Documentary Resource Initiative (DRI) nurtures the national independent documentary ecosystem by building a vibrant community of filmmakers, industry professionals, and audiences. Based in Kolkata, DRI creates spaces where homegrown stories are developed, artistic collaborations emerge, and professional skills grow through incubation, training, and industry activities.
Through its programmes and initiatives, DRI supports documentary storytellers at different stages of their creative journey while encouraging dialogue around the art and practice of documentary filmmaking.
Incubation and co-production platform for Indian and Asian filmmakers.
Supporting emerging filmmakers through intensive training and mentoring.
A travelling workshop nurturing young documentary filmmakers.
Informal creative exchanges with leading filmmakers and emerging storytellers.
Documentary Resource Initiative brings together stories, conversations and creative voices from the documentary community, highlighting Indian and international filmmakers, emerging storytellers and important developments from the global documentary landscape.
Sundance Institute announces the 2027 Documentary Fund opportunity for documentary filmmakers.
DocedgeKolkata presents a showcase celebrating documentary films, filmmakers, and diverse voices, bringing together stories and perspectives from the documentary community.
DocedgeKolkata continues to build a vibrant documentary community through screenings, conversations, learning opportunities, and creative exchanges. The initiative brings filmmakers, audiences, and documentary professionals together to celebrate stories that connect people, cultures, and communities.
An international documentary funding and outreach opportunity featuring filmmaker and industry conversations around documentary storytelling, financing, and global engagement. The initiative highlights opportunities for filmmakers and documentary professionals to connect with the wider international nonfiction film community.
Supporting artistic exchange, cultural dialogue and independent voices through documentary practice.
Hear directly from filmmakers and alumni whose creative journeys have been shaped through DRI's programmes, mentorship and networks.
My journey started with DocedgeKolkata in 2021, an international pitch forum, where I had pitched Redlight to Limelight.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
It's an honour and privilege to finally share my finished film with mentors, peers and future filmmakers.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
It was a wonderful experience sharing the projects at a fairly early stage with the mentors and peers. Presenting the film, developing the clearest and most impactful way to communicate our idea, and listening to feedback greatly helped us.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
In the Indian context, Docedge Kolkata is a rare and necessary space — where a documentarian's ambition meets the rigour of authorship.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
The situation changed when I pitched my film at Docedge Kolkata. It helped me to learn and visualize the narrative creatively. Docedge Kolkata has been an important part of starting the endeavour on the international circuit.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
n the Indian context, Docedge Kolkata is a rare and necessary space — where a documentarian's ambition meets the rigour of authorship.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
DocedgeKolkata and Let’sdoc, where they train you to be at Docedge, were a discovery.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE & LET'SDOC Alumni
A large part of the rise of Indian documentaries has to do with mentorship, incubation, and pitching labs like Docedge in Kolkata.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
I picked up the ropes of nonfiction filmmaking at Docedge Kolkata Asian Forum for Documentary. With spaces like these, you are mentored by masters and you figure out the ropes of the industry, the form and grammar.
Filmmaker | DOCEDGE Alumni
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