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A woman holds a film clapper and is viewed in silhouette standing before a sunset.

Documentary Producers Alliance Launches Ethics Resource Library

by Nidhil Vohra
July 9, 2025
Industry/News

The Documentary Producers Alliance launches the Ethics Resource Library to assist documentary filmmakers across production and distribution.

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Yuqi Kang’s Freedive with Jessea Lu

by Winnie Wang
January 13, 2025February 11, 2025
Features/Interviews

7 Beats Per Minute director Yuqi Kang reflects upon making a documentary with freediver Jessea Lu and swimming outside the usual director-subject relationship.

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Skills, Desires, and Dispositions of a Documentary Filmmaker

by Shannon Walsh
December 15, 2023
Features

Governor General's Award winner Shannon Walsh offers pro tips for documentary filmmakers about storytelling, relationships, ethics and adaptation.

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Clair Titley Talks The Contestant and Filling in the Gaps

by Audrey Chan
November 7, 2023November 8, 2023
Festivals/Interviews

An interview with The Contestant director Clair Titley about access to people, archival materials, and different cultures in her documentary.

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Ethics and Accountability: A View from the U.S.A.

by Tom White
September 2, 2023
Features/Industry

What are one’s moral responsibilities when holding the camera in a documentary? A view of new practices in ethics and accountability from the USA.

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DOC Releases Report on Mental Health in Canadian Documentary

by Pat Mullen
May 3, 2023December 9, 2024
Hot Docs

DocuMentality: A Report on Mental Health in the Canadian Documentary Sector is a new report from the Documentary Organization of Canada.

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Subject Review: Asking All of Documentary’s Big Questions

by Pat Mullen
April 5, 2023
Reviews

Subject invites a who's who of the documentary field to consider questions of ethics, representation, and responsible storytelling in non-fiction.

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POV’s Top Reads of 2022: What Drives Doc Readers’ Interest?

by Pat Mullen
December 27, 2022
Features

The most popular reads of 2022 include articles on Island of the Sea Wolves, Jihad Rehab, Deconstructing Karen, Tantura, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

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Sundance Responds to Jihad Rehab Controversy

by Pat Mullen
February 18, 2022
Industry/Sundance

Sundance's Joana Vincente and Tabitha Jackson release statement regarding the controversial festival selection Jihad Rehab.

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Lost Boys Review: Gross Exploitative Filmmaking

by Pat Mullen
May 5, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

“What the fuck am I doing here?” asks the narrator towards the end of Lost Boys. A similar question passed through this reviewer’s mind multiple times whilst screening the film. Lost Boys

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

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/love-harold-review-the-art-of-talking-it-out/

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Experience Your Higher Self with us at @planetinfo Experience Your Higher Self with us at @planetinfocus

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.

📅 October 24, 6:30 PM
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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. 

🔗: Link in stories!

🖥: @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.

#TheArtofAdventure #Film #movies #travel #robertbateman #viff2025 #wiff
🎟🎟 Want to attend this weekend's #PeterMettl 🎟🎟 Want to attend this weekend's #PeterMettler retrospective at @tiff_net?

We have tickets to give away to the following screenings:
- 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! 📽

#film #movies #Toronto #yyz #tiff #tiffcinematheque #giveaway

📷: Scissère
Let us jog your memory! #Milisuthando, the best do Let us jog your memory! #Milisuthando, the best documentary of 2023, finally gets released in Canada thanks to @criterionchannel. We raved about it at Sundance and Hot Docs, now it's your turn. 🐐

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/milisuthando-review-radical-decolonial-cinema/

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