The 2021 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival ran online with docs including War and Peace, Her Mothers, and City Hall.
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Atautsikut, Leaving None Behind (Canada, 60 min.) Dir. John Houston How do communities de-colonize? How do people free themselves from economic oppression? What happens when they succeed? In John Houston’s new film, Atautsikut,
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To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada, eight POV writers share their picks for the top ten films in the history of the NFB. From documentary features,
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Keep ReadingFaces Places (Visages villages) (France, 90 min.) Dir. Agnès Varda, JR Programme: Masters (Canadian Premiere) Agnès Varda, effervescent photographer and iconic filmmaker (The Beaches of Agnes, The Gleaners and I ;
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Lana Slezic's Hot Docs opener Bee Nation observes a group of young Indigenous students preparing for the national spelling bee and gaining confidence along the way.
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More than three decades passed before an Inuk was able to make a feature film that showed a native perspective on the seal hunt. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s documentary Angry Inuk is that long-awaited
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