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Rapinoe Review: A Fiercely Authentic Portrait of an Activist/Athlete

Reviews/TIFF

Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe gets an authentic doc portrait on this appropriately feminist bio by Rebeca Huntt.
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Low Lies the Land Savours the Pace of Piemonte’s Wine Country

Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Low Lies the Land director Emanuele Gerosa on capturing the complexity and unhurried life in Piemonte's wine country.
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Gail Review: Nothing Is Denied Seeing the Band through Her Eyes

Reviews/TIFF

This portrait of Gail, a diehard Our Lady Peace enthusiast, offers a refreshing music doc alternative and glimpse of what it means to care about something passionate.
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Rapinoe Review: A Fiercely Authentic Portrait of an Activist/Athlete

Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe gets an authentic doc portrait on this appropriately feminist bio by Rebeca Huntt.
Low Lies the Land Savours the Pace of Piemonte’s Wine Country

An interview with Low Lies the Land director Emanuele Gerosa on capturing the complexity and unhurried life in Piemonte's wine country.
Gail Review: Nothing Is Denied Seeing the Band through Her Eyes

This portrait of Gail, a diehard Our Lady Peace enthusiast, offers a refreshing music doc alternative and glimpse of what it means to care about something passionate.
Don’t Look Back in Anger Review: Bombastic Forgiveness on Tour

Don't Look Back in Anger is an energetic account of Oasis's 2025 reunion tour and a touching essay on fandom and forgiveness.
For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table

Carol Nguyễn discusses her feature debut Still Night, Burning House and revisiting a family trauma with hope to inspire collective healing.

Reviews

An archival photo of the cast of the Toronto 1972 production of Godspell on the stage.

You Had to Be There Review: Toronto’s Godspell Lore Brings the Laughs

The rollicking documentary You Had to Be There revisits the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell with Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and other funny folks.

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

Cookie Queens Review: This Doc Never Crumbles

by Jason Gorber

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

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.

Soccer player Megan Rapinoe lies on her back on a red couch. Rapinoe is a white woman with short cropped purple/grey hair and she is wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black sweat pants. — TIFF

Rapinoe Review: A Fiercely Authentic Portrait of an Activist/Athlete

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 10, 2026

Reviews/TIFF

Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe gets an authentic doc portrait on this appropriately feminist bio by Rebeca Huntt.

A young Italian man with brown curly hair crouches over a dry patch of earth in a vineyard, holding a handful of white clay. — *Low Lies the Land* | TIFF

Low Lies the Land Savours the Pace of Piemonte’s Wine Country

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 10, 2026

Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Low Lies the Land director Emanuele Gerosa on capturing the complexity and unhurried life in Piemonte's wine country.

A white woman wearing a black t-shirt and black baseball cap, with chains around her neck, rocks out to a concert in a stadium. She is recording a concert with her phone and singing along. — TIFF

Gail Review: Nothing Is Denied Seeing the Band through Her Eyes

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 10, 2026

Reviews/TIFF

This portrait of Gail, a diehard Our Lady Peace enthusiast, offers a refreshing music doc alternative and glimpse of what it means to care about something passionate.