Canadian films in the past had been well represented at TIFF. This year? Save for Surviving Progress and Pink Ribbons Inc., they will be shockingly hard to find.
Keep ReadingIs it possible to make one-off “POV” docs anymore? A look at the sorry state of Canadian broadcasting.
Keep ReadingTerence Macartney-Filgate is part of a small group of Canadians at the NFB in the late 1950s who helped shape and even invent documentary film as we know it today.
Keep ReadingWith four successful films in 10 years, and a recent marriage and a baby, Alan Zweig is cautiously happy, but admits it wasn’t always so.
Keep ReadingAn anthology by Tom Waugh, Ezra Winton, and Michael Brendan Baker celebrates the NFB’s Challenge for Change documentaries.
Keep ReadingAt its core, the new Canadian film Mulroney: The Opera by Larry Weinstein is an intertwining tale of boy meets girl.
Keep ReadingDouglas Arrowsmith’s documentary about singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, Love Shines, is a meticulously crafted and highly absorbing film.
Keep ReadingIn Mighty Jerome, Charles Office offers a brilliant look at a man from a similar background: Harry Jerome, Olympic runner and icon.
Keep ReadingComposer Lesley Barber is one of those artists who is constantly ahead of the curve. A look at her work from When Night Is Falling to Marion Bridge.
Keep ReadingIt’s hard to believe, but a quarter-century has passed since Nik Sheehan made the first Canadian documentary response to the AIDS epidemic, No Sad Songs.
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