2008 Fall
Table of Contents

POV INTERVIEW

Nettie Wild

An interview by Marc Glassman

In part two of a career-ranging conversation with POV’s editor, Wild talks about her filmmaking process and the documentaries A Rustling of Leaves, Blockade and A Place Called Chiapas.

DOC CELEBRATION

On the DOC Road

by Peter Wintonick, with research and editing by Radheyan Simonpillai

Wintonick takes us on a documentary road movie, traveling coast-to-coast, to celebrate 25 years of DOC (Documentary Organization of Canada).

INDIE FILM

Only Ingrid Veninger

by Adam Nayman

Profiling a maverick filmmaker and actress, who has collaborated on two new films premiering this fall: Only and Nurse. Fighter. Boy.

Will Pontypool Change Everything?

by Allan Tong

Private investors completely financed Pontypool, Bruce McDonald’s new $1.5 million feature. Tong examines a truly independent Canadian film.

MENTOR’S MONOGRAPH

Documentary Stories

by Janice Cole

How do you write a documentary? Veteran writer and filmmaker Cole analyzes what makes a doc story work and offers a manifesto on how to make one yourself.

DOCUMENTARY FUTURE SHOCK

The Objectives of Documentary

by Jessica Duffin Wolfe

How will the Internet change how docs are made and promoted? Wolfe investigates.

New World of Imaginative Seeing

by Sandy Greer

Interactive media presents filmmakers with fresh opportunities and challenges. Greer assesses the burgeoning world of websites, games and audio players.

FESTIVALS

IDFAacademics

by Danielle Dyson

What one Canadian learned at IDFA (International Documentary Filmfestival, Amsterdam).

Kassel Confidential

By Brenda Goldstein

Art projects meet docs in Kassel, Germany’s annual festival.

COLUMNS

Green Docs

by Anastatia Vaskova

On the greening of the University of Toronto.

Legends: The Apprentice

by Matthew Hays

Larry Kent’s bilingual feature is fondly recalled.

Policy Matters

by Barri Cohen

The CRTC tries to regulate the ‘Net – too late.