Peter Knegt
Peter Knegt (he/him) hosts the Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series Here & Queer, writes the monthly column Dispatches From Dystopia and produces the essay series Emerging Queer Voices. 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.
Latest from Peter Knegt

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

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

Sook-Yin Lee explores sex work through a story from her own past in Paying For It

Fabian Stumm takes on the comedy and the tragedy of modern queer life in the new film Sad Jokes

A brief history of Canadian films competing at the Oscars

Rachel Morrison on tossing her hat in the directing ring for the boxing biopic The Fire Inside

The 10 best queer films of 2024

Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is about the last family left on Earth

10 long-shot performances that demand attention this awards season
