A new study by the Documentary Organisation of Canada (DOC) concludes documentary filmmaking in Canada is in decline. Less funding and a change away from one-off or feature length documentaries to documentary series foreshadow more problems.
In its report “Getting Real: An Economic Profile of the Canadian Documentary Industry” DOC concludes that Canadian documentary production is “facing its steepest decline in production volume in almost a decade.”
Apart from funding issues, there’s also the increasing emphasis among television broadcasters on documentary series, as opposed to the one-off or feature length film documentary.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to Lisa Fitzgibbons, Executive Director of the Documentary Organization of Canada.
More information:
Report: Getting Real: An Economic Profile of the Canadian Documentary Production Industry – here
Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) website – www.docorg.ca
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