Intrepid journalist Nancy Lanthier uncovers some hot topics in her peek at some of the top film schools in Canada’s farthest west provinces as part of POV's annual education survey.
When you think of film schools east of Ontario, the names Concordia and NSCAD spring to mind. Both schools boast reputable programmes, but residing in their shadows are some surprises.
Leading doc festivals IDFA, Hot Docs and One World in Schools (OWiS) are leading the way in teaching young students how to make and understand non-fiction films.
Everyone, including the CBC, always pledges that they’ll negotiate in good faith to create them, but ’casters are so powerful that nothing can really compel them to come the table and stay there.
It’s hard to believe, but a quarter-century has passed since Nik Sheehan made the first Canadian documentary response to the AIDS epidemic, No Sad Songs.
Highlights from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) include Frederick Wiseman, Morgan Spurlock, Davis Guggenheim, and Kim Longinotto.
Building critical, creative knowledge communities around both—seeing and knowing—will strengthen documentary and improve education.
A recently reconstructed doc by Pier Paolo Pasolini proves his insights—on war, the media, work, and religion—remain timely.
For independent artists in American docs, the support structure has always been less defined and promoted than it has been for organizations.