Like most niche fests, Hot Docs emerged humbly when the Documentary Organization of Canada established it in 1993 as an industry insider’s event, but it's since grown into a premiere worldwide event.
Keep ReadingThere are some festivals that I have come back to year after year, with pleasure, almost with a feeling of being part of the furniture.
Keep ReadingA new European public site for online distribution of documentaries and experimental films, Doc Alliance is a joint effort of five festivals and offers unique access to over 300 films.
Keep ReadingWhat one Canadian learned at IDFA (International Documentary Filmfestival, Amsterdam).
Keep ReadingWhat has happened to the fabulous festival bag? And I don’t mean the aged blonde puffing away on the terrace, martini in one hand, cellphone in the other. Long gone are the
Keep Reading2004 marked the end of an era for the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). After 28 years, the festival is going annual. Why depart from the successful alternating year format? Well, there
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