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'Wintopia' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mira Burt-Wintonick and released in 2019.[Janet Smith, [https://www.straight.com/movies/at-doxa-wintopia-captures-a-daughters-quest-to-understand-her-documentary-filmmaker-father "At DOXA, Wintopia captures a daughters quest to understand her documentary-filmmaker father"]. 'The Georgia Straight', June 10, 2020.] Originally conceived as an attempt to complete 'Utopia', an unfinished documentary film her father, Peter Wintonick, was working on at the time of his death in 2013, the film instead evolved into a personal essay on her relationship with him.[Alex Rose, [https://cultmtl.com/2021/03/montreal-filmmaker-peter-wintonick-subject-of-very-personal-new-film-wintopia-documentary/ "Montreal filmmaker Peter Wintonick is the subject of a very personal new film"]. 'Cult MTL', March 26, 2021.]
The film premiered in November 2019 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[Marc Glassman, [http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/wintopia-mira-burt-wintonick-interview "The POV Interview: Mira Burt-Wintonick on Wintopia"]. 'Point of View', May 23, 2020.] It screened at Canadian and international documentary film festivals in 2020, before being released to digital streaming platforms in 2021.[[http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/wintopia-now-in-digital-release-nationwide "Wintopia Now in Digital Release Nationwide"]. 'Point of View', April 9, 2021.]
The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary Film, Best Editing in a Documentary (Anouk Deschnes) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Olivier Germain and Marie-Pierre Grenier).[ric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/prix-iris-la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-et-souterrainen-tete-des-nominations-076c2df193eda6b324ec5c19af7e866f "Prix Iris: La desse des mouches feu et Souterrain en tte des nominations"]. 'Le Soleil', April 26, 2021.]
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