POV Magazine

Hot Docs 2015: Elephant’s Dream

Published on May 7, 2015January 3, 2022

"It’s a tragedy, but there’s also a lightheartedness to it," says Elephant's Dream director Kristof Bilsen in an interview at Hot Docs.

REVIEW: Gayby Baby

by Noelle Elia

Published on May 7, 2015January 3, 2022

Hot Docs/Reviews

Gayby Baby centres on the lives and learning curves of four children in Australia of same-sex parents.

REVIEW: The Cult of JT LeRoy

by Noelle Elia

Published on May 7, 2015January 3, 2022

Hot Docs/Reviews

The Cult of JT LeRoy holds up a cracked mirror, probing into the complex cultural, psychological, and socially-reinforced motivations for pulling off, and buying into, such a scam

Navid Khonsari and the Doc Game Revolution

by Marc Serpa Francoeur Robinder Uppal

Published on May 7, 2015May 21, 2022

Features/Hot Docs

“Documentary” and “game” aren’t words you typically hear in the same sentence, but Navid Khonsari wants to change that.

REVIEW: Seymour – An Introduction

by Pat Mullen

Published on May 7, 2015January 3, 2022

Reviews/TIFF

Ethan Hawke's debut documentary Seymour: An Introduction is a beautiful and touching essay on life and art.

The Power of Interactive Doc as Collective Experience

by Robinder Uppal Marc Serpa Francoeur

Published on May 7, 2015November 7, 2021

Festivals/Hot Docs

A nearly full house gathered at Innis Town Hall for Hot Docs 2015’s special one-night-only performance of Highrise: Universe Within, Live. The last instalment of Katerina Cizek and the NFB’s groundbreaking digital documentary project presents some two-dozen short multimedia “stories” exploring the “hidden digital lives” of highrise-dwellers around the world. With live music performed by Dafydd