The Peter Wintonick Award was presented by Jan Rofekamp at IDFA 2013 in honour of the late filmmaker who loved the festival.
Keep ReadingI have mixed feelings about our film, pilgrIMAGE, young as I was when we made it and rather self-conscious about being on camera. But Pete was unfailingly proud of it.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick was a one-off. He channelled his anger and frustration with the world’s injustices into media designed to motivate.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick was interviewed at great length by Pepita Ferrari for her acclaimed 2008 National Film Board feature Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary.
Keep Reading"It took nothing more than a kitchen table chat over a bottle of scotch for us to decide to proceed together on the film that would become Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and
Keep ReadingRemembering Peter Wintonick, Canada's documentary ambassador, with a personalized poem.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick and I never worked together on his films or mine. We just liked to hang out, do things together, talk about docs and discuss my newest rant about how the
Keep ReadingWhen Peter Wintonick died yesterday at the age of 60 in Montreal, the documentary community lost a great friend, director, producer, film programmer, writer and mentor.
Keep ReadingHow far has documentary film production come in the last 20 years since the landmark box office success of Michael Moore’s Roger & Me?
Keep ReadingAn in-depth interview with Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of Montreal's EyeSteelFilm.
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