of getting an independent feature film or documentary distributed in the real world. This seminar is must-attend for all independent directors and producers.

Thursday, May 29th @ 6:00PM-9:00PM
DCTV Summer Open House
The entire independent media community is invited to celebrate with us at our signature event. Featuring open bar (6-7PM) & free food, gift bags for the first 100 in attendance, technology demos, sample workshops, special guest filmmakers, and our legendary raffle. Plus after-party featuring live music & open bar (9PM-930PM)!

Friday, June 6th @ 7:30PM
DCTV/Shooting People Master Class:
Getting your doc on TV with P.O.V.’s Yance Ford
P.O.V. Series Producer Yance Ford offers advice on submitting your documentary to P.O.V., insight on their curation process, and tips on pitching and marketing your doc and yourself to potential broadcasters.

Tuesday, June 10th @ 7:30PM
Hook Me Up! - Summer
A DCTV & Shooting People Networking Event
Just in time for summer meet “that special someone” who can help you with your next project. Our popular speed dating-style networking event puts professional independent filmmakers in the same room for 3-minute conversations, this time for BOTH DOCUMENTARY AND NARRATIVE productions. Let DCTV & Shooting People “hook you up” with the collaborator or crew member you’ve been looking for.

Friday, June 20th @ 7:30PM
Big Apple, Big Easy Film Exchange: Faubourg Tremé
Presented by DCTV & Charitable Film Network
A riveting tale of hope, heartbreak and resiliency set in New Orleans’ oldest black neighborhood, the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement in the South and the home of jazz. Every frame is a tribute to what African-American communities have contributed even under the most hostile of conditions. Screening & Talkback.

Friday, July 25th @ 7:30PM
Big Apple, Big Easy Film Exchange: Glory at Sea! & Your Neighbors Steps
Presented by DCTV & Charitable Film Network
DCTV (New York City) & Charitable Film Network (New Orleans) are proud to host a series of documentary film screenings that showcase important social issues impacting each organization's native city in the hopes that they raise cultural awareness, promote dialogue about social justice, and facilitate new collaborations between talented media makers in both communities. Screening & Talkback.

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