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Review: ‘Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield’

by Liam Lacey
May 2, 2017November 14, 2021
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Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield Japan, 99 minutes Dir. Saburo Hasegawa Programme: Made in Japan, (Canadian Premiere.)   From Palestinian refugee camps, to the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, veteran Japanese photojournalist Ryuchi

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Review: ‘Living the Game’

by Liam Lacey
May 1, 2017November 14, 2021
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Living the Game (Japan, 88 minutes) Dir. Takao Gotsu Programme: Magnificent Obsessions (International Premiere)   A documentary about champions who sit and twiddle their thumbs and fingers, Living the Game explores the

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Review: ‘A Room of Her Own’

by Liam Lacey
May 1, 2017November 14, 2021
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A Room of Her Own: Rai Naito and Light (Japan, 87 minutes) Dir. Yuko Nakamura Programme: Made in Japan (North American Premiere)   An art film, an anxiety therapy diary and a

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Review: Raise Your Arms and Twist’

by Maurie Alioff
May 1, 2017November 14, 2021
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Raise Your Arms and Twist, Documentary of NMB48 (Japan, 95 min.) Dir. Atsushi Funahashi Programme: Made in Japan (Toronto Premiere)   Atsushi Funahashi’s film Raise Your Arms and Twist explores the pop

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Review: ‘About My Liberty’

by Liam Lacey
April 30, 2017November 14, 2021
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About My Liberty (Japan, 165 minutes) Dir. Takahashi Nishihara) By Liam Lacey   In 2015 and 2016, Japan witnessed the biggest student protest movement since the 1960s. The cause was a bill

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Review: ‘Ramen Heads’

by Chelsea Phillips-Carr
April 27, 2017November 28, 2021
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Ramen Heads looks at award-winning chef Osamu Tomito as he shares his philosophy and takes us on a journey of ramen fanaticism.

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Linda Ohama documents psychic and social costs still borne by survivors of the Japanese tsunami

by Nancy Lanthier
October 3, 2016December 21, 2021
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Vancouver-based director Linda Ohama discusses her film A New Moon Over Tohoku.

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Review: ‘The Gatekeeper’

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2016December 23, 2021
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Gatekeeper by Yung Chang tells the story of retired police officer Yukio Shige who bravely patrols the cliffs and saves lost souls.

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REVIEW: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

by Pat Mullen
September 10, 2014January 6, 2022
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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness is a respectful portrait of Hayao Miyazaki and the animation palace of Studio Ghibli.

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Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at @hotdocs_.

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More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six Billion Dollar Man wins inaugural Globes-Artemis Rising Docu Award at Cannes in new collaboration between @goldenglobes and @artemisrisingfoundation. What doc do you think would have won last year?🏆 #documentary #Cannes #TheSixBillionDollarMan #film #movies
🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, 🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, one of the year's top docs, for its Toronto premiere at @insideoutfestival on Saturday, May 24 at TIFF Lightbox. 

The hit documentary about students putting their voices to good use in the national championships for public speaking.

 🎟️🎟️ Want to attend the in-theatre screening of Speak at Inside Out? POV has five pairs of tickets to give away to readers. 

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What film is the opening night gala of Inside Out 2025?

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📨 Email your answer to info@povmagazine.com with the subject Inside Out.

Contest closes May 21 at noon EST.
Inside Out runs May 23 to June 1.

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The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good L The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good Light wins @hotdocs_ Audience Award after holding the #1 spot all festival, while Endless Cookie wins Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. 🗳

Your top five:
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2. Endless Cookie
3. Antidote
4. Coexistence, My Ass!
5. Saints and Warriors

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Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing?

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1. Industry - @barri.cohen offers our first dispatch 📋
2. The Longer You Bleed - @mullenpat on Made in Exile highlight 🇺🇦
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4. They're Here - @smallmind1978 on doc about strange visitors 🛸
5. The Secret Lives of My Three Men - @bgos923 reviews hybrid highlight 🎭
6. I Dreamed His Name - Alexander Mooney looks at a personal journey 🇨🇴
7. Ai Weiwei's Turandot - @marc.glassman on an artist in times of war and COVID 😷
8. Widow Champion - @susangcole looks at sisters in a struggle 🙋‍♀️
9. Circusboy is a Wisemanesque view of the big top 🎪
10. Higher than Acidic Clouds defies censors 🇮🇷

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