Among Elizabeth Klinck's resume is her work on the documentary 'Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind' from 2019

Canada’s preeminent film researcher is honoured with the 2023 Focus On spotlight at Hot Docs

Hot Docs’ 30th-anniversary Festival will pay homage to Canadian film producer, visual researcher and clearance specialist Elizabeth Klinck with its annual Focus On tribute, celebrating the work of Canadian filmmakers and craftspeople who have made a significant contribution to the documentary landscape. On Thursday, May 4, at 5:30 pm, Klinck will be joined on stage by award-winning documentary director Jennifer Baichwal for Working Together: The Visual Researcher And The Director: A Conversation between Elizabeth Klinck and Jennifer Baichwal, an illuminating conversation about the integral role of archival research and producing in the documentary filmmaking process. The Focus On Elizabeth Klinck program is supported by K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation.

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An icon of Canadian documentary Cinema.

Filmmaker Christine Choy and visual researcher Elizabeth Klinck will be the subjects of retrospective programmes at this year’s Hot Docs festival. Hot Docs announced yesterday that Choy will receive the 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award, while Klinck’s work will be highlighted in the Focus On programme. The latter series puts a spotlight on a Canadian artist in the documentary field.

This year’s Hot Docs festival has selected Chinese-American filmmaker, educator and artist Christine Choy (Chai Ming Huei) to receive its Outstanding Achievement Award.  Choy has produced, directed and photographed more than ...

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An “Archive Day” will take place for the first time in Germany, featuring a mix of social and thematic components. Twelve of the most renowned international film archives will be on hand to inform market attendees about their collections and field concrete enquiries. 

Canadian archival producer and copyright clearance specialist Elizabeth Klinck held an Industry Talk entitled "Archive docs rock in the Covidian epoch," and shared her experiences, insights, and tips for filmmakers working in this field.

Archive researcher and producer Elizabeth Klinck received an Academy Board of Directors Tribute at the 2019 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Awards at the end of March.

A documentary researcher who has made Collingwood her home has been recognized for her career-long commitment to the craft.

Ms. Klinck’s career as a visual researcher has spanned more than three decades and has included work for directors including Werner Herzog, Jennifer Baichwal, Donald Brittain and Alanis Obomsawin, amongst many others.

The five-member International Jury called to judge the films of the International Competition section is composed of:
Ally Derks, former Founder-Director IDFA (The Netherlands)
Elisabeth Klinck, Visual Researcher (Canada)
Sergi Doladé, Director MEDIMED (Spain)
Simon Lereng Wilmont, Film director (Denmark)
Panayotis Evangelidis, Film director, Scriptwriter (Greece)

Elsewhere, archive researcher and producer Elizabeth Klinck will receive an Academy Board of Directors tribute for her contribution to the Canadian and international screen industry.

There's a gold mine of vintage clips in "The Secret Disco Revolution," but Jamie Kastner's documentary tethers them to a strained thesis and a misfired package concept.

Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words, includes no originally shot footage, relying on 100% archival material to build a portrait of the iconoclastic musician and composer.

A report on the state of the industry from the pitching summit

Le cinéma municipal projette aujourd'hui, à 21 heures, le documentaire de Thorsten Schütte «Eat that question, Frank Zappa in his own words». Traduisez littéralement «Ravale ta question».

In our new series The Art of the Business, Hot Docs speaks to prolific visual researcher Elizabeth Klinck. Elizabeth has over 36 years of experience and has worked on over 200 projects as a visual and editorial researcher, a visual archive and music right clearance specialist and a producer. She is also the founding chairperson of The Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada.

Frank Zappa is the latest musician to receive the all-archival doc treatment. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words looks at the life and philosophies of the late avant-garde rocker entirely through his interviews and TV appearances. Eight years in the making, the doc has the support of Zappa’s Family Trust and will have its world premiere out-of-competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

DOC Toronto’s The DOC Institute has announced its inaugural awards, giving the DOC Star Award to Elizabeth Klinck and the New Visions Award presented by Urban Post Production to Brett Story.

Elizabeth Klinck and Brett Story have been selected as the first two recipients of the DOC Institute Awards, the organization announced Tuesday.

The new awards, which will  be presented annually, include two prizes: the DOC Star Award, which honours a celebrated documentation who also supports Canada’s non-fiction production community, and the New Vision Award, which celebrates an emerging filmmaker who is seen as a potential leader within the next generation of documentary filmmakers.

Elizabeth Klinck (pictured) and Brett Story have been selected as the first two recipients of the DOC Institute Awards, the Canadian organization announced today (December 9).

FOCAL International has announced its nominees for the 2014 Footage Awards, with Alex Gibney’s We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (pictured), BBC music doc David Bowie: Five Years and Kartemquin Films’ The Trials of Muhammad Ali among the shortlisted projects....(Continue reading) 

The Canadian Screen Awards presented its honors for news and sports, documentary, lifestyle, reality and digital media Tuesday night in Toronto, and multiple winners included CTV’s The Amazing Race Canada, Food Network Canada’s You Gotta Eat Here! and History Channel Canada’s Museum Secrets.

Watermark, My Prairie Home and Hi-Ho Mistahey! are among the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s (ACCT) documentary nominees for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Now in its second year, the awards – a combination of what were previously the Genies and Geminis – include 123 categories in the film, television and digital fields.

The NFB, as one of Canada’s most prolific documentary producers, knows that the research, and visual research, invested in a project in the development stage is key to a strong, compelling documentary.

Renowned film archivist Elizabeth Klinck organizes panels and workshops at international markets to highlight the importance of visual and editorial research and is, in a practical way, the fairy godmother of this unheralded field. Her own research and clearance credits number in the hundreds.

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Hot Docs Festival 2023 will pay tribute to Canadian film producer, researcher and clearance specialist Elizabeth Klinck with the annual Focus On program, featuring the work of Canadian filmmakers and craftspeople who have made a significant contribution to the documentary landscape.

Elizabeth was interviewed along with comedian Colin Mochrie, actor Graham Greene, former Prime Minister Jean Chretein, and Elizabeth's

Elizabeth is delighted to have worked on 3 of the docs at this year's Toronto Film Festival. 

-- Barry Avrich’s Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
-- Astra Taylor’s NFB doc What is Democracy?
--Anthropocene, the third part in the trilogy of artfully thoughtful eco docs by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

Elizabeth is honoured to be nominated for her work on You Are Here: A Come from Away Story with colleague Mike Lalonde. You are Here was made by MDF Productions and broadcast on CTV. 

Visual researcher and DOC Toronto member Elizabeth Klinck, recipient of the 2014 DOC Star Award, is the subject of this month's DOC Member Spotlight.

The Power of the Image is an eye-opening conversation about the integral role of visual researching in documentary and factual content, with Special Award recipient, Elizabeth Klinck, and accomplished documentary director, Jennifer Baichwal.

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