Jennifer Baichwal's Into the Weeds delivers a compelling courtroom tale that raises serious environmental concerns with its portrait of Lee Johnson's case against Monsanto.
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Who We Will Have Been Review: Grief, Millennial Style
In Who We Will Have Been, Erec Brehmer explores the death of his girlfriend, Angelina Zeidler, by reflecting upon photos and videos.
Nasim Review: Life in Moria
Nasim, directed by Ole Jacobs & Arne Büttner, observes an Afghan refugee and her family as the wait in limbo in a camp in Moria, Greece.
Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence Review – Ali Kazimi’s Doc Indicts Settler Culture
Ali Kazimi's Beyond Extinction is a thoughtful and meticulously researched doc about the Sinixt people in the Arrow Lakes region of BC.
Band Review: Meet Your New Cult Favourites
Band is the zany story of Iceland's Post Performance Blues Band and their pursuit of stardom after years of roughing it in dives and near-empty venues.
The Killing of a Journalist Review: Ripped from the Headlines
Matt Sarnecki finds the perfect meeting point between journalism and documentary while exploring the 2018 murder of Ján Kuciak in The Killing of a Journalist.
Skin Review: The Art of Protest
One of the most beautiful films of this or any year, Skin (Pele) is a city symphony, an evocation of what life is like in Belo Horizonte.
Okay! (The ASD Band Film) Review: Scrappy, Screechy Fun
Okay! (The ASD Band Film) follows the Toronto-based band of Jackson, Rawan, Spenser, and Ron to learn how music guides their journey with autism spectrum disorder.
Reason Review: Detective Patwardhan
Reason is a mystery story with Anand Patwardhan as the detective. It’s the perfect role for a documentarist to play.
The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ Review: Canadian opera doc may have missed a note
Hybrid musical documentaryThe Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ has some missteps as it revisits a classic opera with an attempt to decolonize it.
The Pez Outlaw Review: A Candy-Coated Caper
The Pez Outlaw is Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel’s wry, genre-bending, highly entertaining look at a fascinating subculture.