Philip Hoffman is one of Canada’s most important documentary filmmakers, full stop. To make this case, one only needs to look at the current ubiquity of ‘hybrid documentaries’ and the critical and ethical debates surrounding their emergence.
Crossmedia. Docmedia. Cyberdocs. New Media, Next Media, Now Media. 360 degree programming. Multiplatform. The documentary dictionary is expanding via Submarine.
The second part of a career-spanning interview with Peter Mettler discusses his early days as a cinematographer for such narrative filmmakers as Atom Egoyan and Patricia Rozema.
I strongly urge the forming of a national digital panel, one that will bring together leading players from all sectors to begin to think through the long-term issues related to the development of a strong digital Canada.
How did indie filmmaker Ruba Nadda make her new feature starring Patricia Clarkson? Tong looks at the creative and financial struggles involved in making a Canadian film—shot in Egypt for an international market.
