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TIFF Wavelengths’ “Maps of Traces” Is a Series of Disjointed Contrasts

by Alexander Mooney
September 8, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

There’s a conceptual gap at the centre of Wavelengths 1: Map of Traces, which feels oddly disjointed for TIFF's experimental programme.

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TIFF Short Cuts Showcases a Diverse Range of Docs

by Pat Mullen
August 8, 2025August 25, 2025
Features/TIFF

TIFF Short Cuts programmers Mariam Zaidi and Sonja Baksa preview the documentary and animated highlights at this year's festival.

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TIFF Announces Wavelengths Experimental Slate for 2025 Festival

by Pat Mullen
August 8, 2025September 24, 2025
News/TIFF

TIFF announces Wavelengths selections for 2025 festival, including Khalil Joseph's BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions and Rhayne Vermette's Levers.

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A speaker addresses an audience from a stage in a darkened theatre. The screen advertises a pitch competition and the logo for Lunenburg Doc Fest appears in lights on the theatre wall.

Lunenburg Doc Fest Opens Applications for $20K Pitch Contest

by Nidhil Vohra
July 24, 2025
Industry

Lunenburg Doc Fest has opened applications for their pitch contest for short documentaries by underrepresented Atlantic Canadians.

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Now Streaming: King’s Court Visualizes the Phrase “Ball Is Life”

by Nidhil Vohra
June 17, 2025
Features

Now streaming from the NFB, King's Court amplifies a Toronto past time where communities gather on the court and the winner keeps the crown by holding court.

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Now Streaming: My Friend the Green Horse Is Alanis Obomsawin’s Ode to Nature

by Nidhil Vohra
June 9, 2025
Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, Alanis Obomsawin's My Friend the Green Horse inspires us to reconnect with our natural world.

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Shorts Spotlight: Saturday Shares a Family’s Story of Defying Ableism

by POV Staff
May 22, 2025
Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, Saturday offers a story about one family's success in defying ableism.

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Hot Docs’ Citizen Minutes Series Inspires Tales of Public Service

by Pat Mullen
April 30, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Hot Docs' Citizen Minutes series returns with tales of public service and individuals inspiring meaningful change in their communities.

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Garanti 100% Kréol & La Mayordomia Review: A Double Bill of Good Fortune

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Hot Docs pairs Garanti 100% Kréol with the short doc La Mayordomia to offer two truly original stories about items that bring about good fortune.

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Now Streaming: Am I the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen Reflects on Body Image and Self-Worth

by POV Staff
April 7, 2025
Features

Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen, now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, is Eisha Marjara's reflection on her past eating disorder.

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@marc.glassman.1 & @mullenpat share their predictions and picks in the Oscar races for Best Documentary and Best Short Doc! Who are you rooting for?

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Ahead of its premiere at @sxsw, @blackzombiemovie Ahead of its premiere at @sxsw, @blackzombiemovie director @mayaannik tells @smallmind1978 about reclaiming the Haitian Voudo roots of zombie culture. 

📰: Issue 124 (sold out on our end,  but check your local bookstore for copies)
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"Whistle delivers a textbook competition doc with "Whistle delivers a textbook competition doc with its hugely entertaining observation of what it means to commit oneself to one’s passion."

📽 @hotdocs_ Mar. 8 at 7:00pm & Mar. 22 at 4:00pm

🎟🎟 Comment here or email info@povmagazine.com and let us know which screening you'd like to attend! We have 2 pairs of tickets to give away!

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@ricbienstock and @barri.cohen talk at lengths about taking risks, getting the hard stories, and making an impact. Read their conversation from issue 123, now online!

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Congrats to @theartofadventuredoc for leading the Congrats to @theartofadventuredoc for leading the audience vote at @yukonfilmsociety's Available Light From Festival! 🗳

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What happens when Everest gets angry? 🏔 #EverestD What happens when Everest gets angry? 🏔

#EverestDark follows veteran climber Mingma Sherpa as he makes another ascent to recover bodies of fallen climbers and put the mountain's soul at ease. 

📽: select theatres beginning Mar. 2
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Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weeken Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weekend! 🏆

This year's nominees are:
🫏 perfectly a strangeness
🩺 The Devil Is Busy
📷 All the Empty Rooms
🪧 Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
📹 Armed With Only a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

🔗: link to review in bio

📽: TIFF; But also streaming! All the Empty Rooms is on Netflix and Seemed with Only a Camera, The Devil Is Busy, and perfectly a strangeness are in Crave. 

#shorts  #film #movies #Oscars #donkeys
How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard him before?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert film editor and executive producer Jonathan Redmon tells us about re-mastering the King himself. 🤴 

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📽: in theatres Feb. 20

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