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Hot Docs sets sail with Floating Polar Film Festival
The fest has partnered with travel co Quark Expeditions to launch the Floating Polar Film Festival, which will see a curated selection of docs playing aboard a luxury arctic cruise ship (pictured).
Doc maker Magnus Isacsson passes away
The documentary film champion (pictured) who directed films including Uranium and Power died in Montreal August 2.
TIFF ’12 preview: Doc Conference expansion, new talent focus
Ahead of TIFF’s non-fiction line-up announcement Tuesday, doc programmer Thom Powers (pictured) talks about this year’s plans, which including expanding the annual Doc Conference to two days.
TIFF to host Polley’s Stories, Kastner’s Disco
(UPDATED) Sources say the 2012 festival will host the premieres of feature docs The Stories We Tell and The Secret Disco Revolution, from Canadian directors Sarah Polley (pictured) and Jamie Kastner respectively.
Rogers Doc Fund awards $1.1M to 17 projects
Ron Mann (pictured) and Bill Imperial’s Altman and Laura Bari and Sarah Spring’s Ariel among the films receiving documentary grants.
Toby Dormer to run Remedy Canada
Dormer will oversee development, production and business operations for the recently-launched Vancouver-based indie, which focuses on unscripted lifestyle and entertainment programming.
The 2012 Hot Docs Forum Report, part two
The Pleasures of the Scents and Inside Joke: How Humour Invented the Jews were pitched at the annual Hot Docs Forum, which took place earlier this month.
The 2012 Hot Docs Forum Report, part one
Canadian projects pitched at the annual Hot Docs Forum, which took place earlier this month, include Leone Stars and Shadow Girl.
Hot Docs 2012: Shadow Girl triumphs at Hot Docs Forum
The documentary about Chilean-Canadian filmmaker Maria Teresa Larrain’s descent into blindness, has been awarded the $40,000 Shaw Media-Hot Docs Forum Pitch Prize.
Hot Docs 2012: NFB sells Boxing Girls abroad
In one of the first signs of Hot Docs market activity, the film has been sold internationally to regions including the U.S., Israel, Korea, France and Japan.
Telefilm Canada: ‘Supporting docs is still important to us’
Telefilm executive director Carolle Brabant also reiterated that the organization is in discussions to make up the difference in funding for the TDP from other parties.
Canadian doc makers slam cutbacks: “We are dropping like flies”
Award-winning Canadian documentary filmmakers John Kastner, Francine Pelletier, Daniel Cross and Kevin McMahon give their reactions to the recent doc funding cuts, and their predictions for the future of doc-making in Canada.
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