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Nidhil Vohra

Nidhil Vohra is a writer, filmmaker, and a Cinema Studies student at the University of Toronto. His work has been published in NDTV, The Tribune, and SAAG Anthology.

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Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Represent Reality in Filmmaking?

by Nidhil Vohra
August 21, 2025
Essays/Industry

On the ethical and environmental dangers of a growing practice of generative artificial intelligence and its use in filmmaking.

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How Under the Arbor Celebrates the Collective Spirit of Powwow

by Nidhil Vohra
August 15, 2025
Interviews

An interview with Under the Arbor director Hayley Morin and producer Mack Stannard about capturing Powwow celebrations and the personalities behind them.

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An evacuation crew carries a rescued lion in a patterned blanket. The crew members are wearing jackets, while the lion is lying down in the blanket.

Checkpoint Zoo Review: Humans Are the Only Animals in this Film

by Nidhil Vohra
August 14, 2025
Reviews

Checkpoint Zoo observes efforts to rescue and relocate animals from a Ukrainian zoo, but it doesn't adequately consider the question of captivity.

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Fans hold up lights at a BTS concert. The view shows a crowd of young people bathed in purple light.

BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young Review – An Army that Serves

by Nidhil Vohra
July 31, 2025
Reviews

BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young observes the global fandom that mobilizes behind shared values and love for the K-pop boy band.

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A husband and wife sit together on a bus. She is resting her head on his shoulder and he looks out the window. They are both white and wearing glasses and in their early 60s.

Walk with Me Review: A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s

by Nidhil Vohra
July 28, 2025
Reviews

Walk with Me documents the life of Charlie Hess after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when his wife Heidi Levitt becomes his primary caregiver.

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Lunenburg Doc Fest Opens Applications for $20K Pitch Contest

by Nidhil Vohra
July 24, 2025
Industry

Lunenburg Doc Fest has opened applications for their pitch contest for short documentaries by underrepresented Atlantic Canadians.

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Two Nepali women sit on a mountainside. They are looking at the camera towards screen right and smiling. One slightly younger woman on the left is wearing a yellow puffy jacket and clasping her hands. The slightly older woman is on the right and is wearing a navy blue puffy jacket.

Snow Leopard Sisters Review: A Feminist Perspective on Wildlife Preservation

by Nidhil Vohra
July 22, 2025
Reviews

Focusing on the two conservationists in the Dolpo region of Nepal, Snow Leopard Sisters is a heartfelt tale of wildlife conservation centred around women's perspectives.

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Documentary Producers Alliance Launches Ethics Resource Library

by Nidhil Vohra
July 9, 2025
Industry/News

The Documentary Producers Alliance launches the Ethics Resource Library to assist documentary filmmakers across production and distribution.

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A woman in her late 20s sits cross-legged on a couch inside her apartment. A man of a similar age sits on a chair opposite her as she interviews him about becoming her roommate.

Now Streaming: Living Together Gives New Meaning to Home Video

by Nidhil Vohra
July 1, 2025
Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, Living Together offers an artful snapshot of Montreal's housing crisis through a Gen Z lens.

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Niall McNeil, an actor with Down syndrome, sits on a throne wearing a crown and medieval costume. An actor stands behind him, wearing a suit and robe, with his hand leaning on the throne.

King Arthur’s Night Review: An Inclusive Peek Behind the Curtain

by Nidhil Vohra
June 27, 2025
Reviews

Backstage documentary King Arthur's Nights offers a remarkable achievement in creating ideologically and formally accessible media.

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An archival image of rocker Carole Pope seated in a backwards folding chair. She is wearing a black leather jumpsuit and boots. This is a cover for POV issue #125 with the letters POV in bright pink and the subtitle The Antidiva in yellow.

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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From The O.C. to POV! Ben McKenzie talks cryptocur From The O.C. to POV! Ben McKenzie talks cryptocurrency and his first feature @everyoneislyingfilm. 🤑

📽 @hotdocs_ June 13 & 27, @revuecinema June 16. McKenzie will attend all the screenings for a Q&A.

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#documentary #movies #benmckenzie #cryptocurrency #money
What does it mean to represent tragedy through dra What does it mean to represent tragedy through drama?

#Holocfiction explores a history of Holocaust cinema to interrogate the power of film as historical memory. 

📽 @tjffgrams June 11

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#documentary #film #moviereview #tjff2026
What stories exist outside the frame? 📷 @gesila.l What stories exist outside the frame? 📷

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at the complicated historues behind two iconic Vietnam War photos in the documentaries The Stringer and Saigon Story. 

📖 Issue 124

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📽 Stream The Stringer on Netflix and Saigon Story on TVO

#Documentary #photography #film #movies #moviereview
@imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are @imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are some of the documentary highlights at this year's festival devoted to Indigenous storytellers. 🪶

📽 On now through June 7

📍TIFF Lightbox

🔗 Festival preview/ links to reviews in bio

#imagineNATIVE #indigenoushistorymonth #film #movies #Toronto
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast documentary winners! Congratulations to the team and all the winners. 🏆

🔗 Get the full list at povmagazine.com 

#CdnScreenAwards #Documentary #bambam #film #awardsseason
Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature!

🔗 visit povmagazine.com for the full list of documentary winners. 

#CdnScreenAwards #documentary #film #awardsseason
The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tom The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tomorrow! Here are some of the #documentary highlights playing at this year's fest, including several Canadian premieres, music docs, and grand adventures. 🏔

📽 May 28 - 31, @bluemtnvillage 

#bmfm2026 #bluemountain #movies #filmfestivals
With purse strings tightening in Canada, must film With purse strings tightening in Canada, must filmmakers look south or to Medici-style patrons to fund their docs?

@adambenzine looks at the Canadian situation in the first of our three-part survey in the state of documentary. 

📖 issue 125
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📷 Speechless/ Elad Winkler

#documentary #filmmaking #cdnfilm #film #money
WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

🔗 link in bio

#whatwillibecome #Documentary #film #InsideOut #mentalhealth
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Issue 125: Spring/Summer 2026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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