Issue 69 - Spring 2008
Tom Perlmutter’s plans for the National Film Board of Canada and the great “best of” lists debate: who needs ’em?
The storm of protest caused by that dry-as-dust technical omnibus document, Bill C-10, shows how Canadian filmmakers rally the troops.
Read MoreA prose portrait of Dr. James Orbinski, Nobel Peace Prize winner for Doctors Without Borders, and the film, Triage, about his efforts to give medical aid in war-torn areas of the world.
Read MoreDoes canonizing a small (in historical and stylistic terms) range of works only serve to limit the possibilities of documentary?
Read MoreAlex Pauk and Alexina Louie are established art music composers on the Canadian musical landscape based in Toronto.
Read MoreAnimator Ryan Larkin could tell a funny story or read you a poem, but then raise his voice in a flash of anger if he felt you were asking too pushy a question.
Read MoreNo one who has known Richard Stringer will ever forget him; he will always be part of the landscape of our imaginations.
Read MorePOV surveys Hot Docs’ exciting selection of films from Iran, a country noted for works that intersect between fiction and documentaries.
Read MoreWas the 2007 Toronto art spectacle terrific—or a terrific waste of time? Wolfe and Cockburn debate.
Read MoreWas VIFF the best of times or the worst of times? Hockenhull reports on great docs and a wasted cultural opportunity.
Read MoreAt 86, veteran filmmaker Richard Leacock comes to Canada for Hot Docs’ Outstanding Achievement retrospective.
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