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Winnie Wang

Winnie Wang is a writer based in Toronto. Their work can be found in Cinema Scope, Documentary Magazine, and Little White Lies.

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The Memory Palace: Or, If These Walls Could Talk

by Winnie Wang
March 23, 2026
Essays/Features

How films like Okuirmono, The Nest, and This House explore the histories embedded within the walls of our family homes.

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Two male high school students lean against a brick wall. The one on the left is wearing a red t-shirt with a dark striped tie, and the one on the right is wearing a tan trench coat, white shirt, and loose black tie. He is holding the lapels of the coat.

Faking It: Mockumentaries Tell the Truth — or Do They?

by Winnie Wang
February 9, 2026
Essays/Features

How mockumentaries like The Dirties, Punishment Park, and The Clowns play with our suspension of disbelief and the line between fiction and non-fiction.

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Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith "Little Edie" Beale behind the scenes of GREY GARDENS ('75) with directors Albert & David Maysles.

A Family Affair: Siblings Who Teamed up as Directors

by Winnie Wang
August 1, 2025
Essays

A snapshot of a few exemplary sibling-director duos who have contributed to documentary filmmaking throughout history, from the Lumières to the Maysles to the Rosses.

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Yuqi Kang’s Freedive with Jessea Lu

by Winnie Wang
January 13, 2025
Features/Interviews

7 Beats Per Minute director Yuqi Kang reflects upon making a documentary with freediver Jessea Lu and swimming outside the usual director-subject relationship.

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Meet the Champions of Creative Documentary: An interview with the artistic directors of RIDM

by Winnie Wang
November 28, 2024
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RIDM artistic directors Ana Alice de Morais, Hubert Sabino-Brunette, and Marlene Edoyan share how programming as a collective reimagines festival curation.

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TIFF Wavelengths’ “Exposé(s) – Jean-Luc Godard/John Smith” Contrasts Two Legends

by Winnie Wang
September 25, 2024
Reviews/TIFF

TIFF Wavelengths Programme 3 Exposé(s) - Jean-Luc Godard/John Smith contrasts the work of two legends in experimental cinema.

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TIFF Wavelengths’ “Ride the Wave” Opens a Sea of Possibilities

by Winnie Wang
September 20, 2024
Reviews/TIFF

TIFF Wavelengths Programme 2 includes short films by Beatrice Gibson, Nick Gordon, Daphne Xu, Leonardo Pirondi, Chris Kennedy, and Tiffany Sia.

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TIFF Wavelengths’ “Eye and Ear Control” Is an Immersive Sensory Experience

by Winnie Wang
September 15, 2024
Reviews/TIFF

Reviews of short films in the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Wavelengths screening of Eye & Ear Control in homage to Michael Snow.

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Lázaro at Night Review: All the World’s a Stage

by Winnie Wang
September 14, 2024
Reviews/TIFF

Nicolas Pereda's Lázaro at Night explores layers of performance as three actors play characters in a love triangle.

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