Film & Video
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Hot Docs: Special Ed
With his wild hair, child-like grin, and obsession with letters, words, and their etymology, Ed Ackerman is special. An award-winning animator who’s...
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Hot Docs: Tiny: A Story About Living Small
Most of us have lived small at one point or another. University dorms, basement bachelor pads, first homes—we’ve all felt space-compromised. But, barring...
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Hot Docs: Alias
In early 2012, Anthony Spencer, known as Tony Trapz on the Toronto rap scene, was shot and killed in a recording studio on Brimley. In October, another...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
What to See at Hot Docs 2013
Hot Docs, Toronto’s beloved annual documentary festival, begins April 25 and runs until May 7. We’ll be reviewing some films here over the...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 3
The final video in our three-part series showcasing new visions for Ontario Place was created by students Christian Rutherford and Paul Willem van der...
By Dale Duncan -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 2
The second video in our three-part series outlining new visions for Ontario Place was created by Marisa Maggs of the John H. Daniels Faculty of...
By Dale Duncan -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 1
There’s been much discussion and debate lately of MGM Resorts International’s recently released proposal for Exhibition Place and Ontario...
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A few short video clips of TTC’s new streetcar
This morning, I grudgingly dragged myself out of bed at 2:30am to watch and film the new streetcar as it made its way down and up Bathurst. I decided to...
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Video maps 24 hours of car2go
A few weeks ago, we posted a video on Spacing Vancouver by Jarek Piórkowski that maps the 24 hour usage of car2go vehicles. Today, Jarek has posted a...
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Bike-powered urban farming documentary
Filmmaker Sasha Thomas recently released this short documentary on Toronto’s City Seed Farms and its founder Erica Lemieux. Lemieux’s...
By Dale Duncan -
My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part II
Continuing our video series on Old Town Toronto with Bruce Bell, famous Toronto historian, we’ve profiled the Gooderham Building. This historical...
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Filling the Finch Station Lot
Astroboyboy123 posted this interesting time lapse video last week on YouTube of commuters arriving at one of the Finch Subway station’s parking lots...
By Sean Marshall