His first book, a historical account of Canadian LGBTQ communities, was released in September, 2011 through Fernwood Publishing and continues to be taught at universities across Canada. The festival - inspired by Tilda Swinton's A Pilgrimage - received considerable attention, with The Toronto Star calling it "the next stop on Canada's film festival circuit." Swinton herself programmed the opening night film. In 2011, Knegt co-founded Picton Picturefest, a film festival and "cinephile retreat" that focuses on the idea of film as a method of both community building and youth education. He began his career as a film journalist, writing for Variety, Salon, Film Quarterly and, most notably, Indiewire, where he was a writer and editor from 2006 to 2015. Peter Knegt is a writer, journalist and filmmaker.
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