Thom Powers
Thom Powers is the Programmer for Documentaries and Mavericks at TIFF. He also programs the fall and spring Stranger Than Fiction series at Manhattan's IFC Center and teaches documentary at New York University's School of Continuing Professional Studies. He has directed documentaries for HBO and PBS. His most recent film is "Loving & Cheating" (05). He divides his time between New York City and Toronto.
Heidy Morales
Heidy moved to Toronto from Guatemala in 1990. She has a degree in psychology from the University of Toronto. In her free time, she has volunteered for TIFF, Sprockets as well as Reel Talk and has also ventured into film reviewing. She likes the impact documentaries make on daily lives but also in public policies. She is looking forward to reporting on several documentaries at this year’s festival.
Andréa Picard
Andréa Picard is co-curator of Wavelengths, the Toronto International Film Festival's programme of experimental and avant-garde film and video. She is also a programmer at Cinematheque Ontario, the year-round screening programme of TIFFG. She is a contributing writer to various art, film and architecture publications, and writes a quarterly Art/Film column for Cinema Scope magazine. She is a founding Advisory Board member of the Chicago International Documentary Film Festival.