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Netflix Sets Its Own Rules

by Rudy Buttignol
October 9, 2017November 6, 2021
Industry

Last week, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, unveiled her long-awaited cultural industries policy titled Creative Canada. While there are some good bits in the announcement, such as top up money for the

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Policy Matters: Level The Playing Field

by Barri Cohen
January 10, 2017August 30, 2021
Features/Industry

CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais’s term ends in June, 2017. Let’s fight to make sure that he’s not renewed.

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Policy Matters: Is This the Best We Can Do?

by Barri Cohen
May 16, 2016December 20, 2021
Industry

Jean-Pierre Blais, chair of the CRTC, should be fired or have the decency to resign for his indifferent destruction of Canadian media.

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Policy Matters: A Guide for Factual Creatives

by Barri Cohen
September 1, 2015December 1, 2021
Industry

Barri Cohen reflects on the Canadian Media Guild's Guide to Working in Canadian Factual TV Production.

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Policy Matters: The Sisyphean Toil

by Barri Cohen
February 22, 2015November 28, 2021
Industry

It’s unlikely many know the names of the cultural warriors who toil on our collective behalf, so let me shine the spotlight of this page on one of them: Lisa Fitzgibbons

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Policy Matters: Requiem for ‘Independents’?

by Barri Cohen
June 13, 2013February 20, 2022
Industry

Canadian broadcasters are forced into making promises they’ll inevitably break, and find themselves dealing with pesky independent producers.

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Policy Matters: A ray of (Star)light

by Barri Cohen
March 26, 2013March 12, 2022
Industry

Starlight: The Canadian Movie Channel, helmed by Norm Bolen and backed Robert Lantos, could really help Canadian creators and audiences.

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Policy Matters: Miracle in Ottawa

by Barri Cohen
November 20, 2012February 27, 2022
Industry

The CRTC gave a resounding and historic 'no' to Bell's bid to acquire Astral Media. What does that mean for the Canadian landscape?

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Policy Matters: Bell Tolls

by Barri Cohen
February 1, 2011April 15, 2022
Industry

The CRTC bought Bell’s two-step hook, line and stinker, snapping their own credibility so thoroughly as to turn Tony Clement into something few ever thought would be possible: a folk hero.

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The Economics of Internet Television in Canada

by Cameron McMaster
April 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Industry

DOC's policy point person analyzes how TV makes money, even on the internet. Guess who's paying? Filmmakers: read and weep.

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Alice Diop joins us to discuss the documentary roots of #SaintOmer! You can catch her docs now on @mubicanada and SAINT OMER opens at @tiff_net Friday from @films_we_like. 📽

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How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe to tell their story? Here's director Alex Pritz on Tangãi's journey to becoming one of the film's cinematographers.

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Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toront Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toronto until Feb. 15, catch THEN & NOW, the first in a series of double-bills of German cinema streaming online through 2023. 

Among the films screening in this month's selection is the documentary TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER, which observes how younger generations carry the weight of the Holocaust if it is so far removed from their experiences. 🇩🇪

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If social media is the toilet of the internet, wha If social media is the toilet of the internet, what is the solution? BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE sees four women share stories of online harassment. 

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What does it mean when your subject is a key colla What does it mean when your subject is a key collaborator? Here's #Wildcat director Trevor Frost on working with subject Harry Turner to film the re-wilding of ocelots Khan and Keanu. 🐈

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Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with ne Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with news that @netflixca's #IslandOfTheSeaWolves squeaked out the year's biggest controversy to be our top read of 2022! Find out what else drew readers' interest this year, and get some tips on docs to watch (or watch for!) at home and in theatres. #documentary #Bestof2022 #marmot #film 

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Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Trevor Frost joins us to discuss documenting ocelots, collaborative filmmaking, and taking care of a subject's mental health. 🐾 #Wildcat #cats #ocelot #documentary #film #movies 

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Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, t Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, the voice behind beloved characters like #BugsBunny, joins us to talk animation, authentic storytelling, and his doc series @staytoonedtv. 🐰 

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New interview on the site! #MyMindAndMe director A New interview on the site! #MyMindAndMe director Alek Keshishian tells us about filming @selenagomez, creating space for conversations about mental health, and how celebrity has changed since #TruthOrDare #SelenaGomez #mentalhealth #music #documentary #AlekKeshishian
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