David Courier, a programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, who takes a special interest in non-fiction film, offers up his TIFF doc picks. He writes:

There are so many docs that I'm looking forward to at TIFF but here are a few that I'm particularly curious about...

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (pictured) Having grown up during the Vietnam War, I've been fascinated with Daniel Ellsberg for decades.  The leaking of the Pentagon Papers turned the US government upside down.  As a child I would listen as my parents and aunts and uncles argued over Nixon, Vietnam and Daniel Ellsberg, who became a hero in my family of die-hard Democrats.

Stolen
I've been following the controversy around this film since it premiered in Sydney. Controversy spurs curiosity and it certainly has spurred mine.  I hope that actually seeing the film will shed light, not only on the subject of the Sahawari refugees, but also on the question of ethics in documentary filmmaking.

Colony
I saw at least three documentaries last year about colony collapse disorder. CCD is an incredibly frightening phenomenon from an environmental perspective and while all three films were compelling, they all, ultimately fell short. I wanted to take the best aspects of each of these films and make the penultimate documentary on the subject. My hope is that Colony by Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell will be the one.

Cleanflix
I'm a total film buff.  I fiercely oppose censorship. I'm a film festival programmer and my festival happens to be smack dab in the middle of Utah. These are just some of the reasons that I find the subject matter of Cleanflix absolutely irresistible.