DocAgora
{{Short description|Think tank and open webplex}}
DocAgora was a non-profit international thinktank and open webplex that claimed to stimulate discussion about new forms, new platforms and new ways of financing documentary media.
DocAgora hosted events at festivals worldwide, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam,{{cite web|url=http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/intldocumentaryffamsterdam/documentaries_and_the_web_a_date_with_destiny |title=Documentaries And The Web: A Date With Destiny |publisher=Fest21.com |date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2012-01-09}} HotDocs,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org/resources/2008/04/16/docagora-at-hot-docs-08/ |title=TFI :: Blog |publisher=Blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org |accessdate=2012-01-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819035305/http://blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org/resources/2008/04/16/docagora-at-hot-docs-08/ |archivedate=August 19, 2010 }} SilverDocs,{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/festivals_silverdocs_goes_deeper_into_democracy_and_documentary/ |title=Silverdocs Goes Deeper into Democracy and Documentary |publisher=indieWIRE |date=2011-11-08 |accessdate=2012-01-09}} Sunny Side of the Doc,{{cite web|url= http://www.edn.dk/news/single-view/article/project-submission-deadline-for-sunny-sides-bips/?tx_ttnews|title= Project submission deadline for Sunny Side’s BIPS|date= 2011-04-11|work= www.edn.dk|publisher= European Documentary Network|accessdate= 2012-01-09|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120304065537/http://www.edn.dk/news/single-view/article/project-submission-deadline-for-sunny-sides-bips/?tx_ttnews|archivedate= 2012-03-04}} and the Australian International Documentary Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article.php?id=8587 |title=re-skinning documentary |author=Catherine Gough-Brady |publisher=RealTime Arts |year=2007 |accessdate=2012-01-09}}
The [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808141551/http://docagora.org/ DocAgora Webplex] was an open database of resources for the documentary community.{{cite web|url=http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/05/11/docagora-webplex-funding-festival-and-distribution-info-all-in-one-place/ |title=DocAgora Webplex – funding, festival and distribution info all in one place! |publisher=Shooting People |date=2009-05-11 |accessdate=2012-01-09}}
As of 2016 it appears to have ceased operations.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808141551/http://docagora.org/ DocAgora.org]
- [http://www.indiewire.com/article/dispatch_from_idfa_new_docagora_considers_distribution_and_digital_media_at/ indieWIRE.com]
- [http://www.realtimearts.net/article/77/8359/ RealTimeArts.net]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526033057/http://www.documentary.org/content/author-auteur Documentary.org]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100615212817/http://mediarights.org/news/Upstream_Public_Media_Online_-_An_Arts_Engine_Perspective MediaRights.org]
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