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Eric Bauza Talks Stay Tooned and the State of Animation

by Pat Mullen
December 5, 2022
Interviews

A interview with Eric Bauza about his new documentary series Stay Tooned, which explores the power of representation in animation.

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Comedy Punks’ Reg Harkema and Nick McKinney on Documenting Hometown Humour

by Rachel Ho
May 19, 2022
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An interview with The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks director Reg Harkema and producer Nick McKinney on chronicling the iconic Canadian comics.

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Why We Fight Director Maya Annik Bedward on the Power of Returning to Your Roots

by Rachel Ho
June 21, 2021August 7, 2021
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“It usually started with: ‘you were a slave,’ when I was growing up, and that’s just not the case,” director Maya Annik Bedward tells me. We’re discussing what led the Jamaican French-Canadian

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Shelter Review: Building a City

by Madeline Lines
June 3, 2021August 7, 2021
Reviews

Shelter is a documentary of dichotomies. “I feel that I had the best life. I also think that I had the worst life that anybody in this world can have, forever,” says

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His Name Is Ray Review: Seen from the Other Side

by Pat Mullen
May 19, 2021July 7, 2021
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Meet Raymond Martin, or Ray, as everybody calls him. Ray lives in Toronto. The closest thing to a fixed address that Ray has is the intersection of Lakeshore Boulevard and Jameson Avenue

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Redesigning the Anthropocene

by Marc Glassman
May 13, 2021May 16, 2022
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An interview with visionary Bruce Mau about design, changing, and re-imagining the world. The designer's life and career is the subject of the documentary Mau by Benjamin and Jono Bergmann.

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The Face of Anonymous Review: The Complexity of Online Activism

by Courtney Small
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
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Infamous hacktivist Commander X (Christopher Doyon) may frequently refer to himself as the superhero Batman, but he comes across more like a displaced Iron Man. Here’s a man who uses his computer

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There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace Review: Neighbourhood Character

by Pat Mullen
October 8, 2020August 28, 2021
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There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace (Canada, 75 min.) Dir. Lulu Wei When I first tried moving to Toronto, I enjoyed an extended temporary stay on my twin brother’s couch. He

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Paying It Forward

by Susan G. Cole
July 15, 2020May 28, 2023
Features/Hot Docs/Industry

Two movies, Toronto-based, set fewer than a hundred meters apart, made by millennial women. But that’s not all that connects #BLESSED and There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.

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Judy! Judy! Judy!

by Matthew Hays
May 30, 2020October 3, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

Two Canadian institutions collide in Mike Hoolboom’s heartfelt Judy Rebick doc Judy Versus Capitalism

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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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We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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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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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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