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Gianfranco Rosi on Pompei: Below the Clouds and Encounters with Time

by Pat Mullen
March 27, 2026
Features/Interviews

An interview with Pompei: Below the Clouds director Gianfranco Rosi about creating a constellation of past, present, and future under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

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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

by POV Staff
May 20, 2025
News

Watch the first trailer for Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, which screens across Canadian in June from the National Film Board.

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Now Streaming: Unarchived Corrects the Gaps in History

by Pat Mullen
September 25, 2023
Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, Unarchived shares four stories of communities correcting the gaps in official records.

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Homecoming Review: A Haunting Portrait of Repatriation

by Barbara Goslawski
September 8, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

Suvi West and Anssi Kömi observe the repatriation of Sámi artifacts and cultural ties reconnected in archives in Homecoming.

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Homecoming: Suvi West brings home a film

by Susan G. Cole
September 8, 2023
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Homecoming directors Suvi West and Anssi Köhm about reclaiming and repatriating artifacts of Sámi culture.

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Maite Alberdi on The Eternal Memory: The Year’s Best Love Story

by Pat Mullen
August 17, 2023
Features/Interviews

An interview with The Eternal Memory director Maite Alberdi on telling the enduring love story of Paulina Urrutia and Augusto Góngora.

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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World Review – Bookworms, Rejoice

by Pat Mullen
July 13, 2023
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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World profiles late Italian writer, philosopher, book lover, and keeper of collective memory.

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Beyond Paper Review: Can Memory Be Preserved without Print?

by Marc Glassman
June 9, 2023
Reviews

In Beyond Paper, Oana Suteu Khintirian explores the ways in which memories and stories are preserved in paper, online, and among families.

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Tantura Director Alon Schwarz Talks Memory and Healing

by Jason Gorber
January 24, 2022January 23, 2023
Interviews/Sundance

Tantura offers a metaphorical dig through Israel's painful history and national mythology.

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Elizabeth Klinck and the Art of Archives

by Merrily Weisbord
September 1, 2009April 23, 2022
Features

Renowned film archivist Elizabeth Klinck organizes panels and workshops at international markets to highlight the importance of visual and editorial research.

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WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

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@insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great li @insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great line up of docs including #Antidiva, which screens May 23.

🔗 Get the full rundown of doc highlights at the fest at POV as #InsideOut runs today through May 31. 🌈

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Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Can Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Cannes docs that @filmfest_ca has been reviewing from the fest. 🌴

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Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cul Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cult film? @rockyhorrordocumentary looks at how Rocky Horror became the longest running theatrical release of all time. 

📽 at @tiff_net this week; VOD June 1

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Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for #ElephantsAndSquirrels! 🐘🐿

@nidhilvohra reports on this @hotdocs_ selection that follows efforts to repatriate Indigenous Sri Lankan artifacts. 

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It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️ F It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️

From #Cannes, @filmfest_ca reviews #TheMatch about the tense 1986 World Cup showdown between Argentina and England that had implications beyond the field. 

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🫶 Brampton 🫶 In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offer 🫶 Brampton 🫶

In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offers a love letter to the city's immigrant population. @nidhilvohra spoke with her during @hotdocs_ about representing hometown vibes on film. 

📽 up next at @leveragelens & @regentparkfilmfestiva l/ Open Roof Fest
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Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netfl Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netflix's Martin Short bio is more likely to make you cry than laugh. 😢

But it invites an important lesson about making good use of the time we have. 

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📽 Netflix

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Freshly shucked at @hotdocs_ and playing as @doxaf Freshly shucked at @hotdocs_ and playing as @doxafestival's centerpiece, CONCRETE TURNED TO SAND is an immersive environmental film. 🦪

@nireliofidelio talks with Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora about capturing the flows of intertidal life.

📖 Issue 125
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An archival image of rocker Carole Pope seated in a backwards folding chair. She is wearing a black leather jumpsuit and boots. This is a cover for POV issue #125 with the letters POV in bright pink and the subtitle The Antidiva in yellow.

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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