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Keep ReadingPOV editor Marc Glassman and Kevin McMahon debate the latter's revolutionary suggestion that documentary is Canada's national art form.
Keep ReadingMichel Brault’s seminal work in documentary is honoured with the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award by Hot Docs.
Keep ReadingHot Doc’s Canadian Spectrum is an eagerly anticipated survey of the current crop of Can-docs. Here’s the skinny.
Keep ReadingLisanne Pajot and James Swirsky's Indie Game: The Movie makes its Hot Docs debut after scoring an editing prize in Sundance's World Cinema competition.
Keep ReadingAn intimate portrait by POV international editor Wintonick of Ally Derks, IDFA (International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam) founder and Executive Director and the winner of the Doc Mogul Award this year.
Keep ReadingWith four successful films in 10 years, and a recent marriage and a baby, Alan Zweig is cautiously happy, but admits it wasn’t always so.
Keep ReadingLike 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 ReadingTrish Dolan's Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson and David York's Wiebo's War offer radical portraits of environmental renegades.
Keep ReadingLeading doc festivals IDFA, Hot Docs and One World in Schools (OWiS) are leading the way in teaching young students how to make and understand non-fiction films.
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