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Tomson Highway: Permanent Astonishment – Celebrating Canada’s ‘First’ Playwright

by Pat Mullen
November 11, 2026
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Tomson Highway: Permanent Astonishment celebrates the life and work of the Cree playwright behind The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.

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The New Patron Age

by Adam Benzine
May 26, 2026
Features/Industry

With documentary financing tightening, Canadian filmmakers are increasingly turning to wealthy benefactors to bridge the gap. What will this mean for creative autonomy, accountability, and the art form’s long-term health?

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50 Docs that Defined TIFF: Looking Back at the Toronto International Film Festival

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber Barbara Goslawski Rachel Ho Courtney Small Nidhil Vohra
August 25, 2025
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As the Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its fiftieth edition, our writers pick fifty documentaries that helped define the festival in its first five decades.

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A Seat at the Table: Policy and Advocacy at the Documentary Organization of Canada

by Barri Cohen
February 5, 2024
Features/Industry

Barri Cohen discusses the Documentary Organization of Canada's policy history, it struggles and achievements throughout 40 years of advocacy.

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Three Canadian Documentaries Tapped for SXSW

by Pat Mullen
January 11, 2024
Festivals

Canadian documentaries Plastic People, Adrianne & the Castle, and Hello Stranger are among the films set to premiere at this year's SXSW.

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Money Talks

by Marc Glassman Peter Raymont Andreas Mendritzki
January 4, 2021
Features/Industry

What is the future like for Canadian documentary producers? POV discusses the state of Canadian documentary with two producers, Peter Raymont and Andreas Mendritzki.

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The Best Canadian Documentaries of 2019

by Marc Glassman
December 26, 2019
Features/Lists

The standout Canadian docs of 2019 include nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, This Is Not a Movie, The Corporate Coup d'État, Toxic Beauty, and Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies.

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The Making of ‘Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power’

by Peter Raymont Nancy Lang
November 5, 2019
Features

Peter Raymont and Nancy Lang recall their experience filming literary legend Margaret Atwood for their new documentary.

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Celebrating 40 years of White Pine Pictures

by Marc Glassman
September 7, 2019
Festivals/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Peter Raymont, founder, producer and director at White Pine Pictures, whose films include Shake Hands with the Devil, Genius Within, and TIFF 2019 opener Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson

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Doc of Ages

by Liam Lacey
August 31, 2019
Features/TIFF

Once Were Brothers tells the story of Robbie Robertson and The Band in Daniel Roher's music doc that salutes a Canadian icon.

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