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A image from a police body camera shows a neighbourhood and a field. There is a police car on the right with a crowd of people nearby.

Caught Live: Body Cams, Surveillance Videos, and the New Era of Found Footage

by Jason Gorber
October 15, 2025
Essays/Features

Documentaries like The Perfect Neighbor and 2000 Meters to Andriivka elevate the found footage genre via body-cams and surveillance videos.

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Coming Soon: Issue #123! (Spring/Summer 2025)

by POV Staff
March 10, 2025March 12, 2025
Features/News

Coming soon: POV issue #123 (Spring/Summer 2025) offers highlights from the festival circuit, deep dives on representations of Palestine, VR, body cams, and more!

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Total Trust Review: All Eyes on China in Riveting Doc

by Jason Gorber
May 6, 2023
Hot Docs/Reviews

Jialing Zhang delivers a haunting and vital film that observes the impact of China's surveillance on its own citizens with Total Trust.

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Laura Poitras on All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Harnessing Nan Goldin’s Fight

by Pat Mullen
December 1, 2022January 31, 2023
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An interview with Laura Poitras on All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.

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Self-Portrait Review: Four Seasons of Surveillance

by Rachel Ho
April 6, 2022
Reviews

Joële Walinga's Self-Portrait examines what humans have created on this planet using found surveillance footage and layered soundscapes.

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Against the Polemical: Theo Anthony on ‘All Light Everywhere’

by Jason Gorber
February 9, 2021July 28, 2021
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Much of 2020 was shaped by moments captured via cellphone in which police officers were seen leaning on the neck of George Floyd as he gasped for air. This brutal act of

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TIFF 2020: Enemies of the State Review

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2020August 14, 2021
Reviews/TIFF

One unexpected twist anticipates another in Sonia Kennebeck’s Enemies of the State. The film is a jaw-dropper of a wild-but-true tale that leaves a viewer guessing.

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Review: ‘Dragonfly Eyes’

by Daniel Glassman
September 12, 2017October 24, 2021
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Dragonfly Eyes (China/USA, 81 min.) Dir. Xu Bing Programme: Wavelengths (North American Premiere)   Xu Bing is a Chinese artist of Ai Weiwei’s vintage—they were even roommates in New York—whose most famous

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

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Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

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