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Circusboy Review: Wisemanesque View of the Big Top

by Pat Mullen
May 4, 2025
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Experience life under the big top by going on the road with 11-year-old Santino for one year with Circus Arena in Circusboy.

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A person is seen from the shoulder up wearing a nuclear radiation protective gear and a breathing mask. There is a blue sky with clouds behind them.

We Live Here Review: Probing Generational Fallout

by Rachel Ho
May 2, 2025
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The lingering effects of nuclear fallout across generations from Kazakhstan's Semipalatinsk Test Site is considered in the well-meaning documentary We Live Here.

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Two nude men stand on a mountainside with their backsides to the camera. They are looking at a mountain and the man on the right has his hand on the other's buttocks.

My Boyfriend, the Fascist Review: Do Political Opposites Attract?

by Pat Mullen
May 1, 2025
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Matthias Lintner puts his relationship with his boyfriend Sadiel under the microscope to see how politics fare in the game of love in My Boyfriend, the Fascist.

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Betrayal Review: The Price of Doing What’s Right

by Courtney Small
April 29, 2025
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The downfall of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor is told in Betrayal with the story of Cindor Reeves, a family member who fought for peace at a personal cost.

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A Palestinian family sits around a grain milling stone. They are under a tree. The mother and daughter are wearing black and the son in the middle has a yellow shirt.

Aisha’s Story Review: Doc Portrait Coasts on Its Key Ingredient

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
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Aisha's Story is a personable if slight documentary that observes a Palestinian woman in Baqa’a refugee camp as she makes food from home.

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Jonah Malak Talks Desert Eagles and Coyotes

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
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An interview with Spare My Bones, Coyote! director Jonah Malak about capturing the story of a couple that recovers the remains of lost migrants.

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How Deep Is Your Love Review: A Resonant Dive into Undersea Mining

by Susan G. Cole
April 27, 2025
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How Deep Is Your Love tracks an exploration designed to determine the impact of resource extraction from the ocean floor.

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Always Review: Meetings with a Young Poet

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2025
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Always is a years in the making documentary that observes the life of Chinese poet and child prodigy Youbin Gong as he faces his fate.

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Making The Gardener and the Dictator: Love, Guilt, and Family

by Liam Lacey
April 25, 2025
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An interview with The Gardener and the Dictator director Jane Hui Wang about bringing a family story to screen in her documentary.

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Marriage Cops Dials-Up India’s Women’s Helpline

by Susan G. Cole
April 24, 2025
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In Marriage Cops, filmmakers Shashwati Talukdar and Cheryl Hess observe police officers in action at India's Women's Hotline.

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"Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs." W "Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs."

We're so sorry to hear of the passing of Hot Docs co-founder Debbie Nightingale, who died July 10 at age 71. After getting Hot Docs off the ground and helping it to grow to become North America's largest documentary festival, Nightingale left city life to run the popular Haute Goat farm, which continues to delight attendees. 🐐

Our thoughts are with her family.

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New 'do! @ridm_festival and @forumridm reveal thei New 'do! @ridm_festival and @forumridm reveal their visual identities for 2025. 💇‍♀️

Check out these designs by Juliette Moal and Kaïla Curcio Tremblay. RIDM will announce its full lineup on Oct. 29. The festival runs Nov. 20-30. 📽

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What does it mean to graduate from a university wh What does it mean to graduate from a university while students protest for human rights and the institutions issuing their diplomas fail to hear their concerns?

@nidhilvohra offers a personal reflection on #TheEncampments and graduating amid a movement. 

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If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of imm If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of immersion, does the mean its a perfect fit for VR? 🥽

In an new essay, @silafaen looks at documentaries like #TheRealityOfHope that are produced in the VR world and docs made in the gaming space like #GrandTheftHamlet to consider a new frontier for non-fiction!

📰: Issue 123, on stands now
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Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an e Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an exclusive clip introducing the dogs from @endlesscookie_movie! Catch this zany animated doc in theatres June 13. 🍪

Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at @hotdocs_.

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Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, fo Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, for supporting the arts in our community! Our OAC grant has allowed us to publish two print issues annually and year-round online stories covering many film festivals and documentary filmmakers in Ontario and across Canada! 🙏 #thankful #ONarts #documentary #magazines
Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfes Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfest! 📽

Some POV approved highlights include:
- Come See Me in the Good Light 😭
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- Front Row 🩰

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The festival runs May 29 - June 1! #documentary #BMFM2025 #BlueMountain #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #MistressDispeller #FrontRow #movies #film
More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six Billion Dollar Man wins inaugural Globes-Artemis Rising Docu Award at Cannes in new collaboration between @goldenglobes and @artemisrisingfoundation. What doc do you think would have won last year?🏆 #documentary #Cannes #TheSixBillionDollarMan #film #movies
🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, 🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, one of the year's top docs, for its Toronto premiere at @insideoutfestival on Saturday, May 24 at TIFF Lightbox. 

The hit documentary about students putting their voices to good use in the national championships for public speaking.

 🎟️🎟️ Want to attend the in-theatre screening of Speak at Inside Out? POV has five pairs of tickets to give away to readers. 

👉All you have to do to enter is answer the following question:

What film is the opening night gala of Inside Out 2025?

a) Cactus Pears
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d) Outerlands

Need a hint? Check out the festival lineup!

📨 Email your answer to info@povmagazine.com with the subject Inside Out.

Contest closes May 21 at noon EST.
Inside Out runs May 23 to June 1.

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