2006 Winter
Table of Contents

POV INTERVIEW

Peter Raymont

By Marc Glassman

Resolutely Canadian, Raymont has made films for social change in Nicaragua, Rwanda and Igoolik. A career-spanning interview with the director of Shake Hands with the Devil.

POV POTPOURRI

Montréal Doc Festival Multiplies Loaves

By Jocelyne Clarke and Magnus Isacsson

Operating on a small budget in a media savvy city, the Rencontres internatioales du documentaire de Montréal produces a miracle of a festival.

Thninking About Isuma: New Inuit Cinema

By Claude Lalumière

Igloolik Isuma has produced more than The Journals of Knud Rasmussen and Atanarajuat. Lalumière takes us behind the scenes on an Inuit group that makes docs, TV series and videos.

Cuppa Coffe’s Brave New World

By Ellen Besen

Cuppa Coffee creates the hottest, tastiest animation brew. Besen tells tales about Toronto’s mixed media masters.

CinemaNet Europe: A Digital Doc Armada

By Ezra Winton E-cinema.

In Canada, we talk about digital distribution; in Europe, they’re doing it. Winton reports on a Euro-doc success.

Assessing Jacques Bensimon’s Five Year Plan for the NFB

By Peter Wintonick

When Bensimon was appointed the NFB Film Commissioner, he emabarked on an ambitious five-year plan. How well did he do? A conversation with Benismon and Tom Perlmutter.

Tech Talk: High Definition Hot Docs

By Richard Stringer

Pointed View: Remembering Roberto

By Kathleen M. Smith