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Barbara Forever

A collage of six film stills from documentaries.

All the Hot Docs 2026 Films We’ve Seen So Far: A Rundown from the Circuit

by Pat Mullen
April 17, 2026
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Hot Docs highlights: festival circuit favourites coming to Toronto include To Hold a Mountain, Jaripeo, Barbara Forever, Birds of War, and Time and Water.

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A view from Main Street at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Lauren Hartmann. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute

The 2026 Sundance Documentary Report: On Last Calls & New Beginnings

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber
February 2, 2026
Features/Sundance

Documentary highlights from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival include Nuisance Bear, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Time and Water, All About the Money, and more!

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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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Barbara Forever Review: Portrait of an Iconoclastic Filmmaker

by Barbara Goslawski
January 25, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer receives a welcome survey of her legacy of putting women's lives, loves, and bodies on film in Barbara Forever.

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The Sundance 2026 Watch List: The Last Class of Docs in Park City

by Pat Mullen
January 21, 2026
Features/Sundance

Sundance documentaries on our radar include Nuisance Bear, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, and The AI Doc.

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