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Caveh yells at Mandy in one of the photos from the set

Caveh Zahedi Goes Over the Top

by Daniel Glassman Marc Glassman
July 4, 2025
Essays/Features

Caveh Zahedi's deep impact on American filmmaking is studied through his singular comic-non-fiction series The Show About the Show.

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A ballet dancer is seated at a mirror. She is smiling and putting on an earring.

TIFF’s Wiseman Retrospective Is the Coolest Slate for the Summer

by Pat Mullen
June 30, 2025
Essays/Features

Fred Wiseman: Body Politic at TIFF Cinematheque screens the legendary director's formative works including Titicut Follies, Welfare, and Ballet.

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A crowd of student protesters on the grounds at Columbia University. A Palestinian flag is visible in the centre of the group.

What The Encampments Taught Me About Graduating with an (Honours) Bachelor of Arts

by Nidhil Vohra
June 24, 2025June 25, 2025
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Reflections on The Encampments, graduating among a swell of protests in support of Palestine, and a zone of institutional ignorance.

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Four players are pictured in the video game Grand Theft Auto. Two stand atop a hill, and then there is a player on either side of them. The players to the sides have their guns drawn.

Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Documentary

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 18, 2025
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What is the new reality for documentary in the age of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the ability to produce in online spaces?

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An assortment of photographs are spilled into a pile.

Making It Real: Photography and Photo Docs

by Peter Watson
April 9, 2025
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Documentaries like Finding Vivian Maier, Tish, War Photographer, and The True Meaning of Pictures explore the relationship between still images and motion pictures.

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Do We Need a “Two Doc Solution” When It Comes to Israel/Palestine?

by Pat Mullen
April 8, 2025
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Films like October 8 and The Encampments illustrate the polarized culture wars playing out in the documentary space over Israel and Palestine.

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The Monstrous Body: Documentary and ‘Horrors’ Within

by Justine Smith
March 19, 2025
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What does it take to make a documentary monster movie? Films like De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Caniba, and Our Body explore real body horror.

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Hip Hop Docs: Community, Rhymes, and Life

by Courtney Small
February 18, 2025
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Hip Hop documentaries like As We Speak, Nas: Time Is Illmatic, Black Life: Untold Stories, and Free Meek show the power of music and community.

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Beyoncé Is Your Favourite Artist’s Favourite Artist… and Maybe Filmmaker, too

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
February 12, 2025
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Beyoncé's career as a documentary director deserves consideration after music docs, concert films, and visual albums from Lemonade to Renaissance.

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Tinkuy: Encounters on a River in Peru’s Amazon

by Stephanie Boyd
November 10, 2024
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Filmmaker Stephanie Boyd reflects upon making the documentary Karuara, People of the River with the Kukama in the Amazon.

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Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆

Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

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✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless 
✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

🎟: use HDCxGD20 to save 20% on tickets!
📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

#Documentary #Toronto #movies #HotDocs
Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

#psiff2026 #sweets #baking #megray #documentary
We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

At the world premiere of the #documentary Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connor Story. 

#CarolConnor #elvis #elvispresley #psiff2025
#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

#palmsprings #yanuni #documentary #psiff2025 #Amazon
Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

📝: @redroomrantings
📖: POV 124
🔗: In Bio
📽: U.S. premiere @psfilmfest; coming soon to theatres

#Documentary #film #andreawerhun #POV124
Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

🔗: in bio
📽: in theatres Dec. 25
📽: rent the doc on Vimeo

#SongSungBlue #KateHudson #NeilDiamond #movies #Documentary
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