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A black and white photo shows an elderly Black farmer in close-up. He is smiling and looking to the left, and wearing a baseball cap. — *Seeds* | VIFF

What’s Up With VIFF’s Docs?

Published on October 5, 2025October 8, 2025

An interview with Ruun Nuur, the documentary programmer at the Vancouver International Film Festival, about VIFF's non-fiction slate.

A beige Land Rover sits in the distance in a barren mud-cracked field. — Game Theory Films

How The Art of Adventure Captures a Travel Bug that Spans Generations

by Jason Gorber

Published on October 3, 2025October 8, 2025

Interviews

An interview with The Art of Adventure director Alison Reid and stars Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster about their landmark expedition.

A group of people atop a hill look towards a crowd at ground level in the distance. There is a white tent in the middle of the field. — Courtesy of TIFF

Lucrecia Martel on Nuestra Tierra and “Definitive” Death in Documentary

by Marc Glassman

Published on October 2, 2025

Festivals/Interviews

An interview with director Lucrecia Martel about her documentary debut Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks) and observing the history of colonial violence in Argentina.

A black and white photograph of author George Orwell. He is seated at a desk, wearing a suit, and typing on a typewriting while smoking a cigarette. — Neon

Raoul Peck’s Orwell:2+2=5 Puts a New Spin on the British Author

by Susan G. Cole

Published on October 1, 2025October 8, 2025

Features/Interviews

An interview with Raoul Peck about his documentary Orwell: 2+2=5, bringing the author's enduring work to screen, and the fallacy of hope in the face of authoritarianism.

A collage with four film stills from the documentaries at VIFF. — Top row: *In the Room* (NFB), *The Great North* (VIFF); Bottom: *Everest Dark* (VIFF), *The Treasure of the Rice Terraces* (Emmett Sparling)

VIFF Comes on Strong: 10 Docs to See in Vancouver

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 30, 2025

Festivals

Documentary highlights at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, including a chance to win tickets to see The Great North.

Actor Ben Whishaw lies on a beige couch with his arm propped on his elbow, resting his head on his hand while holding a cigarette. He is a white man with brown hair, wearing a blue plaid shirt. — Ben Whishaw in *Peter Hujar's Day* directed by Ira Sachs | Courtesy of Janus Films

Peter Hujar’s Day Review: Portrait Captures the Poetry of Life

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 30, 2025

Photography/Reviews

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day an authentic quotidian portrait of New York's arts scene.

A young South Asian boy runs down the street. He is facing screen left. There are palm trees behind him. — *Gambling, Gods, and LSD* | Grimthorpe Film

Watch the Trailer for Nothing But Time: The Films of Peter Mettler

by Pat Mullen

Published on September 29, 2025

Features

Watch the trailer for Peter Mettler's retrospective Nothing But Time, coming to TIFF Lightbox in Toronto on October 4 with films like Gambling Gods and LSD and Picture of Light.