When Peter Wintonick died yesterday at the age of 60 in Montreal, the documentary community lost a great friend, director, producer, film programmer, writer and mentor.
Watching Marcel Ophüls’ films again was both a thrilling and enriching experience. There was still something new to discover in every one of them.
Will Pascoe’s documentary Lost Heroes explore the often-tragic plight of the Canadian superhero.
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, The Devil's Lair, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, and 12 O'Clock Boys bring new takes on true crime to Hot Docs.
Unless the CRTC can be persuaded by powerful lobby groups, we won’t get the chance to revisit program categories and this group licencing regime until 2014.
With broadcasters demanding companion interactive digital content, are video games the latest form of documentary?
Watermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.
On the occasion of their 10th anniversary, the Cinema Politica team chooses their Top 10 moments from their first decade (with one honourable mention.)
Montreal’s documentary film project Cinema Politica celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. Founders Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton look back at their success and discuss the future of an organisation that has gone viral, with over 90 chapters.
With films like Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan, Harvard's Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL) breaks ground for non-fiction.