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Hot Docs Announces First Titles for 2026 Festival

Hot Docs/News

First titles announced for Hot Docs include Kenny Loggins: Convictions of the Heart, The Tower that Built a City, and Time and Water.
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Now Streaming: The Nest Explores Layers of History Housed Within a Home

Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, The Nest explores layers of history that intersect within a Winnipeg Victorian manor.
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The Roots of Black Zombie

Features/Interviews

Black Zombie director Maya Annik Bedward tells how her new documentary explores the Haitian Vodou roots of zombie culture.
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Hot Docs Announces First Titles for 2026 Festival

First titles announced for Hot Docs include Kenny Loggins: Convictions of the Heart, The Tower that Built a City, and Time and Water.
Now Streaming: The Nest Explores Layers of History Housed Within a Home

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, The Nest explores layers of history that intersect within a Winnipeg Victorian manor.
The Roots of Black Zombie

Black Zombie director Maya Annik Bedward tells how her new documentary explores the Haitian Vodou roots of zombie culture.
Lorne Trailer: New Documentary Spotlights the TV Icon Behind SNL

Watch the first trailer for Lorne, Morgan Neville's documentary about producer Lorne Michaels and his late night TV legacy with Saturday Night Live.
Endless Cookie Wins Rogers Best Canadian Documentary from Toronto Film Critics Association

Endless Cookie wins Rogers Best Canadian Documentary from the Toronto Film Critics Association and a cash prize of $50,000 courtesy of Rogers.

Reviews

An archival image of Elvis Presley on stage in his white coverall suit with a red shirt.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review – The King Gets the Royal Treatment

by Pat Mullen

Baz Luhrmann's electrifying archival EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is the Stop Making Sense of Elvis documentaries.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin Review: One Man Against a Regime

by Jason Gorber

Mr. Nobody Against Putin follows schoolteacher Pasha Talankin as he teaches students to resist authoritarianism and be critical thinkers.

A view behind a woman on stage at a microphone. She is wearing a purple dress and whistling for a crowded audience in an outdoor amphitheatre.

Whistle Review: When a Mighty Wind Makes for Best in Show

by Pat Mullen

The delightfully offbeat Whistle follows competitors vying in the inaugural Masters of Musical Whistling competition.

Producer Lorne Michaels sits at a microphone delivering a speech and laughing. He is wearing a white shirt and red tie. — Focus Features

Lorne Trailer: New Documentary Spotlights the TV Icon Behind SNL

by POV Staff

Published on March 5, 2026

News

Watch the first trailer for Lorne, Morgan Neville's documentary about producer Lorne Michaels and his late night TV legacy with Saturday Night Live.

Two animated characters, one yellow and one white, sit at a cluttered kitchen table. They are drinking coffee and have funny noses. There is also a girl whose head is a chocolate chip cookie. — *Endless Cookie* | Mongrel Media

Endless Cookie Wins Rogers Best Canadian Documentary from Toronto Film Critics Association

by Pat Mullen

Published on March 3, 2026

News

Endless Cookie wins Rogers Best Canadian Documentary from the Toronto Film Critics Association and a cash prize of $50,000 courtesy of Rogers.

Two men are having an argument. They are both wearing dark suits and are standing in front of a Christmas tree with white lights. — *The Cost of Heaven* | Maison 4:3

The Cost of Heaven Leads Kingston Canadian Film Festival Winners

by Pat Mullen

Published on March 2, 2026

Festivals/News

Mathieu Denis' drama The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel) leads winners of the 2026 Kingston Canadian Film Festival.

Director/producer Ric Esther Bienstock at Cornell protest encampment with DOP Elad Winkler, 024 — Director/producer Ric Esther Bienstock at Cornell protest encampment with DOP Elad Winkler (2024) | Courtesy of Ric Esther Bienstock

Oh! The Misery and the Joy! A Conversation with Ric Esther Bienstock

by Barri Cohen

Published on February 27, 2026

Features/Interviews

Veteran director/producer Ric Esther Bienstock reflects upon a career in documentary, from Ebola to porn, and her latest project with Alex Gibney.

*The Art of Adventure* | Game Theory Films

The Art of Adventure Leads Available Light Film Festival Winners

by Pat Mullen

Published on February 26, 2026

Festivals/News

The Art of Adventure, directed by Alison Reid, wins the Available Light Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Feature and is overall audience favourite.

A group of hockey players stands on the ice. They are viewed from behind and are wearing white jerseys with green numbers and stripes that are green, yellow, and black. — *Team of the Century* | Screenshot

Kingston Canadian Film Festival Turns Up the Heat

by Pat Mullen

Published on February 24, 2026

Festivals

Kingston Canadian Film Festival pays a nod to Heated Rivalry with plenty of hockey and sex on the menu, plus everything in between.

A Sherpa stands looking at Mount Everest. He is wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and is holding two ski poles. — Photo by Kyle Sandilands

Everest Dark Review: Mountains May Emote

by Pat Mullen

Published on February 22, 2026

Reviews

Renowned climber Mingma Sherpa embarks on a mission to put the mountain's soul at ease by recovering the bodies of ill-fated adventurers in Everest Dark.

A woman enters a knitting store. There is a chalkboard sign that advertises "The Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store" and there are shelves of yarn bundles of different. — NFB

Now Streaming: My Knitting Circle Will Warm You Up this Winter

by POV Staff

Published on February 21, 2026

Features

My Knitting Circle, now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, is a cozy documentary that will keep you warm amid the winter blahs.

*All the Empty Rooms*, *perfectly a strangeness*, *Armed with Only a Camera*; bottom row: *The Devil Is Busy*, *Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"* | All photos courtesy of Roadside Attractions

The Oscar Nominated Short Docs: Donkeys Bring Light from Darkness

by Pat Mullen

Published on February 19, 2026

Reviews

Review of the Oscar nominated short documentaries perfectly a strangeness, The Devil Is Busy, Armed with Only a Camera, Children No More: "Were and Are Gone" and All the Empty Rooms.

Elvis Presley performs in concert wearing a whte jumpsuit. — Elevation Pictures

How EPiC Delivers Elvis Presley’s Music with Maximal Effect

by Jason Gorber

Published on February 18, 2026

Features/Interviews

An interview with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert film editor and executive producer Jonathan Redmond about his electric archival portrait of the King.