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Making ‘The Mission’

Features

Filmmaker Kevin Nikkel reflects observing the works of Winnipeg's Siloam Mission and seeing the larger picture amid Canada's housing crisis.
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Now Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show – Nothing like a Good Time

News

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's Nirvanna the Band the Show is now streaming on Disney+. Here's a few reasons why you should watch it.
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Stop/Motion: 10 NFB Docs that Blend Animation and Documentary

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From Fiddle Dee Dee to Ryan to Amma, animation inspires innovation in documentary.
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Making ‘The Mission’

Filmmaker Kevin Nikkel reflects observing the works of Winnipeg's Siloam Mission and seeing the larger picture amid Canada's housing crisis.
Now Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show – Nothing like a Good Time

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's Nirvanna the Band the Show is now streaming on Disney+. Here's a few reasons why you should watch it.
Stop/Motion: 10 NFB Docs that Blend Animation and Documentary

From Fiddle Dee Dee to Ryan to Amma, animation inspires innovation in documentary.
Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy Review – Familiar Nuggets

Comedian Mo Gilligan echoes Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me with his quest to eat fast food for a month in Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy.
TIFF Docs Line-up Returns with Hot-Button Topics and Wide-Reaching Slate

TIFF Docs line-up for 2026 festival includes new films by Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, Mila Aung-Thwin, Sophie Fiennes, and Barry Avrich.

Reviews

Five Girl Scouts in uniform face their leader, who has her back to the camera.

Cookie Queens Review: This Doc Never Crumbles

Selling Girl Scout cookies proves a time-honoured tradition, but one with many complexities in the satisfying Cookie Queens.

Two scientists--one woman and one man--are in an underwater research vessel. They both look up in awe.

A Life Illuminated Review: See the Ocean’s Depths in a New Light

by Pat Mullen

Dr. Edie Widder's research in bioluminescence fuels the undersea adventure A Life Illuminated and her quest to know more about our planet.

Sitting (left to right): Thomas Harvey, William Patterson, John Henrik Clarke, Mrs. J.B Matthews, Louise Patterson. Standing (left to right): Ernest Chrichlow, Romare Bearden, Ida Mae Cullen. Photo taken in 1972. Credit: Bruce Stanford. Courtesy: William Greaves Productions

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Review: Greaves’ Long-Awaited Documentary Renaissance

by Jason Gorber

William Greaves' long-awaited Once Upon a Time in Harlem gathers luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance for an in-depth conversation about Black life, art, and culture.

TIFF Docs Line-up Returns with Hot-Button Topics and Wide-Reaching Slate

by Pat Mullen

Published on August 5, 2026

Features/TIFF

TIFF Docs line-up for 2026 festival includes new films by Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, Mila Aung-Thwin, Sophie Fiennes, and Barry Avrich.

TIFF Announces Wavelengths Titles for 2026 Festival

by Pat Mullen

Published on August 4, 2026

News/TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival's 2026 Wavelengths titles include Once Upon a Time in Harlem and At Night.

A wide shot shows a mother and her child sitting on a beach. There are many branches behind them. — *Island of the Hungry Ghosts* | Chromosom Film / Echotango / Third Films

Filming in Retrospect

by Gabrielle Brady Poh Lin Lee

Published on August 3, 2026

Essays/Features

Gabrielle Brady and Poh Lin Lee discuss their collaborative process on the hybrid films The Wolves Always Come at Night and Island of the Hungry Ghosts.

A black and white photo shows musician Peter Asher in the 1960s. He is signing autographs for a group of young women. They are on a street in London, England and all wearing overcoats. Asher is looking at the camera and wearing black glasses. — George Elam / ANL / Shutterstock

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man Review – Doc Captures Music Icon’s Many Lives

by Nidhil Vohra

Published on July 31, 2026

Reviews

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man explores the many lives of the music man who knew the meaning of being in the right place at the right time.

Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl is pictured in close-up sitting on the railing of an apartment fire escape. His feathers are a pattern of brown, gold, and white, and his yellow eyes are looking directly into the camera. — David Lei | Courtesy of Sandbox Films

Wild Inside Review: The Art of Giving a Hoot

by Pat Mullen

Published on July 30, 2026

Reviews

The escape of Flaco the owl from the Central Park Zoo delights and captivates New Yorkers in Penny Lane's documentary Wild Inside.

A woman holds a film clapper and is viewed in silhouette standing before a sunset. — Nicole Taionescue / iStock

Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund Supports Five Music Docs

by Pat Mullen

Published on July 29, 2026

News

Five music documentaries will receive funding through the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, which announced $121,000 in production support for the projects.

An archival image shows a group of people standing in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The shot is from a low angle as it observes the people talking and shaking hands as the Peace Tower looms behind them. — *A Capital Plan* | NFB

A Cinematic Road Trip: 10 Docs About Canadian Cities

by Nidhil Vohra

Published on July 28, 2026

Lists

Stretch out the summer travel bug with these 10 documentaries exploring Canadian cities from coast to coast.

Fashion mogul Brunello Cucinelli is an Italian man in his early 70s. He is pictured sitting on a bale of hay surrounded by a herd of goats. He is wearing a beige jacket and grey sweater with tan pants. He has grey hair and is smiling. — Photo by Stefano Schirato

Brunello: The Gracious Visionary Review – Self-Congratulation Is So Last Season

by Pat Mullen

Published on July 23, 2026

Reviews

Brunello: The Gracious Visionary offers a handsome doc portrait of fashion mogul Brunello Cucinelli, but one that's far too self-serving for its own good.

*2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback* | TIFF

TIFF Announces Primetime Line-up Highlighting Episodic Works

by Pat Mullen

Published on July 23, 2026

News/TIFF

2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback reps documentary in TIFF's Primetime slate devoted to series and episodic works at the 2026 edition of the festival.

A splitscreen image shows an archival image of a 1970s stage production on the left. There are actors crouched together wearing colourful hippie costumes. On the right side, the screen is split into quadrants with four actors giving interviews with a different coloured background, going clockwise as red, yellow, green, and blue. — Greenwich Entertainment

You Had to Be There Trailer Highlights the Year’s Funniest Doc

by Pat Mullen

Published on July 22, 2026

News

Watch the trailer for the documentary You Had to Be There about the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell that launched the careers of several Canadian comics including Eugene Levy and Martin Short.