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  • The Films to Watch From TIFF 2017's Documentary Slate
    The power packed documentary slate of 2017's Toronto International Film Festival.
    Tom Roston 5 min read August 1, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Syria's White Helmets Star in Film, Feeling Empathetic Through VR
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read September 19, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 3 min read September 7, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Werner Herzog vs. The Internet, TIFF Adds More Docs
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 17, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: The Film That Changed a Genre, The Cost of Creative Freedom
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 4 min read August 15, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Netflix to Premiere 4 TIFF Documentaries, 5 Must-See Films at NYFF
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read August 10, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: The Politics of Disco on Film, Rio Olympics Brings Digital News Coverage
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read August 9, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • First Look at 2016 Toronto International Film Festival's Documentary Lineup
    The 2016 nonfiction TIFF slate includes Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Steve James and Leonardo DiCaprio.
    Tom Roston 14 min read August 9, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 26, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Core Ethical Values in Documentary, Summer Camp for Filmmakers
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 17, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • TIFF Docs: A Look at What's Coming to Toronto International Film Festival in 2015
    The Toronto International Film Festival lineup is out, and Tom Roston talks to programmer Thom Powers about music docs, Michael Moore, and what festival goers can look forward to this year September.
    Tom Roston 3 min read August 11, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Thom Powers on 'The Look of Silence,' and How the Toronto Film Fest's Conference Is Tackling the Digital Documentary Landscape
    Michael Moore, Joshua Oppenheimer, Marc Schiller and Astra Taylor will be a part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Doc Conference, Sept 9-10, 2014.
    Tom Roston 5 min read August 14, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Thom Powers on SundanceNOW's Doc Club
    The indie film and documentary lovers over at SundanceNOW cooked up a fun idea, a doc club -- you know, like a book club. It's an engaging way of trying to wed the exploding world of online viewing and the many people who are passionate about watching documentaries.
    Tom Roston 5 min read October 16, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • An Overview of the Docs at TIFF
    With the Toronto International Film Festival having kicked off at the end of last week, Tom Roston provides a short list of his must-see docs in the festival this year.
    Tom Roston 3 min read September 10, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Video Interview with Thom Powers, Part 1
    POV’s series producer Yance Ford interviews Thom Powers, filmmaker, documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and the founder and curator of the Stranger than Fiction documentary series in New York. I sat down recently with Thom Powers — filmmaker, documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and the founder and curator of […]
    Yance Ford 1 min read October 1, 2009 Documentary News Comments