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Review of the Oscar nominated short documentaries perfectly a strangeness, The Devil Is Busy, Armed with Only a Camera, Children No More: "Were and Are Gone" and All the Empty Rooms. The post The Oscar Nominated Short Docs: Donkeys Bring Light from Darkness appeared first on POV Magazine.

Remembering Frederick Wiseman, the director of documentaries including Titicut Follies, National Gallery, Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, and other "Wiseman-esque" films. The post Remembering Frederick Wiseman, Documentary Master appeared first on POV Magazine.

FIPRESCI announces nominees for inaugural Documentary Grand Prix with the winner to be unveiled at Warsaw's Millennium Docs Against Gravity in May. The post FIPRESCI Announces Finalists for Documentary Grand Prix appeared first on POV Magazine.

Documentary highlights from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival include Nuisance Bear, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Time and Water, All About the Money, and more! The post The 2026 Sundance Documentary Report: On Last Calls & New Beginnings appeared first on POV Magazine.

The life and music of Marianne Faithfull fuels Broken English, an elevated hybrid rockumentary featuring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, and Courtney Love. The post Broken English: Unconventional Bio Will Convert All to the Faithfull appeared first on POV Magazine.

Sundance winners include Nuisance Bear and To Hold a Mountain for the Grand Jury Prizes for U.S. and World Cinema Documentary. The post Nuisance Bear, To Hold a Mountain Lead Sundance Award Winners appeared first on POV Magazine.

Documentary highlights at the ReFrame Film Festival include Yanuni, The Longer You Bleed, Fairy Creek, and Agatha's Almanac. The post Highlights at ReFrame Film Festival Range from Local to Global appeared first on POV Magazine.

An interview with The Longer You Bleed director Ewan Waddell about chronicling the invasion of Ukraine via doomscrolling and viral videos. The post The Longer You Bleed Shares the Pros and Cons of Doomscrolling appeared first on POV Magazine.

The pros and cons of artificial intelligence fuel Valerie Veatch's heady documentary Ghost in the Machine about today's hot topic. The post Ghost in the Machine Review: AI Doc Is the Film for Our Age appeared first on POV Magazine.

A mother and daughter working on a farm in Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau fuel To Hold a Mountain and its quietly moving feminist tale of strength and resistance. The post To Hold a Mountain Review: Stirring Feminist Fable Meets Picturesque Pastoralism appeared first on POV Magazine.

The Last First: Winter K2sees mountaineers compete with veteran climbers and inexperienced tourists to land an historic winter ascent on the world's most dangerous mountain. The post The Last First: Winter K2 Review: A Peak Mountain Movie appeared first on POV Magazine.

Oscar nominations for Best Documentary Feature include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Cutting Through Rocks, while Canadian short perfectly a strangenessscores nomination. The post Oscar Nominations for Documentary Tighten a Competitive Field appeared first on POV Magazine.

Sundance documentaries on our radar include Nuisance Bear, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, and The AI Doc. The post The Sundance 2026 Watch List: The Last Class of Docs in Park City appeared first on POV Magazine.

Documentary filmmaker Ron Mann wins Company 3 Luminary Award from Toronto Film Critics Association, while Xiaodan He wins Jay Scott Prize and Nirris Nagendrarajah wins Telefilm Canada Emerging Critic Award. The post Ron Mann Wins Company 3 Luminary Award from Toronto Film Critics Association appeared first on POV Magazine.

Surveying the candidates in the Academy's most unpredictable branch as the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature is wide open ahead of this week's nominations. The post With Oscar Voting Closed, the Documentary Race Seems too Close to Call appeared first on POV Magazine.

Steve Callahan's tale of surviving a shipwreck while lost at sea is a great story, but under-served cinematically in 76 Days Adrift. The post 76 Days Adrift Review: Survival Tale Lost at Sea appeared first on POV Magazine.

Watch the first trailer for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert before Baz Luhrmann's souped up concert documentary opens in IMAX February 20. The post Watch the Trailer for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Ahead of Its IMAX Release appeared first on POV Magazine.

17-year-old runner Ku Stevens translates his passion for the sport into a collective act of healing and honouring Indigenous elders in Remaining Native. The post Remaining Native Review: Ku Stevens’ Resilient Stride appeared first on POV Magazine.

Canada's Top Ten for 2025 includes only one documentary: Agatha's Almanac. The list represents an annual oversight for Canadian docs. The post Canada’s Top Ten Downplays Docs Once Again appeared first on POV Magazine.

Indigenous activist and leader Juma Xipaia proves one of the most memorable characters you'll meet in a documentary this year as Yanuni follows her fight to protect the Brazilian Amazon. The post Yanuni Review: Fighting the Apocalypse in the Tropics appeared first on POV Magazine.

Ron Mann revisits the story of Clairtone, the Canadian stereo company that briefly made a splash during the swinging Sixties. The post Clairtone Review: Hi-Fi Meets Lo-Fi appeared first on POV Magazine.

An interview with Song Sung Blue star Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer on adapting the documentary about Neil Diamond tribute duo Lightning & Thunder. The post How Song Sung Blue Reimagines a Documentary About a Neil Diamond Tribute Act appeared first on POV Magazine.

Oscar shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Coexistence, My Ass!. The post Oscar Documentary Shortlists Go Serious and International appeared first on POV Magazine.

Sundance announces its 2026 line-up including Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman and The AI Doc by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. The post Sundance Announces Documentaries for 2026 Festival appeared first on POV Magazine.