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  • Doc Memo: Film Takes Art to New Heights, Chicago International Film Fest At 52
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read October 12, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Best Films of 2016 So Far, Women Directors Break Grierson Shortlist Record
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 27, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Dispatches from IDFA: All the Young Dudes
    Kel O'Neill discusses the lack of diversity at the IDFA DocLab conference, and the effect of its absence.
    Kel O'Neill 6 min read November 26, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Dispatches from IDFA: The Third Entity
    "My green button-down has been replaced by a grey pullover. Also, I am a woman." Kel O'Neill experiences life as the opposite gender in IDFA DocLab's gender-bending experiment The Machine To Be Another.
    Kel O'Neill 6 min read November 21, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Dispatches from IDFA: Research and Development
    IDFA DocLab is a paradise for innovative storytelling, but who should foot the bill?
    Kel O'Neill 7 min read November 20, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Dispatches from IDFA: A Conversation with DocLab Architect Caspar Sonnen
    Kel O'Neill (of Jongsma + O'Neill) sits down with IDFA DocLab creator Caspar Sonnen to discuss DocLab, digital storytelling, and the 'medium' of interactive documentaries — if it can be defined as a 'medium' at all.
    Kel O'Neill 11 min read November 20, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • #docchat: Web Documentaries – Join POV's Open Twitter Chat on December 3
    Join us on Twitter for a #docchat about Web Documentaries on Tuesday, December 3 from 12:30PM-2:30PM ET (9:30AM-11:30AM PT).
    POV Staff 11 min read November 26, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Five Top Takeaways from Tribeca Film Institute's Interactive Day
    Liz Nord provides five major takeaways from Tribeca Film Institute's 2013 Interactive Day, providing insights for filmmakers who are exploring the digital space for storytelling.
    Liz Nord 6 min read April 24, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • The Best Documentaries of 2011 (Updated)
    Nerd out to our infographic of the top documentaries of 2011, based on lists from critics, documentary festivals, industry organizations and online voting!
    POV Staff 8 min read February 28, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • The Best Documentaries of 2011
    According to who you ask, the best documentary of 2011 could have been one of 67 films. Could it be The Interrupters? Nostalgia for the Light? Project Nim? Cave of Forgotten Dreams? We've constructed a handy graphic to help you make your own decision.
    POV Staff 5 min read December 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • IDA's Top 25 Docs List
    The International Documentary Association (IDA) is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, and last week they announced their list of the top 25 documentary films of all time. The list was tabulated from a poll of IDA members, which number over 3,000 and include filmmakers, executives and academics. Hoop Dreams snagged the top spot from […]
    theresa 1 min read October 9, 2007 Documentary News Comments