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  • Hot Docs 2017: Stellar Film Pitches, Riveting Screenings and Discovering Filmmakers
    You can never see it all at Hot Docs, but at least you can figure out as soon as you can.
    Tom Roston 4 min read May 4, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Early Highlights from Hot Docs 2017: 'City of Ghosts,' 'Pre-Crime'
    Every year, Toronto dedicates itself to documentaries for a week with Hot Docs.
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 1, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Who Watches Documentaries? Who Doesn't? Festival Directors Evaluate Their Audience in the Trump Era
    Within the issues, festival directors see an opportunity.
    Tom Roston 7 min read March 21, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Fact or Fiction: 'FRAUD' Challenges What Constitutes a Documentary
    A new film by Dean Fleischer-Camp controversially tests the boundaries of documentary.
    Tom Roston 7 min read January 19, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Is Seeing Believing? The New Documentaries Challenging Reality
    There's more than meets the eye in these new nonfiction films.
    Tom Roston 5 min read May 5, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: 33 Masterpieces of Documentaries; a Hot Docs Film Caught Up in a Lawsuit
    POV’s daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read May 3, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Female Filmmakers to Know, Create Music with VR
    POV’s daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read April 28, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • How to Program the Largest Documentary Festival in North America
    For Hot Docs Director of Programming Shane Smith, putting together an engaging, diverse film festival is no easy task, and he wouldn't want it any other way.
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 26, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Giving Thanks for Docs
    I was feeling a general sense of gratitude for the world of documentary film. I got to thinking about the many things that I am thankful for.
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 25, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Ross Sutherland Remixes Nonfiction Storytelling
    Meet the U.K. visual artist and poet that created a hybrid of poetry, documentary, rap and video art.
    Tom Roston 3 min read October 13, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • New Documentary Discoveries from Hot Docs 2015
    What stands out most for me are two small films. They're small in the sense that they're low budget, and there's been very little talk about either one. Maybe that's part of their charm -- they felt like discoveries.
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 4, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hot Docs 2015: A First Look
    An early look at some of the hits from the 2015 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 27, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Preview of Hot Docs 2015
    The Hot Docs film festival in Toronto, which kicks off today, is the paradise where good documentary lovers go to die.
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 23, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Top 5 Films from Hot Docs 2014
    Hot Docs Film Festival 2014 concluded this weekend in Toronto, Canada. Doc Soup Man Tom Roston shares his favorite films from the fest.
    Tom Roston 5 min read May 5, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hot Docs: Discovering 'Pine Ridge'
    Allow Doc Soup Man Tom Roston to introduce you to Pine Ridge, a documentary that made an impression at Hot Docs in Toronto by first-time Swedish filmmaker Anna Eborn.
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 28, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hot Docs: 10 Documentaries Doc Soup Man Is Eager to See
    Toronto's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs April 24 to May 4, 2014.
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 21, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Take the 2014 International Documentary Challenge
    Sign up now for the 2014 International Documentary Challenge. The final registration deadline is February 15, 2014!
    POV Staff 1 min read January 24, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Film Anatomy: Lucky
    Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Lucky by filmmaker Laura Checkoway. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
    Fernanda Rossi 4 min read November 14, 2013 Story Doctor Comments

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