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  • Doc Memo: Documentary Challenges in Trump Era, Special Fund for Rapid Story Deployment
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read December 9, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Legendary Director Frederick Wiseman to Pitch at Hot Docs 2015 Forum
    Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman will pitch his new film Jackson Heights at Hot Docs Forum.
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 28, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Networking Tips for Documentary Filmmakers
    In the latest episode of TFI Live, POV Digital Executive Producer Adnaan Wasey offers tips for networking like a pro.
    POV Staff 0 min read July 2, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 7 Funding Tricks from 7 Documentary Filmmakers
    POV's Story Doctor Fernanda Rossi has been probing successful filmmakers about their budgets for the last few months. Here's what she's learned...
    POV Staff 4 min read March 26, 2014 Story Doctor Comments
  • Pitching 101: When You're in the Room
    Paul Pauwels offers some advice for when you are actually in front of a funder giving your documentary pitch.
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read February 14, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Pitching 101: The Ws That Build a Successful Pitch
    Paul Pauwels, from the Belgian production company Congoo, shares 7 "W"s that help build a successful pitch.
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read February 13, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Pitching 101: Writing the Pitch, and Other Pitch Preparations
    In this first part of a series on pitching, Paul Pauwels offers some overarching advice for preparing your pitch and what to put into writing.
    POV Guest Blogger 6 min read February 12, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Practical Tips for Pitching to a Funder
    When pitching to a potential funder there are a lot of common traps that filmmakers fall into. Here is a list of 9 practical tips that every filmmaker should consider when preparing to pitch.
    POV Staff 4 min read December 6, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • How Much Money Does It Really Take to Make a Documentary?
    In the wake of America's credit rating downgrade and a day after a 600-plus-point drop in the Dow, Edward J. Delaney of DocumentaryTech looks at how the documentary-film economy is changing rapidly.
    Edward J. Delaney 6 min read August 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Speed Pitching at the Realscreen Summit
    Chris White is POV’s director of programming & production. He spent two days at the Realscreen Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, hearing producers pitch their films at a speed pitching session. Here’s the inside scoop from a programmer’s perspective, and some tips on how to craft a successful speed pitch. As a select group […]
    Chris White 7 min read January 31, 2008 Documentary News Comments