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Daughters

15 Documentary Features and Shorts Make Oscar Shortlists

by Pat Mullen
December 17, 2024March 12, 2025
Industry/News

Oscar shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short include Daughters, Union, Sugarcane, No Other Land, and Dahomey.

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The Best Documentaries of 2024: Ringing in a Tumultuous Year

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 12, 2024February 3, 2025
Features

The best documentaries of 2024 include Mountain Queen, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, Mistress Dispeller, Dahomey, Daughters, Yintah, and No Other Land.

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Sugarcane Leads Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

by Pat Mullen
November 14, 2024March 12, 2025
Industry/News

2024 Cinema Eye Honors nominations include Sugarcane, No Other Land, Dahomey, Daughters, Mistress Dispeller, Look Into My Eyes, and Eno.

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DOC NYC Heats Up with Oscar Contenders and World Premieres

by Pat Mullen
November 13, 2024
Festivals

Highlights at DOC NYC 2024 include Oscar contenders and new works from Ondi Timoner and Dawn Porter.

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DOC NYC Announces Short List Titles for 2024 Fest

by Pat Mullen
October 17, 2024March 12, 2025
Festivals/News

DOC NYC announces Short List selection including Daughters, Union, Sugarcane, and Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa.

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First Trailer for Sundance Audience Award Winner Daughters

by Pat Mullen
July 23, 2024
Features

Watch the first trailer for Daughters, Natalie Rae and Angela Patton's moving portrait of the Date with Dad program, which won the Audience Award at Sundance.

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On Daughters, Dads, and Docs

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2024
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with Daughters directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton about bringing the Date with Dad program to screen in their moving film.

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Pointed View: On Hot Docs and a Festival at Precipice

by Pat Mullen
April 25, 2024
Hot Docs

Where does Hot Docs go from here? A look at the situation for Toronto's documentary festival as it kicks off another--and potentially last--season.

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Hot Docs Highlights: The Sundance Docs Coming to Toronto

by Pat Mullen
April 15, 2024April 26, 2024
Features/Hot Docs/Sundance

Sundance hits touching down at Hot Docs include Daughters, Never Look Away, Luther: Never Too Much, Porcelain War, and Nocturnes.

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Iris Ng, Raoul Peck to Receive Hot Docs Spotlights

by Pat Mullen
March 19, 2024
Hot Docs

Hot Docs announces Iris Ng and Raoul Peck as Focus On and Outstanding Achievement Award retrospective subjects, plus new Festival Favourites programme.

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We chatted with director Michèle Hozer at @windsorfilmfest about her documentary hitting the circuit. 

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Catch LOVE, HAROLD at festivals including @workmanartsto & @windsorfilmfest this week. 

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Part exposé, part empathetic portrait, @a.n.n.n.n.n.n.i.e ’s @onf_nfb doc Your Higher Self explores the booming world of life coaching—a modern phenomenon capturing our society’s obsession with self-improvement.

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"Watch out for the Karen!" Is #ThePerfectNeighbo "Watch out for the Karen!" 

Is #ThePerfectNeighbor the Oscar frontrunner for Best Documentary? 

📽: @hotdocs_ this weekend
👨‍💻: @netflixca Oct. 17

🔗: in stories!

#documentary #truecrime #film #movies #Netflix
Get ready to laugh and cry! @vancityreynolds and Get ready to laugh and cry!

@vancityreynolds and @clinhanks tell us why John Candy: I Like Me invites an important conversation about mental health and captures the star's iconic Canadianness. 🇨🇦

🔗: link in stories

📽: @primevideo Oct. 10

#johncandy #johncandyilikeme #movies #documentary #mentalhealth #tiff #tiff50 #ryanrenolds
"She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox "She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox tells us about her #documentary Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon and remembering the life and work of Toronto's beloved drag artist. 

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🖥: @cbcgem and Passionate Eye. 

📷: Krys Cee

#michelleross #drag #Toronto #movies #cbc #gaytoronto
Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ wit Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ with #TheLibrarians on Oct. 8! 

We chatted with director Kim A. Snyder about looking at the rise in book banning and the librarians fighting for America's kids.

(Link in stories.)

#documentary #books #reading #movies #hotdocs
Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @br Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @brisfos in @theartofadventure__doc!

 The friends and director @alireidfilm sat down 26th @filmfest_ca to talk about their #documentary before it screens at @viffest & @windsorfilmfest. 🚐

Link in stories.

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- Gambling, Gods, and LSD - Sat, Oct. 4 @ 6:15pm
- Scissère - Sun, Oct. 3 @ 7:15pm

Peter Mettler will be in hand at both screenings.

To win,  just email info@povmagazine.com and let us know which screening you'd like to attend! 📽

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