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 ReadingNow streaming from the NFB, Wintopia is a documentary portrait of late filmmaker Peter Wintonick by his daughter, Mira Burt-Wintonick.
Keep ReadingMira Burt-Wintonick discusses her new film Wintopia, a moving and personal reflection about her late father, Peter Wintonick -- filmmaker, former POV editor, and Canada's documentary ambassador.
Keep ReadingVeteran doc directors Peter Wintonick and Hubert Sauper discuss colonialism, flying and filmmaking.
Keep ReadingβIf I find the right utopia, Iβll stay there and send you a postcard," said Peter Wintonick. Marc Glassman introduces our special issue in memory of the late filmmaker.
Keep ReadingStephanie Boyd reflects on meeting Peter Wintonick through a shiny VHS tape of his documentary CinΓ©ma VΓ©ritΓ©: Defining the Moment.
Keep ReadingThereβs a tingling contradiction in the idea of a documentary about Utopias: how does one ethnographize a βnon-existent placeβ?
Keep Reading"When I was young with zero experience, Peter set me on the path to becoming a documentary filmmaker."
Keep ReadingMany people can articulate Peter Wintonick's enormous influence, so Cizek offers a personal perspective on the "laughing Buddha of documentary."
Keep Reading"Like kids colluding against the world, we had secret code names: he was βPeter Redβ and I was βPeter Blue'," writes Lynch on Wintonick.
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