Don Owen will always be remembered for the madness and inspiration that fostered English Canada’s first great narrative film, Nobody Waved Goodbye.
Keep ReadingTanya Tree's The Things I Cannot Change drew immediate praise for its intimate, powerful cinema verité portrait of Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey.
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POV is sad to hear of the passing of prolific doc-filmmaker and innovator Colin Low. In memory of the filmmaker’s commitment to Canadian film, POV would like to share this interview with
Keep ReadingWhen Albert Maysles passed away, it represented an irrevocable loss to the film world. But the demand for the films he made remains.
Keep ReadingYou’d be hard-pressed in 2014 to find anybody working in Canadian cinema who doesn’t owe something to Peter Harcourt.
Keep ReadingStephanie Boyd reflects on meeting Peter Wintonick through a shiny VHS tape of his documentary Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment.
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Keep Reading"Like kids colluding against the world, we had secret code names: he was ‘Peter Red’ and I was ‘Peter Blue'," writes Lynch on Wintonick.
Keep ReadingWhen Peter Wintonick died yesterday at the age of 60 in Montreal, the documentary community lost a great friend, director, producer, film programmer, writer and mentor.
Keep ReadingWorld renowned Canadian documentary film producer Tom Daly died in Montreal on September 18, 2011, aged 93, after a long illness.
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