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Manufacturing the Threat Review: The Secrets of Canadian Security

by Alejandra De La Huerta
February 1, 2024July 28, 2025
Festivals/Reviews

In Manufacturing the Threat Amy Miller explores the story of Ana Korody and Omar Nuttall being manipulated for the Canada Day bomb plot in 2013 by the Canadian state.

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Review: ‘Little India: Village of Dreams’

by Pat Mullen
July 3, 2017November 28, 2021
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Little India: Village of Dreams shows why Toronto earns the distinction as ‘the most diverse city in the world’.

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CanDocs – Spring 2005

by Katherine Dodds Kalli Paakspuu Laura Turek Steven James May
February 2, 2005August 8, 2021
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BRITISH COLUMBIA — Katherine Dodds Paris Stories Paris Stories, The Fiction of Mavis Gallant tells the story of Canada’s famously “unknown” writer. One of The New Yorker’s most frequently published short story writers, Gallant often

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CanDocs – Winter 2004

by Katherine Dodds Kalli Paakspuu Laura Turek Steven James May
December 2, 2004September 25, 2021
Features/Industry

BRITISH COLUMBIA — Katherine Dodds Adam’s Eyes Adam is 12-year-old boy. His mother is a filmmaker. Adam also has a form of autism known as Asperger’s Syndrome. Director/Producer and mother Marianne Kaplan decided to

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CanDocs – Fall 2004

by Kalli Paakspuu Steven James May Laura Turek Katherine Dodds
September 3, 2004August 8, 2021
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BRITISH COLUMBIA – Katherine Dodds Secrets “It was going to be a look at how sex education has changed over the last 50 years,” says producer Trish Williams about Secrets, the one-hour

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As we count down to #TIFF50, our writers pick 50 d As we count down to #TIFF50, our writers pick 50 docs that defined the first 50 years of @tiff_net!

Among the highlights:
📽 Harlan County USA (TIFF '76)
📽 Stop Making Sense (TIFF '84 & '23)
📽 Comic Book Confidential (TIFF '88)
📽 Roger & Me (TIFF '89)
📽 Pina (TIFF '11)
📽 The Act of Killing (TIFF '12)
📽 I Am Not Your Negro (TIFF '16)
📽 @freesolofilm (TIFF '18)
📽 @thebandfilm (TIFF '19)
📽 @tokillatigerdoc (TIFF '22)

What are some of your favourites?

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

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How does a community come together amid tragedy? How does a community come together amid tragedy?

@ibopwebop tells @truedaley about telling the story of Nicholas Gibbs and shedding light on local issues in Montreal. 

Now online from issue #123!

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/night-watches-us-a-father-remembered/

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Gen AI is flooding our screens. What does that mea Gen AI is flooding our screens. What does that mean for #documentary? 

@nidhilvohra looks at Gen AI in filmmaking and considers it from the pov of ethics, labour, and environmental impact. 🖲

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/does-generative-artificial-intelligence-represent-reality-in-filmmaking/

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Now online from #POV123, @smallmind1978 examines h Now online from #POV123, @smallmind1978 examines how a cohort of Black filmmakers explores diverse canvases for storytelling.

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/shifting-forms-black-auteurs-explore-diverse-canvases/

📷: @blknws: Terms and Conditions (coming to #tiff50!)

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New hat! Toronto's double Michelin-starred omakase New hat! Toronto's double Michelin-starred omakase chef Masaki Saito graces the cover of #POV124 as our new issue heads to the printer before STILL SINGLE premieres at @tiff_net 🍣 

Here's a taste of what's inside our new issue. #Subscribe today to read it! https://povmagazine.com/issue-124-fall-winter-2025/

🙏 Thank you to all our writers who contributed to this issue, and everyone who helped make it happen, and especially to @telefilm_canada for sponsoring this issue and our online #tiff50 coverage!

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"With Powwow, something that’s really special is "With Powwow, something that’s really special is that it is such a communal event, but also it is quite an individual journey."

@bird.grl tells @nidhilvohra about the personal and collective power of #Powwow and her documentary #UnderTheArbor, now streaming on @cbcgem. 🪶

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/how-under-the-arbor-celebrates-the-collective-spirit-of-powwow/

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"I am a single mom, and I understood that there wa "I am a single mom, and I understood that there was a complicated relationship with his mother. I really wanted to tell an intimate family story."

Amy Berg tells @_rachelkh about her approach to telling #JeffBuckley's story through the women in his life in @itsneverovermovie. 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/amy-berg-tells-jeff-buckleys-story-through-women-who-knew-him-best/

📽: opens at @hotdocs_ this weekend!
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After igniting one of the biggest controversies in After igniting one of the biggest controversies in Canadian film, #RussiansAtWar is now available to stream in self release.

Read why our critic says it's important to see this film as a flashpoint in freedom of speech debates, and as a document of an unfolding crisis. 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/russians-at-war-sees-release-and-deserves-your-consideration/

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#Subscribe today to read these stories (and the stragglers!) when #POV124 hits mailboxes this September! 

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