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30 for 30: A Brief History of Hot Docs Highlights

by Marc Glassman Barri Cohen Pat Mullen
April 27, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

The POV team marks 30 years of Hot Docs by looking back at some of the many names and documentaries that defined the festival.

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Anita Lee, Nisha Pahuja Win DOC Institute Honours

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2022
Industry

Anita Lee and Nisha Pahjua received the DOC Institute Honours as the Rogers-DOC Luminary Award winner and DOC Vanguard Award winner.

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TIFF Talk: Tiffany Hsiung on ‘Sing Me a Lullaby’

by Pat Mullen
September 15, 2020August 9, 2021
Interviews/TIFF

"You don't talk about the things that are uncomfortable and that's a very traditional thing among Chinese families and East Asian families. My films The Apology and Sing Me a Lullaby feed

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The Hottest of Hot Docs

by Marc Glassman Pat Mullen
April 20, 2018April 20, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

In honour of Hot Docs’ 25th anniversary, the POV team picks some of the highlight films and events from the festival so far.

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“Question Everything”: Iris Ng on the Art of Cinematography

by Pat Mullen
November 28, 2017August 29, 2021
Features/Industry

Iris Ng, the great cinematographer of documentaries such as Stories We Tell, A Better Man, The Apology and Netflix’s Making a Murderer, joined NFB producer Lea Marin (Unarmed Verses) for an engaging

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The Apology: complexity and visibility

by Kiva Reardon
November 28, 2016January 7, 2022
Features

Tiffany Hsiung's The Apology considers what it means to say sorry as three "comfort women" seek acknowledgement for the crimes against them.

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Review: ‘The Apology’

by Pat Mullen
April 28, 2016December 19, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Tiffany Hsiung's The Apology is one of the best films ever produced by the NFB as it gives voice to "comfort women" in search of closure.

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Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM “ Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni” 

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“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Bad Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” 
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“Heartbeat”
“Last Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Choice”
“We Were the Scenery”

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POV Wrapped! A salute to the best documentaries of POV Wrapped! A salute to the best documentaries of 2025. 🥳

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