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Issue 94

Film Publicity Secrets: Revealed!

by Christina Clarke
August 14, 2014
Industry

Tips and advice for filmmakers from publicists and industry PR veterans about strategies for a successful film premiere.

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TIFF 2013: More Documentary Peaks

by James Buffin
August 12, 2014
TIFF

Highlights from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival include Finding Vivian Maier and At Berkeley.

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A Fragile Relationship

by Mark Dillon
July 10, 2014
Features

It’s a cautionary tale for documentarians navigating their fragile relationships with their subjects.

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Policy Matters: “The Future of Television Will Not be Televised”

by Barri Cohen
July 3, 2014
Industry

The landscape for documentary funding is mighty parched and could use the infusion of potential new players—even Netflix.

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Game Changer

by Will Di Novi
May 20, 2014
Essays

It’s been 20 years since Steve James' Hoop Dreams reached North American movie theatres and the film has not lost its immersive power.

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The POV Interview: John Kastner

by Marc Glassman
May 2, 2014
Interviews

POV sat down with John Kastner to talk about his films and career as he was preparing for the premiere of Out of Mind, Out of Sight at Hot Docs.

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Hot Docs 2014: All Together Now

by Adam Nayman
April 24, 2014
Features/Hot Docs

Before the Last Curtain Falls, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Self(less) Portrait and Guidelines comprise a telling cross-section of styles and strategies for non-fiction filmmaking

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Hot Docs 2014: Diverse Women, Diverse Docs

by Kiva Reardon
April 24, 2014
Features/Hot Docs

Come Worry With Us! by Hélène Klodawsky, The Sower by Julie Perron, and Absences by Carole Laganière are three very different films by women.

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The Compassionate Eye of Lutz Dille

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo
March 10, 2014
Photography

Lutz Dille created a unique body of documentary photographs that have stood the test of time and lhave a deeper resonance with the passage of time.

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