In part one of a career-spanning interview, Peter Mettler shares his thoughts about his work since Gambling, Gods, and LSD.
A science and eco-oriented look at three docs about water: Flow, Blue Gold and Waterlife.
What a time it’s been for private Canadian broadcasters. Here they are, in the midst of a mini depression, on the ropes from falling ad revenue, and swimming in debt.
Mark Peranson’s Waiting for Sancho absolutely belongs in the pages of a Canadian magazine attuned to documentary and independent cinema and its absence from this year’s Hot Docs lineup is worth noting.
Montreal-based filmmaker Brett Gaylor talks about creating his documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto about copyright and the digital revolution.
The NFB is central to B.C.’s indie doc sector. Eisner investigates the Board’s accomplishments and goals in Vancouver and beyond.
In Love at the Twilight Motel, Alison Rose discovers what it's like to film a doc about a “by the hour” motel.
Capturing Reality about the art of the documentary, is very much an homage to the NFB as well. Ferrari takes us through her memories of the films and filmmakers she interviewed for her doc.
At 76, Alanis Obomsawin is circling back to her early focus on language, education, and children. “I want to make a series of short children’s films,” she tells me.
An in-depth interview with Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of Montreal's EyeSteelFilm.