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Midwives

Where Advocacy Meets Industry: Hot Docs and the Market

by Pat Mullen
March 29, 2024April 23, 2024
Essays/Hot Docs/Industry

How Hot Docs Industry supports filmmakers in Toronto, across Canada, and worldwide.

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Kokomo City Leads Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

by Pat Mullen
November 16, 2023
Industry

Kokomo City leads Cinema Eye Honors nominations with six, while The Eternal Memory, 20 Days in Mariupol, and 32 Sounds each land five.

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Geographies of Solitude, Blue Island Top Hot Docs Winners

by Pat Mullen
May 7, 2022
Hot Docs

Geographies of Solitude, directed by Jacquelyn Mills, wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs.

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Mila Aung-Thwin Wins Don Haig Award

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2022
Hot Docs

Mila Aung-Thwin wins the Don Haig Award at Hot Docs. The award recognizes the Midwives producer for a history of work and mentorship.

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Hot Docs Hot Sheet: All the Films We’ve Seen So Far

by Pat Mullen
April 25, 2022
Hot Docs

Hot Docs 2022 highlights include Fire of Love, Navalny, Framing Agnes, I Didn't See You There, Midwives, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, Gabor, and more.

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Hot Docs Adds Navalny, Exiles to Special Presentations Line-up

by Pat Mullen
March 22, 2022
Hot Docs

Sundance winners Navalny, The Exiles, Midwives, and Framing Agnes are among the 15 new Special Presentations titles announced by Hot Docs.

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Canadian Talents Clean Up Among Sundance Award Winners

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2022January 23, 2023
Sundance

Navalny, Framing Agnes, Midwives, and Fire of Love are among the winners of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

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Midwives Delivers Hope Amid a Crisis

by Pat Mullen
January 26, 2022January 23, 2023
Interviews/Sundance

Midwives director Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing and producer Mila Aung-Thwin discuss their documentary about two women who bridge a community in divisive times.

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10 Docs We’re Excited to See at Sundance 2022

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber
January 11, 2022January 24, 2022
Features/Sundance

Our most anticipated documentary list for Sundance includes The Princess, We Need to Talk About Cosby, Midwives, Fire of Love, and more!

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Sundance 2022 Line-up Includes Fichman, EyeSteel, Joynt

by Pat Mullen
December 9, 2021
Sundance

Fire of Love, Midwives, and Framing Agnes represent Canadian talent at Sundance 2022.

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