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How to Lose Your Virginity
  • 10 Tips for Successful Fundraising Demos
    Viewing trailers may not render a single rule that applies to other projects or filmmakers. Yet there are some common principles that help the filmmaker think strategically about his or her choices. Here are my tips.
    Fernanda Rossi 4 min read April 17, 2014 Story Doctor 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
  • Film Anatomy: How to Lose Your Virginity
    Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary How to Lose Your Virginity by filmmaker Therese Shechter. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
    Fernanda Rossi 5 min read November 7, 2013 Story Doctor Comments
  • POV Hackathon 3: The Projects!
    For POV Hackathon 3, teams of filmmakers and developers will be challenged to create web documentary prototypes in a single weekend. Here's more about the five selected projects and their teams.
    POV Staff 6 min read April 3, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Hackathon 2: View Eight Web Storytelling Prototypes
    View the documentary prototypes made over the span of a single weekend by teams of filmmakers, developers and designers.
    POV Staff 9 min read January 17, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Hackathon 2: Meet the Hackers from “How to Lose Your Virginity”
    In a series of blog posts, we're introducing you to the participating filmmakers, developers and designers for the POV Hackathon 2.
    POV Staff 4 min read January 11, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments