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Celebrate National Canadian Film Day’s 10th Anniversary with Great Docs!

by Ry Pembroke Audrey Chan
April 19, 2023
Features

Mark National Canadian Film Day and its 10th anniversary by streaming great documentaries like Nahanni, Self-Portrait, and Paperland.

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Win Tickets to the Kingston Canadian Film Festival!

by Pat Mullen
February 20, 2023
Festivals

The 2023 Kingston Canadian Film Festival runs in theatres March 2 to 5.

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Kingston Canadian Film Festival Announces 2023 Line-up

by Pat Mullen
February 3, 2023
Festivals

Docs at the 2023 Kingston Canadian Film Festival include The Colour of Ink, To Kill a Tiger, Shelter, Black Ice, and Family of the Forest.

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Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2022
TIFF

TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list for 2022 includes To Kill a Tiger, Black Ice, and This House on the documentary front along with short docs from Alanis Obomsawin, Claire Sanford, and Guillaume

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2022 TIFF Docs Report: Aka the Poitras Show

by Pat Mullen
September 19, 2022September 23, 2022
Features/TIFF

Surveying the 2022 TIFF Docs programme in which Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was the clear standout in a strong field.

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Black Ice, To Kill a Tiger Lead TIFF Doc Winners

by Pat Mullen
September 18, 2022
TIFF

Black Ice wins the TIFF People's Choice Award for Documentary, while To Kill a Tiger wins Best Canadian Feature at TIFF 2022.

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Black Ice Review: How ‘Canada’s Game’ Dropped the Puck

by Courtney Small
September 12, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

In Black Ice, Hubert Davis deconstructs systemic racism in hockey and highlights the Black athletes have persevered in perceived 'white spaces'.

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Black Ice Confronts Racism in Hockey

by Perry King
September 8, 2022February 6, 2023
Features/TIFF

Black Ice considers the racist history of "Canada's Game" and inclusion efforts.

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TIFF Announces Full Canadian Line-up for 2022 Festival

by Pat Mullen
August 10, 2022August 11, 2022
TIFF

Canadian docs for 2022's festival include To Kill a Tiger, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, Ever Deadly, The Colour of Ink, and 752 Is Not a Number.

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Hubert Davis’s Black Ice Leads Docs in TIFF Gala Announcement

by Pat Mullen
July 28, 2022
TIFF

Black Ice, Moonage Daydream, Sidney, Good Night Oppy, and The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile are among the documentaries announced for TIFF's Galas and Special Presentations line-ups.

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What does it mean to graduate from a university wh What does it mean to graduate from a university while students protest for human rights and the institutions issuing their diplomas fail to hear their concerns?

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If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of imm If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of immersion, does the mean its a perfect fit for VR? 🥽

In an new essay, @silafaen looks at documentaries like #TheRealityOfHope that are produced in the VR world and docs made in the gaming space like #GrandTheftHamlet to consider a new frontier for non-fiction!

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Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an e Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an exclusive clip introducing the dogs from @endlesscookie_movie! Catch this zany animated doc in theatres June 13. 🍪

Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at @hotdocs_.

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Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, fo Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, for supporting the arts in our community! Our OAC grant has allowed us to publish two print issues annually and year-round online stories covering many film festivals and documentary filmmakers in Ontario and across Canada! 🙏 #thankful #ONarts #documentary #magazines
Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfes Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfest! 📽

Some POV approved highlights include:
- Come See Me in the Good Light 😭
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- Shelf Life 🧀
- Front Row 🩰

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The festival runs May 29 - June 1! #documentary #BMFM2025 #BlueMountain #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #MistressDispeller #FrontRow #movies #film
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.

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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:
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2. Endless Cookie
3. Antidote
4. Coexistence, My Ass!
5. Saints and Warriors

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