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Okay! (The ASD Band Film)

POV Picks for the Available Light Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
February 8, 2023
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the Available Light Film Festival include Eternal Spring, Part of the Pack, Voices Across the Water, Ever Deadly, and Unarchived.

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ReFrame Announces 60 Docs to Screen at 2023 Festival

by Pat Mullen
January 11, 2023
Festivals

Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed opens this year's ReFrame Film Festival on January 26.

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The Best Documentaries of 2022: A Year in Review

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 16, 2022
Features

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Fire of Love top POV's list for the best documentaries of 2022.

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Windsor Film Fest Returns as a Cinephile’s Haven

by Pat Mullen
November 2, 2022November 7, 2022
Festivals

Highlights from the 2022 Windsor International Film Festival as the event returns to in-theatre screenings with something for everyone.

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Windsor International Film Festival Unveils 2022 Line-up

by Pat Mullen
October 6, 2022
Festivals

Windsor International Film Festival unveils 2022 line-up, including documentaries To Kill a Tiger, Eternal Spring, and Okay! (The ASD Band Film)..

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Eternal Spring Named Overall Audience Favourite at Hot Docs

by Pat Mullen
May 9, 2022
Hot Docs

Eternal Spring directed by Jason Loftus named the winner of the overall Hot Docs Audience Award as determined by the public votes.

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Eternal Spring Leads Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award Winners

by Pat Mullen
May 8, 2022
Hot Docs

Eternal Spring, directed by Jason Loftus, wins the Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award for Canadian film while Okay! (The ADS Band Film) and Unloved are runners-up.

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Sirens Leads Hot Docs Audience Award Race as Canadian Titles Go Dark

by Pat Mullen
May 6, 2022
Hot Docs

Hot Docs Audience Award race masks the Canadian titles in the race for the Rogers Award going into the festival's final weekend.

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Okay! (The ASD Band Film) Review: Scrappy, Screechy Fun

by Pat Mullen
May 6, 2022
Hot Docs/Reviews

Okay! (The ASD Band Film) follows the Toronto-based band of Jackson, Rawan, Spenser, and Ron to learn how music guides their journey with autism spectrum disorder.

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Who We Will Have Been Tops Hot Docs Audience Award Update

by Pat Mullen
May 5, 2022
Hot Docs

Who We Will Have Been, directed by Erec Brehmer and his late partner Angelina Zeidler, moves atop the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings.

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📽 @hotdocs_ June 13 & 27, @revuecinema June 16. McKenzie will attend all the screenings for a Q&A.

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What does it mean to represent tragedy through dra What does it mean to represent tragedy through drama?

#Holocfiction explores a history of Holocaust cinema to interrogate the power of film as historical memory. 

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@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at the complicated historues behind two iconic Vietnam War photos in the documentaries The Stringer and Saigon Story. 

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@imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are @imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are some of the documentary highlights at this year's festival devoted to Indigenous storytellers. 🪶

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Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast documentary winners! Congratulations to the team and all the winners. 🏆

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Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature!

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The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tom The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tomorrow! Here are some of the #documentary highlights playing at this year's fest, including several Canadian premieres, music docs, and grand adventures. 🏔

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With purse strings tightening in Canada, must film With purse strings tightening in Canada, must filmmakers look south or to Medici-style patrons to fund their docs?

@adambenzine looks at the Canadian situation in the first of our three-part survey in the state of documentary. 

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WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

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