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Gaucho Gaucho

Four men in a lab examine a metal tube of cheese. They are all wearing white lab coats and hair nets.

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival Announces Line-up

by Pat Mullen
April 15, 2025
Festivals/News

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival announces line-up for 2025 edition including the Canadian premieres of docs Shelf Life, Front Row, and Middletown.

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Producers Guild of America Announces Documentary Nominees

by Pat Mullen
December 10, 2024
Industry/News

Documentary nominees for the Producers Guild of America Awards include Mountain Queen, Mediha, Porcelain War, Gaucho Gaucho, Super/Man and We Will Dance Again.

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Locarno Film Festival to Screen New Documentaries from Wang Bing, Ben Rivers, Radu Jude

by David Cuevas
July 10, 2024
Festivals

Locarno Film Festival announces line-up for 2024 edition, including new documentaries by Wang Bing, Ben Rivers, and Radu Jude.

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From Hunting Truffles to Herding Gauchos, Dweck and Kershaw Get the Lay of the Land

by Jason Gorber
February 1, 2024
Interviews/Sundance

An interview with Gaucho Gaucho directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw about capturing the mythology of an Argentine culture.

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Gaucho Gaucho Review: Nostalgia for a Fading Way of Life

by Jason Gorber
January 23, 2024
Reviews/Sundance

With Gaucho Gaucho, Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw of The Truffle Hunters fame pay tribute to a way of life riding off into the sunset.

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The Sundance Documentary Watch List

by Pat Mullen
January 18, 2024
Sundance

Films atop our Sundance documentary watch list include Union, Never Look Away, Gaucho Gaucho, Desire Lines, and Conbody vs. Everybody.

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Sundance Announces Line-up for 2024 Festival

by Pat Mullen
December 6, 2023
Sundance

Sundance announces 2024 line-up including the opening night film Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.

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Festober continues with a huge documentary slate a Festober continues with a huge documentary slate at @windsorfilmfest!

The lineup includes #Goodfellas doc 'As Far Back as I Can Remember' with @braccoabroad on hand as an honouree, while docs have a 40% share in the Canadian competition. 

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A family story that crosses continents -- and genr A family story that crosses continents -- and genres!

@ash.da.le tells Alice Shih about making @basbookfilm and sharing her father's story in hybrid fashion. 📕

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So go, Canada. Whoo! Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppe So go, Canada. Whoo! Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim in Toronto for a wild screening of @youcanseeeverything 👀

Lots of talk in the Q&A (no recording allowed in that part) about great Canadian influences, like Allan King, Sarah Polley, and Guy Maddin, plus what happens when you go into a film thinking it won't work out. Turns out, it did!

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But will Oscar voters see everything? 🗳 From the But will Oscar voters see everything? 🗳

From the traditionalists of the documentary branch to a process stacked against documentaries, we look at how #YouCanSeeEverything could make Irshad history. 

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Are docs about the North canaries in the coal mine Are docs about the North canaries in the coal mine? 🐻‍❄

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at how documentaries like @nuisance_bear_film, The Last Ice,  and Angry Inuk spotlight concerns if climate change and geopolitics across borders. 

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