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The Act of Killing

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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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AI and the New Reality of Documentaries

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 12, 2023
Essays/Features

How will the documentary community be affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes? A look at the trend that has everyone talking.

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Flee and the Weight of Shadows

by Pat Mullen
December 16, 2021
Features/Interviews

An interview with Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen on his animated doc.

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Penny Lane Talks Kenny G and the Matter of Taste

by Jason Gorber
September 17, 2021
Interviews/TIFF

Penny Lane discusses her documentary Listening to Kenny G and the question of who has the right to judge another person's taste.

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Oblique Strategies

by Daniel Glassman
October 15, 2019
Essays/Features

When absence becomes presence, documentaries turn into art. How films like The Act of Killing and Bisbee '17 capture the void.

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A Song from the Streets

by Pat Mullen
May 5, 2019
Hot Docs/Interviews

POV met up with director Jimmy Hendrickx at Hot Docs following the North American premiere of the film to discuss A Punk Daydream, his journey with Eka and Edo, the rich tapestry

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Hybrid Film

by Zoë Robertson
April 19, 2016
Essays/Features

Hybrid film draws on the stylistic and narrative traditions of both documentary and fiction film to varying degrees.

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TIFF 2014: Report on Docs

by Pat Mullen
February 22, 2015
Industry/TIFF

The documentary highlights of TIFF 2014 hit a peak with Michael Moore's statement, “People want to go home and have sex after your movie,”

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REVIEW: The Look of Silence

by Pat Mullen
September 9, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Joshua Oppenheimer follows his The Act of Killing with The Look of Silence: The killers had their story, and now the victims have theirs.

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The 63rd Berlin Film Festival

by Melanie Sevcenko
April 19, 2013
Festivals

Highlights at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival include The Act of Killing, Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter, and Naked Opera.

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