POV is pleased to present a translation of Martin Delisle’s ‘Québec: l’incontournable documentarie’ from The Stories We Tell. Undeniably, the province of Quebec has created its own particular niche in the history of documentary
Keep ReadingFrance Televisions’ six channels, none of them major, broadcast 7,644 documentaries last season, 351 in prime time. 5,269 hours in all. According to the Canadian Media Fund (CMF), the number of documentary
Keep ReadingIt’s a frigid February evening in Whitehorse when Tanya Tagaq takes the stage. She’s in a black dress and still buzzing from her recent Polaris Prize win. “I just want to tell the children
Keep ReadingThe queer connection to documentary filmmaking is longstanding and unmistakable. Around the world, fiction filmmakers have had to deal with a long history of censorship and repression, meaning images of LGBTQ characters were
Keep ReadingHeritage Minister Joly has teased us with the suggestion that some kind of “contribution” model will happen from OTTs; it just won’t be an “internet tax.” So what will it be?
Keep ReadingRead part 1 of the POV interview with Thierry Garrel here. Thierry Garrel has had an enormous influence on the making of point-of-view aesthetic documentaries over more than four decades. Working first with INA [Institut
Keep ReadingIn its second year, Hot Docs 2017’s DocX program celebrated “documentary work that lives outside of the traditional format.” This year’s program consisted of three special one-off live events, The Maribor Uprisings, Africville in Black
Keep ReadingThe spark of documentary in Atlantic Canada was first lit with the legendary Challenge for Change films shot on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island, introducing a marginalised community to the use of media for the
Keep ReadingFilm histories are highly selective and reflect the biases, tastes and viewing experiences of those who write them. I hope that my following sampling of inward-looking political and activist docs may help
Keep ReadingThis year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival opened with Bee Nation, a crowd-pleasing feel-good story about First Nations kids and their families as they fought like hell to win Canada’s Spelling
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