Doc Congress
Description
Doc Congress is a dynamic hub for influential conversations about non-fiction funding and the state of the industry. It gathers documentary funders, filmmakers, and distributors to network and discuss the most prevailing topics of the non-fiction funding landscape.
Join us in person at SFFILM FilmHouse, in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood, along with keynote speaker Bonni Cohen and special guests including Diane Quon and Rodrigo Reyes for Doc Congress.
Guest Information
Doc Congress is part of Doc Stories, SFFILM’s annual documentary showcase celebrating many of the year’s most important nonfiction works. Your invitation is non-transferable. Admission is on a space-available basis on the day of the event. Venue is ADA accessible.
Questions? Please contact jmoore@sffilm.org.
Bonni Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund and of the San Francisco-based documentary production company Actual Films. She has produced and directed numerous award-winning films, including The Island President (2011), The Rape of Europa (SFIFF 2007) and Wonders Are Many (SFIFF 2007). She executive produced Art and Craft (SFIFF 2013), 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets (SFIFF 2015), and Audrie & Daisy (Festival 2016).
Academy Award-nominated producer, Diane Quon, worked as a marketing executive at NBC and Paramount Pictures before moving back to her hometown of Chicago. Diane has produced multiple documentaries including: Oscar- and Emmy-nominated, Peabody and Sundance award-winning film, Minding The Gap (Hulu, POV); Emmy-nominated Finding Yingying (MTVDocs); Emmy-nominated Wuhan Wuhan (POV); 2023 Oscar-shortlisted Bad Axe (IFC Films), Aka Mr. Chow (HBO) and Breaking The News (Indie Lens). Diane is the executive producer of many films of first-time filmmakers including Liquor Store Dreams (POV); Film Indie Spirit award-winning Unseen (POV), A Taste Of Mango (True/False 2023), Home Court (Indie Lens) and New Wave (Tribeca 2024). Diane is also developing a fiction feature based on the New York Times bestseller, Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow, a Film Independent Fellow, a Cinereach Producer Awardee and the proud mother of four.
Born in Mexico City and based in Oakland, Rodrigo Reyes is a Pacific Pioneer Fund grantee, a Bay Area Video Coalition Mediamaker Fellow and winner of the Saul Zaentz Award of the Berkeley Film Foundation. In 2020, Rodrigo’s film 499 won Best Cinematography at Tribeca, as well as the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs, and his work has received the support of The Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), Sundance and Tribeca Institutes, and many others. His work has screened on national public broadcast on America ReFramed and has been commissioned by Netflix. In 2021, Rodrigo received the SF IndieFest Vanguard Award and was selected as one of the visionary Bay Area artists selected for the inaugural SFFILM Rainin Fellowship.
With deep roots in production, development and management, Keri Archer Brown oversees and manages ITVS’ various open call funding initiatives and team while also informing content strategy and implementation. In addition, Keri identifies projects and talent for potential ITVS support and co-production, maintains a portfolio of development projects, and supports business development and institutional strategies.
