REALITY CHECK FORUM IS BACK!

DC/DOX Industry Forum Explores The Future Of Non-Fiction Filmmaking

The DC/DOX Reality Check Forum returns with an ambitious lineup of panels, masterclasses, workshops, conversations, a live podcast recording, a performance, and a 1:1 networking event exploring the forces reshaping documentary storytelling today.

Designed for filmmakers and industry professionals at every stage of their careers, the Forum convenes the documentary field for a dynamic exchange of ideas around the creative, ethical, political, and industry realities shaping nonfiction storytelling in a rapidly changing world.

From AI to archival storytelling, impact strategy to distribution, film criticism to awards culture, editing, funding, and international co-productions, and the future of nonfiction itself, Reality Check offers a candid and rare behind-the-scenes look at how documentaries are made, financed, distributed, debated, and remembered at a moment of profound technological and cultural transformation.

Explore the full Reality Check 2026 lineup! Forum sessions are available with a Festival Pass or as individual tickets, and use DCFRENCH10 to save 10%.