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Deep dives that explore the world through the lens of documentary.

Filmmaker Spike Lee sits atop a discarded mattress outside a house. He is wearing white pants and a white shirt with white sneakers.

The Truth, Ruth

by Alexander Mooney
February 13, 2026
Essays/Features

On the documentaries of Spike Lee and an artist who never shies away from the truth, whatever form the story takes.

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Two male high school students lean against a brick wall. The one on the left is wearing a red t-shirt with a dark striped tie, and the one on the right is wearing a tan trench coat, white shirt, and loose black tie. He is holding the lapels of the coat.

Faking It: Mockumentaries Tell the Truth — or Do They?

by Winnie Wang
February 9, 2026
Essays/Features

How mockumentaries like The Dirties, Punishment Park, and The Clowns play with our suspension of disbelief and the line between fiction and non-fiction.

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Pyrrhic Victories: Stories from Palestine and Israel

by Daniel Glassman
December 22, 2025
Essays/Features

Documentaries reflect stories from Israel and Palestine with varying struggles to be seen and heard--and to satisfy everyone amid the culture wars.

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Actress Pamela Anderson stands on a beach and looks reflectively at the water. Her hand is raised to her mouth. She is wearing a white sweater.

Investigating the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

by Rachel Ho
December 18, 2025
Essays/Features

Celebrity documentaries like Pamela, a love story; Pee-Wee as Himself; and Elvis Presley: The Searcher represent varying degrees of access and exploration in a growing field of docs about famous names.

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Maya Abdallah speaks into microphones during a press scrum. She is wearing a keffiyeh and a black hijab.

The Kids Are Alright: Student Protest in A Night of Knowing Nothing and The Encampments

by Nidhil Vohra
November 10, 2025
Essays/Features

Documentaries The Encampments and A Night of Knowing Nothing share the art of student protest with distinct methods.

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A image from a police body camera shows a neighbourhood and a field. There is a police car on the right with a crowd of people nearby.

Caught Live: Body Cams, Surveillance Videos, and the New Era of Found Footage

by Jason Gorber
October 15, 2025
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Documentaries like The Perfect Neighbor and 2000 Meters to Andriivka elevate the found footage genre via body-cams and surveillance videos.

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A man in a dark cave stands with his back to the camera, holding a flashlight towards the cave wall while looking at a white spiral on the rocks.

A Travelling Spirit: The Journeys Within While the Green Grass Grows

by Marc Glassman
September 28, 2025
Essays/Interviews

Director Peter Mettler discusses his seven-part documentary epic While the Green Grass Grows and its exploration of life, place, family, and time.

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A black and white archival photo of a group of Black women in the 1960s, sitting against a white brick wall and talking.

How True North Captures the Black Power Movement in Canada and Abroad

by Pat Mullen
September 3, 2025
Essays/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with True North director Michèle Stephenson on her documentary about the 1969 occupation at Sir George Williams University and the larger global currents of which it was a part.

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An image of a man's hand's holding a tablet and a wand above a messy desk. The tablet has a black screen with the letters AI in a white rectangle in the centre, while the screen is dotted with white lines and markings.

Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Represent Reality in Filmmaking?

by Nidhil Vohra
August 21, 2025
Essays/Industry

On the ethical and environmental dangers of a growing practice of generative artificial intelligence and its use in filmmaking.

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In a vintage photograph, an elderly Black man stands beside a dark blue car. The man is wearing a white shirt, blue slacks, and a white brimmed hat. He is holding a cane.

Shifting Forms: Black Auteurs Explore Diverse Canvases

by Courtney Small
August 18, 2025
Essays/Features

Films by Kahlil Joseph, Steve McQueen, Alice Diop, Mati Diop, John Akomfrah, and Isaac Julien navigate fiction and non-fiction while explore diverse Black experiences.

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Ahead of the film's @tiff_net premiere, director Andrew Morgan tells us about filming the @chaparelle story from the beginning.

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At the world premiere of #BlackSunflowers! 🇺🇦 Hug At the world premiere of #BlackSunflowers! 🇺🇦

Huge standing ovation for story of young Ukrainians soldiers, ravers, and photographers in wartime.

Executive producer Sean Penn introduces, while director James Marcus Haney reads a letter from Sofia, a soldier who couldn't attend, and a local Ukrainian choir sets the mood. 👏👏

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The TIFF Docs reviews are rolling in! Expect to h The TIFF Docs reviews are rolling in!

Expect to hear a lot more about these films in the fall circuit:
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📽 Once Upon a Time in Harlem
📽 Low Lies the Land
📽 Rapinoe
📽 Like Magic
📽 Gail 

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"You only need two buyers to make a bidding war." "You only need two buyers to make a bidding war."

Full house for the State of Documentary panel at TIFF: The Market. Despair and optimism with equal measure. 💰

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A hero's journey comes full circle in MAN IN MOTIO A hero's journey comes full circle in MAN IN MOTION: THE RICK HANSEN STORY. 👩‍🦼

Director Adrien Buitenhuis tells @filmfest_ca how the doc came to be. 

📽 premieres today at @tiff_net 
🔗 interview link in bio

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Drink deep with #LowLiesTheLand. Emanuele Gerosa t Drink deep with #LowLiesTheLand. Emanuele Gerosa tells us about "slowly, slowly" observing hard working hands in Piemonte's wine region. 🍇

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After her acclaimed shorts, Carol Nguyễn delivers After her acclaimed shorts, Carol Nguyễn delivers a confident, deeply moving feature debut with STILL NIGHT, BURNING HOUSE. 

📽: premieres at @tiff_net & @viffest 
📖: Read about it in issue 126!
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