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Alexander Mooney

Alexander Mooney is a critic and programmer who contributes to Toronto Star, Screen Slate, Documentary Magazine, Exclaim, The Globe and Mail, and MUBI Notebook. He also writes the column “Replications” at In the Mood Magazine.

A man appears as a ghostly figure via double exposure atop of a photograph of a field. It is green with a cloudy sky. The man is standing and wearing a white ball cap.

I Dreamed His Name Review: A Personal, If Muddled, Elegy for the Disappeared

by Alexander Mooney
May 3, 2025
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A daughter goes searching for her father, who vanished 30 years prior amid Colombia's history of forced disappearances in I Dreamed His Name.

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A Palestinian family sits around a grain milling stone. They are under a tree. The mother and daughter are wearing black and the son in the middle has a yellow shirt.

Aisha’s Story Review: Doc Portrait Coasts on Its Key Ingredient

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
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Aisha's Story is a personable if slight documentary that observes a Palestinian woman in Baqa’a refugee camp as she makes food from home.

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A man in a neon yellow long-sleeved shirt looks through binoculars in the desert.

Jonah Malak Talks Desert Eagles and Coyotes

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
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An interview with Spare My Bones, Coyote! director Jonah Malak about capturing the story of a couple that recovers the remains of lost migrants.

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Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh direct on a film set. He is standing behind her wearing a grey shirt and ballcap, while she is wearing a green shirt and eyeglasses and has her hand raised. They are both smiling.

Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt Talk The Nest and Re-embodying History

by Alexander Mooney
April 27, 2025
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An interview with The Nest directors Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt about their innovative hybrid film that explores intersections of history within Singh's family home.

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"When I watch a Deaf actor, I’m absolutely mesme "When I watch a Deaf actor, I’m absolutely mesmerized to see them express themselves through Sign, because that’s my version of sound: the hands."

-Oscar winner @themarleematlin and #MarleeMatlinNotAloneAnymore director @shoshannah7 join us to discuss a remarkable career and fighting for change in Hollywood. The film opens Friday at @tiff_net! 🤟

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"Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs." W "Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs."

We're so sorry to hear of the passing of Hot Docs co-founder Debbie Nightingale, who died July 10 at age 71. After getting Hot Docs off the ground and helping it to grow to become North America's largest documentary festival, Nightingale left city life to run the popular Haute Goat farm, which continues to delight attendees. 🐐

Our thoughts are with her family.

Read more: https://povmagazine.com/hot-docs-co-founder-debbie-nightingale-passes-away-at-71/

#HotDocs #documentary
New 'do! @ridm_festival and @forumridm reveal thei New 'do! @ridm_festival and @forumridm reveal their visual identities for 2025. 💇‍♀️

Check out these designs by Juliette Moal and Kaïla Curcio Tremblay. RIDM will announce its full lineup on Oct. 29. The festival runs Nov. 20-30. 📽

#documentary #ridm #film #movieposters
What does it mean to graduate from a university wh What does it mean to graduate from a university while students protest for human rights and the institutions issuing their diplomas fail to hear their concerns?

@nidhilvohra offers a personal reflection on #TheEncampments and graduating amid a movement. 

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📸: Nidhil Vohra

#documentary #film #classof2025
If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of imm If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of immersion, does the mean its a perfect fit for VR? 🥽

In an new essay, @silafaen looks at documentaries like #TheRealityOfHope that are produced in the VR world and docs made in the gaming space like #GrandTheftHamlet to consider a new frontier for non-fiction!

📰: Issue 123, on stands now
🔗: povmagazine.com

#documentary #vr #gaming #movies #film
Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an e Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an exclusive clip introducing the dogs from @endlesscookie_movie! Catch this zany animated doc in theatres June 13. 🍪

Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at @hotdocs_.

#EndlessCookie #movies #dogs #film #animation #documentary #Shamattawa
Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, fo Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, for supporting the arts in our community! Our OAC grant has allowed us to publish two print issues annually and year-round online stories covering many film festivals and documentary filmmakers in Ontario and across Canada! 🙏 #thankful #ONarts #documentary #magazines
Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfes Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfest! 📽

Some POV approved highlights include:
- Come See Me in the Good Light 😭
- Mistress Dispeller ♥️♥️♥️
- Shelf Life 🧀
- Front Row 🩰

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The festival runs May 29 - June 1! #documentary #BMFM2025 #BlueMountain #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #MistressDispeller #FrontRow #movies #film
More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six Billion Dollar Man wins inaugural Globes-Artemis Rising Docu Award at Cannes in new collaboration between @goldenglobes and @artemisrisingfoundation. What doc do you think would have won last year?🏆 #documentary #Cannes #TheSixBillionDollarMan #film #movies
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Walk with Me Review: A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s

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Gimli International Film Fest Boasts a Fine Slice of Non-Fiction

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