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Wintopia

Now Streaming: Wintopia Salutes Canada’s “Documentary Ambassador”

by Pat Mullen
February 7, 2023
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Now streaming from the NFB, Wintopia is a documentary portrait of late filmmaker Peter Wintonick by his daughter, Mira Burt-Wintonick.

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The Best Documentaries of 2020

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 24, 2020
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The best documentaries of 2020 include Boys State, The Viewing Booth, Collective, Pahokee, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, 76 Days, The Truffle Hunters, and Wintopia.

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At DOXA 2020, the World Is Just a Streaming Link Away

by Pat Mullen
June 17, 2020
Festivals

The 2020 edition of Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Festival follows on the heels of Toronto’s Hot Docs by shifting its annual gathering into a streaming event.

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Hot Docs: Successful at a Distance

by Marc Glassman
May 29, 2020
Festivals/Hot Docs

What is there to see at the revamped Hot Docs? To put it simply, a lot of major documentary films, which you can relish on your own or perhaps with a life

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The POV Interview: Mira Burt-Wintonick on ‘Wintopia’

by Marc Glassman
May 23, 2020
Festivals/Hot Docs/Interviews

Mira Burt-Wintonick discusses her new film Wintopia, a moving and personal reflection about her late father, Peter Wintonick -- filmmaker, former POV editor, and Canada's documentary ambassador.

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