The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its full slate of documentaries for this year’s incarnation. Seeing the list makes me (again) totally bummed I can’t be there. Doc programmer Thom Powers has once again asked a bunch of us doc folk to contribute our picks for their great doc blog, but to limit our picks to three! Of course, there are more than three that I’d catch if I could. Here are some of my picks beyond those I sent Thom:

It Might Get Loud
By Davis Guggenheim, USA World Premiere
The Academy Award™-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth celebrates the electric guitar by examining the creative process of three virtuosos – Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, The Edge of U2 and Jack White of The White Stripes – including their individual development of songs not yet released.

Examined Life
By Astra Taylor, Canada World Premiere
An intimate and engaging conversation with some of the greatest minds of our era – including Cornel West, Martha Nussbaum, Kwame Anthony Appiah and more - Examined Life conveys the wonderment and curiosity that drives philosophical thought, taking it out of the ivory towers of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday.

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World
By Weijun Chen, China  World Premiere
The director of last year’s crowd-pleaser Please Vote For Me  returns with a look at the West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, China – the world’s largest restaurant. With a staff of nearly 1000 (including 300 chefs) and 5000 seats, West Lake is a combination theme park and eatery, offering a cross section of the country’s changing society.

After the Race
By Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria  World Premiere
Following the tracks of the famous Dakar rally, filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Our Daily Bread) sets off on a journey from Europe to Africa, documenting European ideas of and prejudices toward Africans, and vice versa.

What are you looking forward to?