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Peter Knegt

Peter Knegt (he/him) hosts the Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series Here & Queer, produces the essay series Emerging Queer Voices an d co-writes the column Holding Space with Anne T. Donahue. His previous work at CBC Arts included writing the LGBTQ-culture column Queeries (winner of the Digital Publishing Award for best digital column in Canada) and spearheading the launch and production of series Canada's a Drag, variety special Queer Pride Inside, and interactive projects Superqueeroes and The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry. Beyond CBC, Knegt is also the filmmaker of numerous short films, the author of the book About Canada: Queer Rights and the curator and host of the monthly film series Queer Cinema Club at Toronto's Paradise Theatre.

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    Watching 'I Killed My Mother' with my mother and other reflections on 8 years profiling Xavier Dolan

    In honour of this past weekend's episode of The Filmmakers, CBC Arts' Peter Knegt looks back on chronicling the Quebec filmmaker's meteoric rise from the early days.
    The Filmmakers
    THE FILMMAKERS

    Sarah Polley talks art, activism and 'Alias Grace' in our exclusive interview

    Watch — and learn — with this extended cut of Polley's chat with CBC Arts' new talk show The Filmmakers.
    The Filmmakers
    THE FILMMAKERS

    Take this waltz through 25 years of rare Sarah Polley interviews

    A look back through Polley's best on-air moments before she sits down with us for more "stories we tell" on the new episode of The Filmmakers.
    The Filmmakers
    THE FILMMAKERS

    Watch acclaimed filmmaker Atom Egoyan at his most candid

    In this extended interview from CBC Arts' new talk show The Filmmakers, Egoyan opens up about his life and work.
    The Filmmakers
    Pride

    Watch out, Regina — John Waters is coming to town

    The city's Queer City Cinema is turning 25 this week, and they're celebrating with an especially special guest of honour.

    Under the sea: This new film lets you become a part of the world of mermaids

    Premiering at this year's Hot Docs, 'Mermaids' shows us how empowering it can be to put on a tail — inside or outside of the water.

    This live read series is making 'fetch' happen with feminist twists on Hollywood movies

    The fifth edition of Feminist Live Reads will take on Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls' this week in Toronto, raising money for Trans Lifeline.

    Defining 'Rosé Porn' defeats its purpose — everyone will experience the art project differently

    Zoja Smutny's concept album and performance is ultimately about creating a space where people can come together for one moment and actually celebrate.

    How do you take nudity on stage to the next level? Make it the play's least interesting element

    In Salvatore Antonio's "Sheets", performed with nearly all of its cast members partially or fully naked, nudity takes a backstage to intimacy — and that's the point.

    Before 'Moonlight': 20 years ago, Canada crowned its own first LGBTQ best picture

    Two decades after the milestone victory of John Greyson's 'Lilies', has the Canadian film industry continued to evolve in its recognition of LGBTQ cinema?