SeaDoc Cohorts

2022 APPLICATIONS are CLOSED!

The Cohort program is focused on creative and professional development for independent documentary filmmakers and editors, and builds strong relationships and community between filmmakers. As Cohort participants, small groups of documentary filmmakers meet monthly for one year to share work, give feedback, discuss process, and set project and creative goals.

The Cohorts program works best for filmmakers and editors who already know and practice basic filmmaking and/or editing skills.  Filmmakers should have an active film project at the time of their application, whether in pre-production, production, or post-production stage. Editors applying to the Editor Cohort should be actively engaged in one or more projects.

The Cohorts program involves a one-year time commitment of regular meetings. (Some Cohorts may choose to continue meeting after the one-year point.) Each Cohort will make decisions within their group about scheduling, meeting structure, and group goals and activities.

Participating in a Cohort requires a commitment to the following: working on your project, communicating effectively with fellow participants, sharing your work and your creative process, supporting fellow cohort members, and contributing to decisions about how your Cohort is structured.  

SeaDoc Cohorts will meet on Zoom.  Applicants from around the state of Washington are encouraged to apply.

SeaDoc cultivates a professional and equitable community of nonfiction storytellers. Filmmakers with traditionally marginalized identities based on race, ethnicity, immigration background, physical/mental ability, sexual orientation, class and gender are encouraged to apply.