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POV Presents Speak at Inside Out: Win Tickets!

by POV Staff
May 8, 2025
Festivals

POV co-presents Speak at Toronto's Toronto's Inside Out LGBTQ+ Film Festival on Saturday, May 24 at 1:00pm at TIFF Lightbox.

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Contest: Win Tickets to See ‘Voïvod: We Are Connected’ at Fantasia!

by POV Staff
July 24, 2024
Festivals

Win tickets to see Voïvod: We Are Connected at its world premiere at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival on July 29.

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Win Tickets to See Someone Lives Here at Canada’s Top Ten

by POV Staff
January 24, 2024
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Win tickets to see the documentary Someone Lives Here on January 27 at Canada's Top Ten with director Zack Russell in attendance.

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Alanis Obomsawin: A Legacy Offers a Definitive Collection of a Master’s Work

by POV Staff
December 24, 2023
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Win a copy of the 12 DVD collection Alanis Obomsawin: A Legacy, a must-own set of the filmmaker's work from the National Film Board of Canada that includes the world premieres of

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Contest! Win Tickets to Love in the Time of Fentanyl in Toronto

by POV Staff
March 22, 2023
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Win tickets to see Love in the Time of Fentanyl at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on March 26 with a panel of film subjects and community leaders.

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Win Tickets to the Kingston Canadian Film Festival!

by Pat Mullen
February 20, 2023
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The 2023 Kingston Canadian Film Festival runs in theatres March 2 to 5.

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POV Presents Geographies of Solitude at Planet in Focus: Win Tickets!

by Pat Mullen
October 4, 2022
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Jacquelyn Mills' award winner Geographies of Solitude screens at Planet in Focus on Oct. 16.

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Contest: Win The Last Tourist on Digital!

by POV Staff
April 7, 2022
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The Last Tourist, a provocative documentary about sustainable travel, is now available on digital platforms.

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POV Presents Docs at KCFF – Win Tickets!

by Pat Mullen
February 28, 2022March 3, 2022
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Win tickets to see Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy and The Secret Society at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, running March 3-13.

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Win Tickets to The Secrets We Keep at Hot Docs Podcast Fest!

by Pat Mullen
January 19, 2022
Hot Docs

Hot Docs Podcast Festival streams worldwide January 25 - 28.

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We're so sorry to hear of the passing of Hot Docs co-founder Debbie Nightingale, who died July 10 at age 71. After getting Hot Docs off the ground and helping it to grow to become North America's largest documentary festival, Nightingale left city life to run the popular Haute Goat farm, which continues to delight attendees. 🐐

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Check out these designs by Juliette Moal and Kaïla Curcio Tremblay. RIDM will announce its full lineup on Oct. 29. The festival runs Nov. 20-30. 📽

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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. 🍪

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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
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