The Academy invites 398 names to its membership, including Daniel Cross, Melanie Miller, Shaunak Sen, and Simon Lereng Wilmont in documentary branch.
Keep ReadingVictoria Lean and Daniel Cross are the recipients of this year’s DOC Institute Honours. Lean was given the DOC Vanguard Award, while Cross received the Rogers-DOC Luminary Award
Keep ReadingDaniel Cross's passion project I Am the Blues is a lovely film, made with a light, respectful touch that will appeal to fans of the music.
Keep ReadingI Am the Blues, Daniel Cross’s first directorial effort in ten years, lovingly depicts humble but spiritually rich musicians who won’t stop playing.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick was Canada’s Documentary Ambassador—and actually the greatest advocate for docs in the world.
Keep ReadingCanadian film funding received further consideration as it pertains to independent documentaries and the big public spenders like CBC and the NFB.
Keep ReadingThere appears to be a fundamental disconnect between the various public bodies empowered to fund documentaries in Canada.
Keep ReadingLixin Fan's first feature Last Train Home is an intensely moving documentary about the migration of peasants across China’s vast terrain.
Keep ReadingWhat happens to doc-makers when they make a film in partnership with NGOs—social agencies and charities? Is it a "good thing"? Or are such projects hopelessly compromised?
Keep ReadingAn in-depth interview with Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of Montreal's EyeSteelFilm.
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