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500 Days in the Wild Wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
December 13, 2023
Festivals

500 Days in the Wild, directed by Dianne Whelan, wins the Audience Award at the Whistler Film Festival. Altona wins documentary prize.

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Whistler Film Festival Report: Where Mountains Meet Movies

by Pat Mullen
December 10, 2022
Festivals

Report from the 2022 Whistler Film Festival is a tale of mountains and movies with highlights including Tracing Influence, Rodeo, and Coyote.

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River, Coyote Top Whistler Film Festival Awards Winners

by Pat Mullen
December 4, 2022
Festivals

Jennifer Peedom's River wins the World Documentary Award at the Whistler Film Festival. Coyote tops Borsos Competition.

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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
Interviews

An interview with Laura Poitras on All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.

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Offside Tells the Story of Maple Leafs Mogul Harold Ballard

by Pat Mullen
November 30, 2022June 6, 2023
Festivals/Interviews

An interview with Offside: The Harold Ballard Story director Jason Priestley and executive producer Michael Geddes about their doc premiering at Whistler.

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Whistler Film Fest Docs Bring Hockey, Rock, and Oscar Frontrunners

by Pat Mullen
November 29, 2022
Festivals

Previewing the 2022 Whistler Film Festival, which features mountain movies, Laura Poitras, Daniel Roher, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and hockey docs.

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Whistler Film Festival Announces 2022 Line-up

by Pat Mullen
November 2, 2022
Festivals

Whistler Film Festival announced the line-up for its 2022 event, which runs in-person November 30 to December 4, and online afterwards.

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Bix and Brigitte Berman: restoring a jazz film classic

by Jason Gorber
December 7, 2021
Festivals/Interviews

Oscar winner Brigitte Berman discusses her newly restored documentary Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet and finding new audiences for the story of a jazz legend.

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A Life in Paper: Tanya Lapointe on Her Claude Lafortune Doc ‘The Paper Man’

by Pat Mullen
December 4, 2020August 11, 2021
Interviews

"Despite the fact that we think that paper will be thrown away in two years and won’t be any good anymore, [Claude]’s proven the opposite: paper can outlast our expectations of it."

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A great read before omakase on Festival Street tom A great read before omakase on Festival Street tomorrow! In our new cover story, @jamaljburger, @jukantateisi, and @sushimasakisaito tell us about the power of a dream. 🍣

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/table-for-one-why-chef-masaki-saito-is-still-single/

Print copies are in the mail for subscribers, in the Hyatt TIFF Industry Centre, @tiff_net gift shop, and soon on stands via @magscanada. 

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We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and @alifeilluminatedfilm director @tashavanzandt ahead of the film's @tiff_net. Read more in @filmfest_ca's deep dive! 🦑

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Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good co Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good company with chefs Tina and Sydney on the @tiff_net magazine rack at the Hyatt. Pick one up during the festival!👨‍🍳 #Tiff50 #magazines #cheflife #tiff #masakisaito #StillSingle
It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Genera It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Generation! Director @rideoutl tells us about capturing the legacy of the hit franchise in her #documentary premiering at @tiff_net. (Link in stories!)

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Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Fellini. 🐈‍⬛️

Our new issue is fresh from the printer and coming soon to a mailbox near you! You can also pick up a copy at the @tiff_net Industry Centre starting tomorrow.

Thank you to @telefilm_canada for sponsoring this issue and our #TIFF50 coverage.

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More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50! Our cou More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50!

Our countdown of the great films that defined the festival's first 50 years continues with:

📽: Shut Up and Sing (TIFF '06)
📽: The Square (TIFF '13)
📽: Faces Places (TIFF '17)
📽: Forbidden Love (TIFF '92)
📽: P4W: Prison For Women (TIFF '84)
📽: Hurt (TIFF '15)
📽: 76 Days (TIFF '20)
📽: My Winnipeg (TIFF '07)
📽: Tabloid (TIFF '10)
📽: No Other Land (TIFF '24)

🔗Get the full list here:
https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

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More #documentary highlights in our look back at # More #documentary highlights in our look back at #TIFF50!

📽: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (TIFF '22)
📽: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (TIFF '93)
📽: The Times of Harvey Milk (TIFF '84)
📽: National Gallery (TIFF '14)
📽: Finding Vivian Maier (TIFF '13)
📽: No Ordinary Man (TIFF '20)
📽: The Stairs (TIFF '16)
📽: Jane (TIFF '17
📽: Shake Hands with the Devil (TIFF '06)
📽: Best Boy (TIFF '79)

🔗FULL LIST: https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

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@alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about me @alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about mental health in his new film #LoveHarold. Get your first look at the trailer for the doc premiering at @ciffcalgary! (Link in stories) @onf_nfb @52mediainc 

#documentary #film #mentalhealth #movies
Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs that helped define the festival's  first 50 years:
📽: Sharkwater (TIFF '06)
📽: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (TIFF '92)
📽: Manufactured Landscapes (TIFF '06)
📽: Hoop Dreams (TIFF '94)
📽: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (TIFF '15)
📽: No Sad Songs (TIFF '85)
📽: From the Sky Down (TIFF '11)
📽: Attica (TIFF '21)
📽: Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (TIFF '23)
📽: Leviathan (TIFF '85)

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