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The Way Back: An Analogue Dogme for the Digital Documentary Editor

by Nick Hector
August 22, 2023
Essays/Features

Veteran film editor Nick Hector explores how approaching material with both analogue and digital methods yields distinct results.

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AI and the New Reality of Documentaries

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 12, 2023
Essays/Features

How will the documentary community be affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes? A look at the trend that has everyone talking.

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POV Issue #118: Editor’s Note

by Marc Glassman
April 20, 2023
Features

POV editor Marc Glassman offers highlights for Issue #118, which features stories about new works at Hot Docs 2023 and more!

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Unseen Skies Review: The Space Race and the Face Race

by Pat Mullen
March 2, 2023
Reviews

Unseen Skies follows artist and geographer Trevor Paglen as he embarks on an ambitious question: to launch an art installation in space.

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Sophia Review: A.I. Analyzed Intelligently

by Jason Gorber
June 11, 2022June 13, 2022
Festivals/Reviews

Sophia, directed by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle, profiles David Hanson's innovations in artificial intelligence.

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The Human Factor: Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality

by Jason Gorber
April 28, 2021December 11, 2021
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

It was the late, great Freddie Mercury who famously asked, “Who wants to live forever?” Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality provocatively tries to answer this quandary and asks questions of her own.

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What’s Hot at Hot Docs

by Pat Mullen
April 27, 2021August 9, 2021
Festivals/Hot Docs

This year’s edition of Hot Docs is again virtual, but it looks like the characteristically robust line-up the festival usually offers. With 220 documentaries, the scale of this year’s event isn’t far

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Coded Bias Review: Is Technology Racist?

by Pat Mullen
February 12, 2021August 9, 2021
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Coded Bias is a chilling doc probes the implications of facial recognition software and algorithms.

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Review: ‘Hi, AI’

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2019December 11, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Hi, AI (Germany, 85 min.) Dir. Isa Willinger Programme: World Showcase (North American Premiere) It’s been six years since Spike Jonze told the story of Theo and Samantha in Her. Cut to 2019

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“I’m Sure You’ll Agree There’s Some Truth in What I Say”

by Gerry Flahive
May 10, 2018August 21, 2021
Essays/Features

This is the story of a voice, its documentary roots, its skilful theatricality, and its impact on the culture and technology. How Canadian actor Douglas Rain gave his voice to 2001: A

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