Workshop

DIY Distribution: Get Your Film Seen

October 15, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: Utah Film Center

$75, Discount for Members

Join the Artist Foundry for a workshop with Nicole Docta.

With fewer and fewer distribution options for independently made films, how can we make sure our films are available for audiences?

In this DIY Distribution session, we’ll learn how to do everything ourselves and what tools are available. Independent Producer Nicole Docta will present both fiction and nonfiction case studies as well as guide attendees to set their own distribution goals and film festival strategies, demystify awards campaigns, set budgets, and ways to earn income.

See below for more information about our workshop instructor.

Nicole Docta

Nicole Docta (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has focused her career on socially impactful projects and BIPOC stories. She offers her unique lens as a Korean-American transnational, transracial adoptee raised in Wisconsin. Nicole was part of the producing and impact teams on the Peabody Award-winning THE JUDGE (TIFF 2017), Emmy and Anthem Award-winning BELLY OF THE BEAST (HRWFF 2020), and duPont Award-winner THROUGH THE NIGHT (Tribeca 2021).

Not only does Nicole strive to improve outcomes for the communities in her films, she’s dedicated to enhancing the documentary industry. Nicole worked as the Special Initiatives Producer at Firelight Media for three years co-curating the Beyond Resilience Series and helping to implement new artist programs to support BIPOC filmmakers. She’s the Conversations Program Lead at the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc). Nicole also volunteers on the Documentary Producers Alliance’s (DPA) Equity & Inclusion Committee and the Utah Documentary Association Steering Committee. Nicole is a USC CPD NextGen Creative Fellow, PGA Create alum, DOC NYC 40 Under 40, a 2023 Sundance Producer Fellow, 2023 Impact Partners Producer Fellow, and 2025 Sundance Asian American Fellow.