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Peter Knegt

Writer and Producer at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Journalist at Freelance

Writer mostly but also run @queercineclub at @paradiseonbloor + host/produce gay things for @cbc. LB: https://t.co/sK8YpzoULu IG: https://t.co/BwtN7zhCYg

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  • Now, more than ever, let's come together as a country and hold space for Canadian movies

    2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Peter Knegt |Anne T. Donahue

    Holding Space is a joint column by Anne T. Donahue and Peter Knegt that "holds space" for something or someone in popular culture. This is its second edition. Peter: Anne, we're back for a second round!Anne: This the truest thing I've ever read in my life. We are indeed back, and this time we're holding space for — pause for dramatic effect — Canadian film! In part because, on April 16, it's National Canadian Film Day.

  • We could not be more here for the Parker Posey party The White Lotus is serving us

    1 month ago | cbc.ca | Anne T. Donahue |Peter Knegt

    Arts·Dispatches From DystopiaAnne T. Donahue and Peter Knegt's new joint column kicks things off with a mutual love letter to Ms. Posey. Anne T. Donahue and Peter Knegt's new joint column kicks things off with a mutual love letter to Ms. PoseyAnne T. Donahue, Peter Knegt · CBC Arts · Posted: Mar 06, 2025 2:46 PM EST | Last Updated: 43 minutes agoParker Posey attends the "Party Girl" movie re-release party at Jean's on April 27, 2023 in New York City.

  • J Stevens is one of the most exciting new voices in Canadian film

    2 months ago | cbc.ca | Peter Knegt

    Arts·Here & QueerStevens stopped by the set of Here & Queer to talk about his first feature Really Happy Someday, which follows a performer regaining his voice after his transition. Their moving first feature Really Happy Someday follows a performer regaining his voice after his transitionPeter Knegt · CBC Arts · Posted: Feb 20, 2025 1:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoReally Happy Someday director J Stevens on the set of Here & Queer.

  • Emerging Queer Voices is a new CBC Arts essay series that gives space to up-and-coming LGBTQ writers

    2 months ago | cbc.ca | Peter Knegt

    Arts·Emerging Queer VoicesThe first two editions of Emerging Queer Writers are out, and we're accepting applications for future writers. The first two editions are out, and we're accepting applications for future writersPeter Knegt · CBC Arts · Posted: Jan 29, 2025 3:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 20 minutes agoA logo for the Emerging Queer Voices essay series created by Tim Singleton.

  • Where do we look for solace in these dark, anxious times? Sometimes, the answer is at the cinema

    2 months ago | cbc.ca | Peter Knegt

    Arts·Dispatches From DystopiaThe first edition of a new column by Peter Knegt considers the movies as a place to reorient us to what really matters, recharge our belief in what's possible and inspire us to persevere. How going to the movies can reorient us to what really matters and inspire us to perseverePeter Knegt · CBC Arts · Posted: Jan 28, 2025 10:37 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoAn image from Gints Zilbalodis's film Flow.

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Peter Knegt @peterknegt
4 Nov 24

Honestly really love being greeted by her when I get home it makes me feel safe and loved https://t.co/HOByvq9mfI

Peter Knegt
Peter Knegt @peterknegt
1 Nov 24

Happy Emilia Pérez release day! (I’m kidding it’s a very bad movie that’s quickly becoming my awards season villain): https://t.co/9mHx7Vsxw8

Peter Knegt
Peter Knegt @peterknegt
24 Oct 24

RT @exhaustdata: I think the lesson to learn from Gary Indiana is that you have to know what you love before you can hate everything else.…