Thom Powers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/thom-powers/ What to Watch Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:43:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Thom Powers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/thom-powers/ 32 32 DOC NYC Announces Their Influential 2024 Short List Lineup https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/doc-nyc-2024-short-list-lineup/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:43:48 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51860 DOC NYC 2024 Short List Lineup Announcement

DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short List section for its 15th edition. This section features 15 titles that are the top documentary contenders, and is known to overlap with […]

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]]> TIFF 2023 DOCUMENTARY LINEUP: New Films From Roger Ross Williams, Frederick Wiseman, Lucy Walker, & More https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/tiff-2023-docs-lineup/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:35:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40015

Only a few days after announcing the Galas and Special Presentations slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for their Documentary section. TIFF Docs’ opening night film will be Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s Copa 71 which […]

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]]> TIFF 2022: Docs & Contemporary World Cinema Lineups Announced https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-2022-docs-world-cinema-lineups/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:05:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37740

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup for both the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring films from over 50 countries. The festival will run from September 8 – 18. The Docs lineup includes Laura Poitras’ […]

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]]> HtN’s 12 Most Anticipated Films at DOC NYC 2021 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/most-anticipated-doc-nyc-2021/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:49:38 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35811

DOC NYC 2021 kicks off today, November 10, in and around the IFC Center in the village. The festival is run by Artistic Director Thom Powers who also programs the documentary slate at TIFF. Powers curates his own ‘shortlist’ as […]

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]]> TIFF Industry Conference Day 4 – Future of Film Festivals https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-industry-conference-4/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 22:56:56 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33332

A discussion about the future of film festivals was led by TIFF Doc Programmer Thom Powers with special guests Tine Fisher of CPH:Dox, one of the first festivals to go virtual in March; Tabitha Jackson of Sundance and Orwa Nyrbia of […]

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]]> A Better Documentary Industry Conversation Leads Day 3 of Tiff Conference https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-industry-conference-3/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:48:37 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33328

With TIFF Documentary Programmer Thom Powers at the helm of the conversation with Sonya Childress of Firelight Media and Jesse Wente of Indigenous Screen Office and producer of an Inconvenient Indian, the trio explored beyond the conversations on authenticity and […]

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]]> 2010 Cinema Eye Honors: Tully’s POV https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/2010-cinema-eye-honors-tullys-pov/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:14:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=8 Friday night at The Times Center in midtown Manhattan, the documentary community gathered for the third annual Cinema Eye Honors to toast the best nonfiction filmmaking of 2009. The room was packed with familiar names and faces, featuring several living […]

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]]> LOOT at Stranger Than Fiction (11/2) https://www.hammertonail.com/htn-local/new-york-city/loot-at-stranger-than-fiction-112/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2510 Tonight’s “Monday Night Special” edition of the Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen hosted Stranger Than Fiction series at the IFC Center features one of the most dizzyingly profound films of recent memory. Darius Marder’s Loot isn’t just proof that truth […]

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]]> A Report From the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=320 (The following report was submitted by Steve Holmgren and Liz Byer. As we were unable to attend this year’s festivities, we were happy to receive it, and now, to post it.) Independent filmmaking is a notoriously thankless proposition, and this […]

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