Documentary Culture

  • Browse Docs By
    • Biography
    • Celebrity
    • Doc Classics
    • Environment
    • Film on Film
    • Experimental
    • History
    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Film
    • Indigenous
    • LGBTQ
    • Music Docs
    • Politics
    • Short Docs
    • Sports
    • True Crime
  • Articles
    • Reviews
    • News
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Industry
    • Essays
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
    • DOXA
  • Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe in Print
    • Digital
  • Newsletter
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise

Antón Álvarez

Two men sit on a white wall overlooking a coastal city. One is playing the guitar and the other is singing.

The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés Review: A Doc of Discordant Rhythms

by Jason Gorber
April 26, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Anton Alvarez, aka Spanish hip hop artist C. Tangana, makes his feature debut with an ode to an artist in The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés.

Keep Reading

Search

E-Newsletter

Advertisement

A canoe paddles through a review with the words "Stream Canadian" beneath, followed by the NFB logo.

SUBSCRIBE

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 123: Spring/Summer 2025

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance marks a career-high for creative producer Justine Pimlott.

Follow POV

Advertisement

A canoe paddles through a review with the words "Stream Canadian" beneath, followed by the NFB logo.

On Instagram

pov_magazine

Canada's #documentary magazine
More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six Billion Dollar Man wins inaugural Globes-Artemis Rising Docu Award at Cannes in new collaboration between @goldenglobes and @artemisrisingfoundation. What doc do you think would have won last year?🏆 #documentary #Cannes #TheSixBillionDollarMan #film #movies
🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, 🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, one of the year's top docs, for its Toronto premiere at @insideoutfestival on Saturday, May 24 at TIFF Lightbox. The hit documentary about students putting their voices to good use in the national championships for public speaking. 🎟️🎟️ Want to attend the in-theatre screening of Speak at Inside Out? POV has five pairs of tickets to give away to readers. 👉All you have to do to enter is answer the following question: What film is the opening night gala of Inside Out 2025? a) Cactus Pears b) Baby c) Sauna d) Outerlands Need a hint? Check out the festival lineup! 📨 Email your answer to info@povmagazine.com with the subject Inside Out. Contest closes May 21 at noon EST. Inside Out runs May 23 to June 1. #InsideOut #Speak #movies #Toronto #LGBTQ #gaytoronto #film #contests #queer #documentary
The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good L The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good Light wins @hotdocs_ Audience Award after holding the #1 spot all festival, while Endless Cookie wins Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. 🗳 Your top five: 1. Come See Me in the Good Light 2. Endless Cookie 3. Antidote 4. Coexistence, My Ass! 5. Saints and Warriors Visit POV for the full top 20! (Link in stories.) #hotdocs25 #hotdocs #Documentary #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #EndlessCookie
Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here are some recent highlights from our team: 1. Industry - @barri.cohen offers our first dispatch 📋 2. The Longer You Bleed - @mullenpat on Made in Exile highlight 🇺🇦 3. I, Poppy - @filmfest_ca on Best International Feature winner 🏆 4. They're Here - @smallmind1978 on doc about strange visitors 🛸 5. The Secret Lives of My Three Men - @bgos923 reviews hybrid highlight 🎭 6. I Dreamed His Name - Alexander Mooney looks at a personal journey 🇨🇴 7. Ai Weiwei's Turandot - @marc.glassman on an artist in times of war and COVID 😷 8. Widow Champion - @susangcole looks at sisters in a struggle 🙋‍♀️ 9. Circusboy is a Wisemanesque view of the big top 🎪 10. Higher than Acidic Clouds defies censors 🇮🇷 🔗: visit POVmagazine.com for reviews of nearly every feature at the fest! #HotDocs25 #hotdocs #Documentary #film #movies
Last weekend of @hotdocs_! Don't sleep on some gre Last weekend of @hotdocs_! Don't sleep on some great docs. Lots more this and stories on the site. Highlights include: 1. Shamed 📹 2. Ultras ⚽️ 3. Unwelcomed 🇻🇪 4. Heritage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 5. Queer as Punk 👩‍🎤 6. Betrayal 👨‍⚖️ 7. Apocalypse in the Tropics 🤲 8. Casas Muertas 🇻🇪 9. The Last Ambassador 🇦🇫 10. My Boyfriend, the Fascist 🍑 #HotDocs25 #Documentary #hotdocs25 #movies #Toronto #tgif
What happens when the ghost of Marjory Stoneman Do What happens when the ghost of Marjory Stoneman Douglas appears to you in a dream? @sashawortzel tells us how the Evergladed authir inspired her @riverofgrassdoc at @hotdocs_ 🐊 #ruverofgrass #hotdocs25 #marjorystonemandouglas #Florida #everglades #documentary #film #filmmaking
Director Ewan Waddell and participant/producer Liu Director Ewan Waddell and participant/producer Liubov Dyvak on telling a story from Ukraine through the lens of social media doomscrolling in @hotdocs_' #TheLongerYouBleed 🇺🇦 #HotDocs25 #Ukraine #MadeInExile #slavaukraini #documentary #film #HotDocs
Olympic luge athlete @mirzanikolajev joins #TheTra Olympic luge athlete @mirzanikolajev joins #TheTrack director Ryan Sidhoo and team at the @hotdocs_ encore screening. 🛷🇧🇦 #hotdocs25 #Documentary #luge
Executive producers Felipe Estefan and James Costa Executive producers Felipe Estefan and James Costa do a Q&A and patiently endure some long-winded comments at the @hotdocs_ premiere of Apocalypse in the Tropics. Coming soon to Netflix! #HotDocs25 #Documentary #Brazil
Follow Us


POV is Canada's premiere documentary magazine in print and online.

POV engages filmmakers and film lovers in conversations about the art of non-fiction.

Categories

  • Essays
  • Features
  • Festivals
  • Hot Docs
  • Industry
  • Interviews
  • News
  • Photography
  • Reviews
  • RIDM
  • Sundance
  • TIFF

Archives

Recent Posts

  • First Trailer for Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance Spotlights a History of Activists
  • The Six Billion Dollar Man Wins New Golden Globe Award for Documentary
  • Read NFB Chairperson Suzanne Guevremont’s Statement on Canadian Content at CRTC Hearings
  • Policy Matters: Can Canadian Independent Documentaries Survive?
  • Welcome to Lynchland Review: Celebrating a Hollywood Enigma
CCA
OAC
Government of Ontario

Latest Posts

A black and white photo of a protest march. Several people are wearing masks. They are holding placards with messages including "If I took this off, I would lose my job."

First Trailer for Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance Spotlights a History of Activists

May 20, 2025
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sits at a desk. He has white hair and is wearing a brown suit with a white shirt and black tie.

The Six Billion Dollar Man Wins New Golden Globe Award for Documentary

May 19, 2025
NFB Chairperson Suzanne Guevremont is a Caucasian woman wearing a white blazer. She has blond hair and is seated at a microphone at a grey table.

Read NFB Chairperson Suzanne Guevremont’s Statement on Canadian Content at CRTC Hearings

May 16, 2025
An icon of a videocamera. It is red with a white maple leaf in the centre.

Policy Matters: Can Canadian Independent Documentaries Survive?

May 14, 2025
Filmmaker David Lynch holds a camera at waist-level and looks down into the viewfinder. He is wearing a brown hoodie with a white t-shirt, and a cigarette is dangling from his mouth. He has grey hair and is photographed against a black background.

Welcome to Lynchland Review: Celebrating a Hollywood Enigma

May 13, 2025May 16, 2025

SUBSCRIBE

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 123: Spring/Summer 2025

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance marks a career-high for creative producer Justine Pimlott.

Tags

activism Archive biography Black Stories Canadian film celebrity COVID-19 Documentary Organization of Canada environment experimental family film on film Hot Docs Hot Docs 2016 Hot Docs 2017 Hot Docs 2018 Hot Docs 2019 Hot Docs 2021 Hot Docs 2022 Hot Docs 2023 Hot Docs 2024 Hot Docs 2025 Human Rights hybrid film Indigenous interviews LGBTQ mental health migration music Netflix NFB Oscars Photography politics RIDM Short Docs Sports Sundance TIFF TIFF 2024 True Crime TV Women Youth

© Point of View Magazine
Toronto, ON • Canada

  • Browse Docs By
  • Articles
  • Festivals
  • Issue Archive
  • Subscribe
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Browse Docs By
    • Biography
    • Celebrity
    • Doc Classics
    • Environment
    • Film on Film
    • Experimental
    • History
    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Film
    • Indigenous
    • LGBTQ
    • Music Docs
    • Politics
    • Short Docs
    • Sports
    • True Crime
  • Articles
    • Reviews
    • News
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Industry
    • Essays
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
    • DOXA
  • Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe in Print
    • Digital
  • Newsletter
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise
Go toTop
0 $0.00