Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer for Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), co hosted with me NYWiFT's panel – A Case Study on the Making of a Feature Documentary discussing Manufactured Landscapes, Jennifer Baichwal's portrayal of renowned  photographer, Edward Burtynsky as he composed his large format photos that combine global social issues within an epic sweep.

Margaret Brown's Order of Myths unlocks ornately embellished doors drawing us into an exotic world of secret, mystic societies, both black and white, that staunchly cling to centuries-old traditions, maintaining a hard to fathom decorum still in existence to this day.

Steve Shor on film commissions doing more for the economic development in their states than acknowledged.

Woodstock Film Festival welcomes the fiercely independent Mavericks of independent filmmaking.

Acclaimed French Director, Patrice Leconte, talks about My Best Friend, screened at Toronto International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, and as our conversation turned to relationships– in this case a friendship –which led to his statement and my question – is the best friend only a myth and having a best friend a thing of the past where legends reside?

Third Annual Polish Film Festival at the Anthology Film Archives where one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers, Agnieszka Holland appeared for a Q&A following the screening of Copying Beethoven.

Earth Day at the Philadelphia Film Festival with Dear Bill Gates by Sarah Christman, about Bill Gates bought up about 11 million archival images and stored them underground within the Iron Mountain archival preservation and storage business and talking with Melinka Thompson Godoy, producer, A Town That Was by Chris Perkel and George Roland about an environmental tragedy with a chemical fire burning underneath a town where it cannot be put out with costing 600 million and could burn for a hundred years.

The Sundance Channel starts a new spot for the environment The Green,  regularly scheduled programming wholly dedicated about people living a good life and able to live in a safe environment while having the choices to do so.

John Sikes, founding partner of Sirk Productions, talks about the work necessary after the film is done– researching film festivals, getting a distributor who knows the different markets and creating the PR and marketing tools to promote your film.

Doug Hawes-Davis on Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana.