Payal Kapadia's A Night of Knowing Nothing wins the L’Œil d’Or, Cannes' prize for documentary cinema, with her experimental debut feature. Sergei Loznitsa nets a special mention.
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Telefilm Canada announced financial support for 22 feature documentaries. The projects were selected from 76 applications to the Theatrical Documentary Fund. Headlining the announcement is Buffy Sainte-Marie: Power in the Blood, a
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Canadian Hertiage’s Bill C-10 sets forth amendments to the Broadcasting Act, following a recommendation by the Yale Report to tackle the dominance of tech giants in Canadian screen culture. The centrepiece is
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If one factor marked the Hot Docs 2021 more than any previous live or online iteration, it was the weight of industry. On one hand, the festival’s decision to release all 220
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In episode three of the Perspectives podcast series, Aisha Jamal joins filmmakers Maya Gallus, Shane Belcourt, and Maya Annik Bedward to discuss the art of genre in documentary.
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Filmmakers Lisa Jackson, Joannie Lafrenière, and Aïcha Diop join host Aisha Jamal in a conversation about finding the right format to tell their stories.
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Aisha Jamal joins filmmakers Yung Chang, Ngardy Conteh George, and Baljit Sangra in conversation about fleshing out the themes of their documentaries.
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Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft is this year’s winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association. Anne took the top prize in a live reveal
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Following provincial success, Tënk is bringing a curated, rotating collection of films to Canadian screens from coast to coast.
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DOC responds to the NFB’s strategic plan with steps that include restoring production spending and committing to greater racial and filmmaker representation.
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