In 2020, in the midst of one the worst health crises ever to assault the modern world, Hot Docs was one of the first film festivals to come through with a full
Keep ReadingThe 2020 edition of Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Festival follows on the heels of Toronto’s Hot Docs by shifting its annual gathering into a streaming event.
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Keep ReadingDown with access, impact, and story! Let’s reclaim what we value in the films we love to make, and the films we love to watch. Let’s reimagine what festivals can mean.
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Keep Reading“This situation has called to attention how fragile our world is,” says Spaceship Earth director Matt Wolf. “I think the Biospherians felt that in a visceral and even bodily way.”
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