Toxic Beauty (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Phyllis Ellis Programme: Special Presentations (World Premiere) With all the doom and gloom environmental documentaries out there, many might have missed the greatest ecological disaster closest
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Keep ReadingWho Let The Dogs Out (Canada, 60min.) Dir. Brent Hodge Programme: Nightvision (Canadian Premiere) On first blush Brent Hodge’s Who Let The Dogs Out is a silly film about a silly song, tracing with
Keep ReadingAdvocate (Canada/Israel/Switzerland, 105 min.) Dir. Rachel Leah Jones, Phillipe Bellaiche Programme: Special Presentations (Canadian Premiere) A heroic portrait of an Israeli lawyer who defends violent Palestinian offenders, Advocate is a lively exercise in documentary
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