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Sundance - Page 2

Complete coverage from the non-fiction side of Park City.
(Photo: Jonathan Hickerson, courtesy of Sundance)

Public Access Review: Giving the Boob Tube Its Due

by Pat Mullen
January 30, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Public Access offers a trip through the archives of Manhattan Cable's public programming that's a feat of editing, albeit one that sticks to the obvious.

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All About the Money Review: Money Can’t Buy You Out of a Rude Awakening

by Jason Gorber
January 30, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Fergie Chambers and his life of empty privilege goes under the microscope as he moves from one shiny new thing to the next in All About the Money.

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A polar bear sticks its head out of the water.

Nuisance Bear, To Hold a Mountain Lead Sundance Award Winners

by Pat Mullen
January 30, 2026
News/Sundance

Sundance winners include Nuisance Bear and To Hold a Mountain for the Grand Jury Prizes for U.S. and World Cinema Documentary.

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A man bends down beside the railing of a bridge, examining a dummy shaped like a human body.

Closure Review: A Devastating Portrait of Grief and Love

by Pat Mullen
January 30, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

A father searches the river for his 16-year-old son in Closure following his disappearance in this devastating study of grief and mental health.

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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez Review – The Man Behind La Bamba’s Beat

by Jason Gorber
January 30, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The story of the filmmaker who brought renewed attention to Ritchie Valens in La Bamba gets his due in American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez.

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Joybubbles Review: Don’t Hold the Phone for this Biopic

by Jason Gorber
January 30, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Joybubbles, the story of a blind telephone wunderkind, fuels a half-baked biography that never really gets inside its subject.

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A Kikiuyu woman picks crops in a field. She has a large basket on her back.

Kikuyu Land Review: A Plantation of Corruption

by Courtney Small
January 29, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The fight to reclaim land taken amid the colonization of Kenya fuels Kikuyu Land, an important documentary with a few too many threads.

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A view of Great Salt Lake as a dust storm carries carcinogens to neighbouring areas.

The Lake Review: Is It all Over If the Canary Can No Longer Sing?

by Pat Mullen
January 29, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The disappearance of Great Salt Lake and the ensuing dust storms that threaten neighbouring areas provide an urgent call to action in the powerful documentary The Lake.

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A model of a filmmaker sets up a camera before an animated image of his grandmother.

TheyDream Review: All in the Family, Re-Animated

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

One family's story fuels a lifetime of memories and animated remembrances in TheyDream, William D. Caballero's loving ode to those who raised him.

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Alex Odeh, Norma Odeh and Helena Odeh appear in Who Killed Alex Odeh? by Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. | Photo by Helki Frantzen. Courtesy of Sundance Institute |

Who Killed Alex Odeh? Review: Cold Case Captures Cultural Stagnation

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The 1985 assassination of a Palestinian American activist triggers a deeper exploration of a history of racism inWho Killed Alex Odeh?

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@mullenpat & @filmfest_ca report on the #documentary side of #Sundance as the festival says goodbye to Park City.

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Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on t Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺

Our team is reporting on the #documentary side from Park City. Visit POV to read about these five (and others!) in our reviews and interviews so far:
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📽 Ghost in the Machine
📽 Once Upon a Time in Harlem 
📽 Birds of War
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They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️

💻: On Netflix Feb. 1
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How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out!

Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 

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📽: A Private Life is now in theatres. 

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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 🫏

Best Song 
✉️ "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.)

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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. 🌴

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