MEMBERSHIP FOR docshop south
Applications for our Spring 2024 Docshop South workshops are now closed. Please check this page and subscribe to our newsletter for information about our next application cycle.
Before you apply, please keep in mind:
Applicants should reside, or the documentary should have deep roots in, one of the following twelve Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
In order to be eligible, you must be actively working on a documentary project you’d like to workshop with the group. (Questions about what this means? See the Current Work section of the application below, or read more here.)
As part of your application, you will need to submit a work sample for the project you plan to workshop.
For the second round of the application process, applicants may be asked to speak with a chapter representative via a phone or video call.
Our meetings take place Thursday nights on Zoom, 7:30 to 10:00PM ET.
Members are expected to miss no more than 4 meetings per season (out of 15 total).
Applicants are strongly encouraged to join Southern Documentary Fund, though this is not required to be eligible for Docshop South.
Dues for the season are $150 for the season; with a discounted rate of $95 for members of Southern Documentary Fund.
It is free to submit an application.
We look forward to learning more about you!
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at docshopsouth@thefilmshop.org.