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Apocalypse in the Tropics

A collage of film stills from documentaries in the Oscar race.

With Oscar Voting Closed, the Documentary Race Seems too Close to Call

by Pat Mullen
January 18, 2026
Features

Surveying the candidates in the Academy's most unpredictable branch as the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature is wide open ahead of this week's nominations.

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Poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley sit together on a couch in the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light. They are seen in a medium shot.

CinemaEye Honors Spread the Wealth Among Oscar Favourites

by Pat Mullen
January 9, 2026
News

CinemaEye Honors winners include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, Seeds, Cover-up, The Alabama Solution, and The Tale of Silyan.

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An Oscar statuette is seen in focus, standing in front of four rows of statuettes that are out of focus.

Oscar Documentary Shortlists Go Serious and International

by Pat Mullen
December 16, 2025
News

Oscar shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Coexistence, My Ass!.

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A woman and her partner are lying on a blanket with their three dogs. They are are both laughing and the dogs are snuggled up against them in a sunbeam.

DOC NYC Announces Short List Series with Oscar Hopefuls

by Pat Mullen
October 14, 2025
Festivals/News

DOC NYC announces annual Short List series, which includes Oscar hopefuls like Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and My Mom Jayne.

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro sits at a desk with his arms folded defiantly. He is surrounded by four men in suits. They are all looking at the camera.

Apocalypse in the Tropics Review: When the Messiah Takes Office

by Pat Mullen
April 30, 2025July 2, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Petra Costa follows her Oscar-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy with Apocalypse in the Tropics, a riveting look at the rise of evangelicalism in Brazil's politics.

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A woman and her partner are lying on a blanket with their three dogs. They are are both laughing and the dogs are snuggled up against them in a sunbeam.

Come See Me in the Good Light Remains Favourite in Hot Docs Audience Award Race

by Pat Mullen
April 30, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Come See Me in the Good Light holds the number one spot in the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings for the fourth consecutive day as festival hits its midpoint.

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Hot Docs Announces First Titles for 2025 Festival

by Pat Mullen
March 11, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Hot Docs announces its first 2025 titles including The Nest, Saints and Warriors, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, and Coexistence, My Ass!.

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What stories exist outside the frame? 📷 @gesila.l What stories exist outside the frame? 📷

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at the complicated historues behind two iconic Vietnam War photos in the documentaries The Stringer and Saigon Story. 

📖 Issue 124

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📽 Stream The Stringer on Netflix and Saigon Story on TVO

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@imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are @imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are some of the documentary highlights at this year's festival devoted to Indigenous storytellers. 🪶

📽 On now through June 7

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🔗 Festival preview/ links to reviews in bio

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Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast documentary winners! Congratulations to the team and all the winners. 🏆

🔗 Get the full list at povmagazine.com 

#CdnScreenAwards #Documentary #bambam #film #awardsseason
Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature!

🔗 visit povmagazine.com for the full list of documentary winners. 

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The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tom The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tomorrow! Here are some of the #documentary highlights playing at this year's fest, including several Canadian premieres, music docs, and grand adventures. 🏔

📽 May 28 - 31, @bluemtnvillage 

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With purse strings tightening in Canada, must film With purse strings tightening in Canada, must filmmakers look south or to Medici-style patrons to fund their docs?

@adambenzine looks at the Canadian situation in the first of our three-part survey in the state of documentary. 

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📷 Speechless/ Elad Winkler

#documentary #filmmaking #cdnfilm #film #money
WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

🔗 link in bio

#whatwillibecome #Documentary #film #InsideOut #mentalhealth
@insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great li @insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great line up of docs including #Antidiva, which screens May 23.

🔗 Get the full rundown of doc highlights at the fest at POV as #InsideOut runs today through May 31. 🌈

#film #festivals #Toronto
Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Can Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Cannes docs that @filmfest_ca has been reviewing from the fest. 🌴

📷 Mathilde Petit-Boh / FDC
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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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