- Doc Memo: Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in Filmmaking, 13 Exciting Films at TIFF
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- The International Film Festivals to Submit Virtual Reality Movies in 2016
If you produce VR films or 360 videos, make sure to submit to these international film festivals and get your name out there.
- Doc Memo: 25 New Faces of Indie Film, 54 Underrated Movies
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Doc Memo: Academy Embraces Diversity, Media Unites To Highlight Homeless Crisis
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Doc Memo: Political Scandal in 'Weiner', 2016 Docaviv Festival Winners
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- The Ridiculously Diverse Selection of Top Notch Material at SXSW 2016
From web series to documentaries, see what impressed Tom Roston at SXSW 2016.
- Top 10 Documentaries to Watch at SXSW 2016
The 10 documentaries Doc Soup's Tom Roston is looking forward to at SXSW 2016.
- POV Digital and Submarine Channel to Preview Kel O'Neill and Eline Jongsma's 'EXIT: A Mobile Guide to the Post Apocalypse' at SXSW
Interactive Smartphone Documentary Unleashes Emmy-Nominated Filmmakers’ Existential Fears When They Become New Parents
- Reel Talk: The Panels to Look Out For at SXSW
A look into the cool panels at SXSW this year.
- Festival Madness
Sundance is behind us, SXSW is on now, Tribeca and Full Frame are coming up soon. Doc Soup Man has his picks from the past and future festivals that will set the documentary viewing agenda for the rest of the year.
- When Will the Women of the Documentary World Get Their Due?
Of the Oscar-nominated documentaries this year, only one is directed by a woman (Jehane Noujaim, of The Square).
- Struggles: The Making of 'Only the Young'
Filmmaker Elizabeth Mims shares advice for first-time directors as she takes POV behind the scenes of Only the Young.
- Maidentrip: A Tale of Two Storytellers
Tom Roston talks with 'Maidentrip' director Jillian Schlesinger about her unconventional approach to making her film, and the questions that arise around the film's authorship.
- Vote For These SXSW 2013 Panels About Documentaries, Social Issues and Public Media!
Have a say in which panels make it to the film/interactive conference at SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas, next March.
- SXSW 2012: Beware of Mr. Baker
Blogger Adam Schartoff talks with Jay Bulger, the director of SXSW's top documentary prize winner, Beware of Mr. Baker.
- SXSW 2012: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of the American Superheroines
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan went from volunteering at SXSW to having her new documentary premiere there earlier this month.
- SXSW 2012: Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters had its U.S. premiere at SXSW earlier this month. The documentary follows Crewdson as he creates a series of meticulously staged cinematic frames set in a mysterious American neighborhood.
- SXSW 2012: Paul Williams Still Alive
The documentary Paul Williams Still Alive had its U.S. premiere at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. Blogger Adam Schartoff talked with songwriter-subject Paul Williams about his initial reluctance to share his life story.