Issue 74 - SUMMER 2009
POV‘s annual Hot Docs issue spotlights the dynamic duo of Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin, who are changing the landscape for Canadian documentary through EyeSteelFilm.
Saltzman journeyed with her filmmaker father, Paul, to Sundance for his premiere screening of the feature doc Prom Night in Mississippi. She reports about Park City, Obama, tourism and political cinema.
Read More"I was in front of a tremendous force of life, like a little, strong and thin gold shaft of wheat, who shines without any doubts," Laura Bari says of Antoine.
Read MoreJennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier discuss their documentary Act of God, which opens the 2009 Hot Docs Film Festival.
Read MoreAn in-depth interview with Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of Montreal's EyeSteelFilm.
Read MoreAt 76, Alanis Obomsawin is circling back to her early focus on language, education, and children. “I want to make a series of short children’s films,” she tells me.
Read MoreCapturing Reality about the art of the documentary, is very much an homage to the NFB as well. Ferrari takes us through her memories of the films and filmmakers she interviewed for her doc.
Read MoreIn Love at the Twilight Motel, Alison Rose discovers what it's like to film a doc about a “by the hour” motel.
Read MoreThe NFB is central to B.C.’s indie doc sector. Eisner investigates the Board’s accomplishments and goals in Vancouver and beyond.
Read MoreMontreal-based filmmaker Brett Gaylor talks about creating his documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto about copyright and the digital revolution.
Read MoreMark Peranson’s Waiting for Sancho absolutely belongs in the pages of a Canadian magazine attuned to documentary and independent cinema and its absence from this year’s Hot Docs lineup is worth noting.
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