Big Sky Documentary Film Festival DocShop
Missoula Public Library hosts the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival DocShop 2025.
The 2025 DocShop conference will focus on “Understanding the 21st Century Documentary Audience,” a full-spectrum examination of the ways in which audience considerations affect artistic choices, social impact, distribution streams, market potential, cultural narratives, and industry trends. This conference takes place on the heels of one of the most profound shifts in the documentary industry as streaming has ostensibly replaced the long-conventional models of distribution, transforming the way audiences consume, respond to, and interact with media. DocShop 2025 seeks to demystify documentary audiences, empowering filmmakers to understand the aesthetic and rhetorical function of the modern documentary form to build a resilient toolkit to navigate the evolving documentary landscape.
All DocShop 2025 events held at Missoula Public Library are free and open to the public.
For more details and a full list of events visit the Big Sky Film Fest website
Date
- Feb 17 2025
- Expired!
Location
- Cooper Room
- Level Four, Missoula Public Library, 455 E. Main St, Missoula, MT
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for October
27

Art with a Purpose

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for October
28

Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup

American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place

Discovery Area Science Activity

Read with Dogs!

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Teen Tuesdays

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Soups of the Season: Food Workshop with Basal

Dads and Dialogue

Introduction to Podcasting

4HistoryBuffs
Events for October
29

Kids STEM Building

Discovery Area Science Activity

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Middle School Writers’ Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Seeley Lake Branch Library: Student Reading Group

Big Sky Writers’ Group

Symphony Kids

Learn Computer Video Editing

Library Spice Club Discussion
Events for October
30

Tiny Tales

YMCA Yoga at the Library

Discovery Area Science Activity

Introduction to Podcasting

Game On! @ MPL

Teen Library Community

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Events for October
31

How to install Linux Mint over Windows 10

Tiny Tales

Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL

Yarns @ MPL

Discovery Area Science Activity

Young Adult Writers’ Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
Events for November
1

How to install Linux Mint over Windows 10

Game Day @ MPL

Story Time

Young Kids Dance Party

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

Discovery Area Science Activity

D&D Guild for Teens

MCAT Tour & Training
Events for November
3

Art with a Purpose

Community Connections

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for November
4

Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Teen Tuesdays

Read with Dogs!

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Dads and Dialogue

Introduction to Podcasting

100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice
Events for November
5

Spice It Up: Library Spice Club

Kids STEM Building

Linux User Group

Story Time for Diverse Abilities

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Discovery Area Science Activity

Middle School Writers’ Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Seeley Lake Branch Library: Student Reading Group

Big Sky Writers’ Group

Learn Computer Video Editing

Families First Parenting Workshops
Events for November
6

Tiny Tales

Seeley Lake Book Club

YMCA Yoga at the Library

Discovery Area Science Activity

Introduction to Podcasting

Teen Library Community

Missoula Scholastic Chess Club at MPL

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Big Sky Branch Tech Time

Author Event – Winning the Earthquake How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress

Families First: Circle of Security
Events for November
7

Tiny Tales

Swan Valley Branch Story Time

Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL

Yarns @ MPL

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Young Adult Writers’ Group

D&D Guild for Adults
Events for November
8

Story Time

Young Kids Dance Party

College Application Workshop

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

Discovery Area Science Activity

MCAT Tour & Training
Events for November
10

Art with a Purpose

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for November
11
Events for November
12

Resource Access Day (RAD)

Kids STEM Building

Swan Valley Book Chat

Discovery Area Science Activity

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Middle School Writers’ Group

Seeley Lake Branch Library: Student Reading Group

Big Sky Writers’ Group

Learn Computer Video Editing

Potomac Branch Library Book Club

2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Events for November
13

Tiny Tales

YMCA Yoga at the Library

Discovery Area Science Activity

Introduction to Podcasting

Game On! @ MPL

Teen Library Community

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Big Sky Branch Tech Time

Families First: Circle of Security
Events for November
14

Tiny Tales

Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL

Yarns @ MPL

Discovery Area Science Activity

Young Adult Writers’ Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
Events for November
15

Story Time

Young Kids Dance Party

Sensory Story Time

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

Discovery Area Science Activity

D&D Guild for Teens

MCAT Tour & Training
Events for November
16
Events for November
17

Art with a Purpose

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for November
18

Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Teen Tuesdays

Read with Dogs!

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Introduction to Podcasting

Dads and Dialogue
Events for November
19

Kids STEM Building

Story Time for Diverse Abilities

Discovery Area Science Activity

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Windows User Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Middle School Writers’ Group

Seeley Lake Branch Library: Student Reading Group

Kids Cooking Class

Big Sky Writers’ Group

Learn Computer Video Editing

3rd Wednesday Book Group
Events for November
20

Tiny Tales

Death Cafe @ MPL

YMCA Yoga at the Library

Discovery Area Science Activity

Introduction to Podcasting

Game On! @ MPL

Teen Library Community

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Big Sky Branch Tech Time

Frenchtown Book Club

Families First: Circle of Security
Events for November
21

Tiny Tales

Swan Valley Branch Story Time

Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL

Yarns @ MPL

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Young Adult Writers’ Group

D&D Guild for Adults
Events for November
22

Yoga for Kids

Young Kids Dance Party

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

Discovery Area Science Activity

MCAT Tour & Training
Events for November
23
Events for November
24

Art with a Purpose

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for November
25

Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place

Discovery Area Science Activity

Read with Dogs!

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Teen Tuesdays

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Introduction to Podcasting

4HistoryBuffs

Dads and Dialogue
Events for November
26

Discovery Area Science Activity

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Middle School Writers’ Group
Events for November
27
Events for November
28
Events for November
29

Story Time

Young Kids Dance Party

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

D&D Guild for Teens

MCAT Tour & Training
Events for November
30
Events for December
1

Annual ToileTree Hygiene Kit Drive

Winter Reading Challenge

Art with a Purpose

LEGO Club

Learn Computer Animation with Blender
Events for December
2

Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Teen Tuesdays

Read with Dogs!

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Introduction to Podcasting

Dads and Dialogue
Events for December
3

Spice It Up: Library Spice Club

Kids STEM Building

Story Time for Diverse Abilities

Open Hours/Sewing Drop In

Learn Computer Video Editing

Discovery Area Science Activity

Linux User Group

Middle School Writers’ Group

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Seeley Lake Branch Library: Student Reading Group

Big Sky Writers’ Group

Learn Computer Video Editing
Events for December
4

Tiny Tales

Seeley Lake Book Club

YMCA Yoga at the Library

Discovery Area Science Activity

Introduction to Podcasting

Teen Library Community

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Missoula Scholastic Chess Club at MPL

Cooking for Kids!

Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services

Big Sky Branch Tech Time

Families First: Circle of Security
Events for December
5

Tiny Tales

Swan Valley Branch Story Time

Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL

Yarns @ MPL

Discovery Area Science Activity

Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids

Young Adult Writers’ Group

D&D Guild for Adults
Events for December
6

Story Time

Winter Celebration

Young Kids Dance Party

Stop Animation Workshop for Kids

Discovery Area Science Activity

Make a T-Shirt Quilt

MCAT Tour & Training




