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  • 5 Things Documentary Filmmakers Can Learn from Game Designers
    Engagement, interaction, participation, messaging and the power of play: Five takeaways for filmmakers from Games for Change at Tribeca FIlm Festival's Innovation Week.
    Liz Nord 6 min read April 25, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Hackathon Submission Tips for Filmmakers
    What makes a great POV Hackathon application? (And what makes a bad one?) POV Digital Director Adnaan Wasey offers tips for would-be storytelling innovators.
    POV Staff 3 min read December 4, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Announcing POV Hackathon 2 – January 12-13, 2013
    Bold filmmakers with a digital vision need apply! The POV Hackathon 2 Call for Participants is now open. Apply by Friday, December 7, 2012.
    POV Staff 1 min read November 15, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Announcing the First POV Hackathon
    POV is launching a unique opportunity for filmmakers and developers to re-invent the documentary for the web. This is a call for participants.
    POV Staff 1 min read May 31, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Gaming and Social Media
    Games for Change is presenting their upcoming Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival, May 27 – 29, in New York City! This is the central event dedicated to the exciting new movement of video games for social change — games about poverty, global conflict, climate change and more. Called “the Sundance of video games” for […]
    Simon Kilmurry 2 min read May 22, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Filmmakers Take on the Gaming World
    Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker‘s American Tongues was the inaugural film that launched POV when the series began in 1988. More than 20 years later, they continue to produce acclaimed documentary films that take a humorous and critical view of American life. Their most recent film, made with co-producer Peter Odabashian, The Anti-Americans (a hate-love […]
    POV Guest Blogger 4 min read May 1, 2009 Documentary News Comments