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  • Short in Length, Big on Vision: Inside the 5 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts
    Why the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts are worth the download or trip to the theater.
    Tom Roston 5 min read February 14, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • 2017 Academy Awards: The A-List Contenders for Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary Short Subject
    The stellar documentary competition for the 89th Academy Awards.
    Tom Roston 2 min read January 26, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • New Anthology Showcases a New York City Not Traditionally Seen on Film
    'True New York' reveals vivid, nuanced stories that are so much a part of the fabric of New York City and yet so underappreciated.
    Tom Roston 10 min read November 29, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch Now! Irma & The Whistle – Two New Documentary Shorts from POV
    Watch the CPH:DOX SHORT:DOX Award-winning Irma by Charles Fairbanks and the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize-winning The Whistle by Grzegorz Zariczny.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 7, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PBS Online Film Festival: Which Film Will Be the People's Choice Winner?
    All of the films from PBS's first-ever Online Film Festival are now online! Watch and vote for your favorite shorts!
    POV Staff 2 min read April 1, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Oscar 2012: Predicting the Documentary Winners
    Who will win? Doc Soup Man has picked it for four years running. But this year, he says, is one of the closest races in years.
    Tom Roston 5 min read February 22, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Feature-Length Fallacy
    Edward J. Delaney of DocumentaryTech explores the benefits of shaving a few minutes (or more) from a film's running time.
    Edward J. Delaney 7 min read September 1, 2011 Documentary News Comments