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Announcing the 2025 Reality Check Forum

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The Reality Check Forum is a dedicated space for fostering dialogue and collaboration within the documentary film community.

Join us for a series of panels, workshops, masterclasses, 1:1 sessions and a two-day legal clinic! We’ll explore the latest opportunities and challenges, share valuable resources and best practices, and celebrate the craft of documentary filmmaking, including archival producing, editing, cinematography, and AI.

Made possible with the generous support of

Ford Foundation JustFilms
Perspective Fund

Documentary Film Legal Clinic Presented by UCLA School of Law

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Libel and Other Legal Threats in the Post-Truth World

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Avoiding Unnecessary Risk in the Production Process

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Politics and Transparency: Access to Public Records

Legal ClinicFriday, June 132:15 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: 1:1 Meetings with UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic

Legal ClinicFriday, June 133:45 PMSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Fair Use and Licensing: Use of Archival Content in the Post-Warhol Era

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Lunchtime Conversation

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Working with Legal Counsel to Protect Your Film

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 142:15 PM

Panels

Reality Check Panel: Opening Conversation with Gordon Quinn: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy

PanelFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Panel: Memory in the Making

PanelFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Panel: From Print to Screen: Linnentown Case Study

PanelFriday, June 131:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: In Short: The Power and Possibility of Short-Form Documentary Filmmaking

PanelFriday, June 131:30 PM

Reality Check Panel: Film Journalism in a Shifting Media Landscape

PanelFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: State of the Industry

PanelSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: Films in Times of Crisis

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: Strategies for Seeing Differently

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: Behind the Greenlight: How Documentary Films (Really) Get Made

PanelSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: Distribution Case Studies

PanelSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Panel: Navigating Public Media Distribution

PanelSunday, June 1511:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: Documentary in the Age of AI

PanelSunday, June 151:30 PM

Master Classes

Reality Check Master Class: Timeliness / Timelessness: Editing Master Class

Master ClassFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Master Class: International Documentary Co-Productions

Master ClassSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check Master Class: More Than Meets the Eye: Master Class in Visual Storytelling

Master ClassSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Workshops

Reality Check Workshop: Anatomy of a Funding Decision

WorkshopFriday, June 132:45 PM

Reality Check Workshop: Policy in Focus: Leveraging Washington, DC for Social Change and Audience Engagement

WorkshopFriday, June 134:30 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Work with an Archival Producer

WorkshopSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Do Good When the World Is Bad: Ethics Resource Library for the Industry

WorkshopSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Workshop: In Their Shoes: Navigating Tough Filmmaker-Participant Conversations

WorkshopSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Office Hours Programs

Reality Check: Legal Office Hours with Reavis Page Jump LLP

Office HoursFriday, June 1310:00 AMSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Forum Programs on Friday, June 13

Reality Check: Legal Office Hours with Reavis Page Jump LLP

Office HoursFriday, June 1310:00 AMSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Libel and Other Legal Threats in the Post-Truth World

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Panel: Opening Conversation with Gordon Quinn: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy

PanelFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Avoiding Unnecessary Risk in the Production Process

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Panel: Memory in the Making

PanelFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Panel: From Print to Screen: Linnentown Case Study

PanelFriday, June 131:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: In Short: The Power and Possibility of Short-Form Documentary Filmmaking

PanelFriday, June 131:30 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Politics and Transparency: Access to Public Records

Legal ClinicFriday, June 132:15 PM

Reality Check Workshop: Anatomy of a Funding Decision

WorkshopFriday, June 132:45 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: 1:1 Meetings with UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic

Legal ClinicFriday, June 133:45 PMSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Panel: Film Journalism in a Shifting Media Landscape

PanelFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Master Class: Timeliness / Timelessness: Editing Master Class

Master ClassFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Workshop: Policy in Focus: Leveraging Washington, DC for Social Change and Audience Engagement

WorkshopFriday, June 134:30 PM

Reality Check Forum Programs on Saturday, June 14

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Fair Use and Licensing: Use of Archival Content in the Post-Warhol Era

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check: Legal Office Hours with Reavis Page Jump LLP

Office HoursFriday, June 1310:00 AMSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Master Class: International Documentary Co-Productions

Master ClassSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: State of the Industry

PanelSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: Films in Times of Crisis

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Work with an Archival Producer

WorkshopSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Lunchtime Conversation

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: Strategies for Seeing Differently

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: Behind the Greenlight: How Documentary Films (Really) Get Made

PanelSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Do Good When the World Is Bad: Ethics Resource Library for the Industry

WorkshopSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Working with Legal Counsel to Protect Your Film

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 142:15 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: 1:1 Meetings with UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic

Legal ClinicFriday, June 133:45 PMSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Panel: Distribution Case Studies

PanelSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Workshop: In Their Shoes: Navigating Tough Filmmaker-Participant Conversations

WorkshopSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Reality Check Master Class: More Than Meets the Eye: Master Class in Visual Storytelling

Master ClassSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Reality Check Forum Programs on Sunday, June 15

Reality Check Panel: Documentary in the Age of AI

PanelSunday, June 151:30 PM

Reality Check Panel: Navigating Public Media Distribution

PanelSunday, June 1511:30 AM

All Programs in alphabetical order

Reality Check Legal Clinic: 1:1 Meetings with UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic

Legal ClinicFriday, June 133:45 PMSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Workshop: Anatomy of a Funding Decision

WorkshopFriday, June 132:45 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Avoiding Unnecessary Risk in the Production Process

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Panel: Behind the Greenlight: How Documentary Films (Really) Get Made

PanelSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: Distribution Case Studies

PanelSaturday, June 143:45 PM

Reality Check Panel: Documentary in the Age of AI

PanelSunday, June 151:30 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Fair Use and Licensing: Use of Archival Content in the Post-Warhol Era

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Panel: Film Journalism in a Shifting Media Landscape

PanelFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: Films in Times of Crisis

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: From Print to Screen: Linnentown Case Study

PanelFriday, June 131:00 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Do Good When the World Is Bad: Ethics Resource Library for the Industry

WorkshopSaturday, June 142:00 PM

Reality Check Workshop: How to Work with an Archival Producer

WorkshopSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: In Short: The Power and Possibility of Short-Form Documentary Filmmaking

PanelFriday, June 131:30 PM

Reality Check Workshop: In Their Shoes: Navigating Tough Filmmaker-Participant Conversations

WorkshopSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Reality Check Master Class: International Documentary Co-Productions

Master ClassSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check: Legal Office Hours with Reavis Page Jump LLP

Office HoursFriday, June 1310:00 AMSaturday, June 1410:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Libel and Other Legal Threats in the Post-Truth World

Legal ClinicFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Lunchtime Conversation

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: Memory in the Making

PanelFriday, June 1311:45 AM

Reality Check Master Class: More Than Meets the Eye: Master Class in Visual Storytelling

Master ClassSaturday, June 144:00 PM

Reality Check Panel: Navigating Public Media Distribution

PanelSunday, June 1511:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: Opening Conversation with Gordon Quinn: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy

PanelFriday, June 1310:00 AM

Reality Check Workshop: Policy in Focus: Leveraging Washington, DC for Social Change and Audience Engagement

WorkshopFriday, June 134:30 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Politics and Transparency: Access to Public Records

Legal ClinicFriday, June 132:15 PM

Reality Check Panel: State of the Industry

PanelSaturday, June 1410:30 AM

Reality Check Panel: Strategies for Seeing Differently

PanelSaturday, June 1412:15 PM

Reality Check Master Class: Timeliness / Timelessness: Editing Master Class

Master ClassFriday, June 134:00 PM

Reality Check Legal Clinic: Working with Legal Counsel to Protect Your Film

Legal ClinicSaturday, June 142:15 PM