The POV team marks 30 years of Hot Docs by looking back at some of the many names and documentaries that defined the festival.
Keep ReadingRaymonde Provencher is the subject of Hot Docs 2022 Focus On retrospective for her career documenting urgent human rights stories with compassion and care.
Keep ReadingWhat is a feminist film? This question can cause confusion when it comes to reflecting on the history of filmmaking that’s been labeled as such, given that the definitions will vary depending
Keep ReadingIt is certainly one of the most justified criticisms of the NFB’s feminist Studio D that it took so long for the unit to produce a feature-length film about the lives of
Keep ReadingAn appreciation of programmer and filmmaker Lynne Fernie's contribution to the Canadian scene upon her retirement from Hot Docs.
Keep ReadingOn Jean Bruce and Gerda Cammaer’s monograph Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic about Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman's 1992 doc.
Keep ReadingAfter a long career devoted to documentary, do I think that it is intrinsic to the Canadian way of life? Yes, I do.
Keep ReadingHot Doc’s Canadian Spectrum is an eagerly anticipated survey of the current crop of Can-docs. Here’s the skinny.
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