I learned what it meant to be “adopted” by Peter Wintonick. Together, we attended iDOCS in Beijing, Asian Side of the Doc in Seoul, and IDFA in Amsterdam.
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Keep Reading"His legacy is our challenge: to make work he’d embrace, live up to his generosity, spirit and imagination; and make him proud," writes McKenna about Peter Wintonick.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick lived many lives in his 60 years: filmmaker, father, lover, friend, mentor, writer, curator and editor. He embraced his calling—the creation and promotion of the documentary—with joy and absolute dedication.
Keep ReadingPeter and I I have been to dozens of places around the world, but I’d never been with him in Montreal. He spent so much time on the road devoting his life
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