Becoming Who I Was (South Korea, 96 min.) Dir. Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon Programme: Special Presentations (North American Premiere) Despite his young age—five years old when production for this eight-years-in-the-making doc began—Padma Angdu is a wise and noble monk of noble standing and birth. The young boy is what the Tibetans call a “Rinpoche.” Angdu
Issue 108 of POV featured Barri Cohen’s popular Policy Matters column (Shame, Shame, Shame), which referred to the Canada Media Fund (CMF) in regards to Allarco Entertainment Limited Partnership (“Super Channel”). The article drew quite some attention from peers in the industry with concerns to Super Channel’s ongoing implications for the state of documentary funding in Canada. In particular, the
Canada’s media establishment got it right when they approached Jesse Wente to be the first director of the new Indigenous Screen Office (ISO). Articulate and passionate, Wente has been a cultural columnist for CBC Radio since 1996. Until last fall, Wente was the head of TIFF Cinematheque, where he curated the First Peoples Cinema series. Wente, who is Ojibwe from
Metamorphosis (Canada, 85 min.) Dir. Nova Ami, Velcrow Ripper Velcrow Ripper, ace sound designer and veteran documentary filmmaker has combined forces with his life partner Nova Ami on Metamorphosis, a beautiful meditative piece on the environment. Using the caterpillar and the monarch butterfly as a central metaphor, they suggest that, for the most part, humanity is
The Quest of Alain Ducasse (France, 84 min.) Dir. Gilles de Maistre We’re in a time when Anthony Bourdain, Paul Bocuse and Wolfgang Puck are superstars. Everyone can start a conversation by asking if you have a favourite new superfood—is it quinoa or coconuts?—and what foodie shows are the ones you obsess over on TV.
Shortly after Ruth Bader Ginsburg proved herself the coolest superhero since Black Panther, Wilma Mankiller shows her muscles as a trailblazer for equality in the USA.
There’s nothing more satisfying than watching a group of trailblazing women unabashedly deconstruct a historically patriarchal system. That’s why Amy Adrion’s debut documentary Half the Picture, which played at the 2018 Inside Out Festival, is a must-see.
Terrence McNally fills the air with humour, passion and love – for life and theatre – in Jeff Kaufman's Every Act of Life.
This Zen-like doc from Kensei Fushihara offers a relaxed look at Shuichi Tsubata, who was 90 years old at the time of filming but passed away in 2015.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? asks audiences to consider the world they wish to create for others. The film demonstrates the positive impacts of compassion and tolerance as Rogers’ folksy show resonates at a time when media old, new, and social, are saturated with relentless negativity.