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Beethoven's Nine

Four men in a lab examine a metal tube of cheese. They are all wearing white lab coats and hair nets.

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival Announces Line-up

by Pat Mullen
April 15, 2025
Festivals/News

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival announces line-up for 2025 edition including the Canadian premieres of docs Shelf Life, Front Row, and Middletown.

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Canada’s Top Ten Has a Documentary Problem

by Pat Mullen
January 8, 2025
Features/TIFF

Canada's Top Ten, released by TIFF, includes Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. It's a worthy selection, but is there more room for documentaries?

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The Best Documentaries of 2024: Ringing in a Tumultuous Year

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 12, 2024February 3, 2025
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The best documentaries of 2024 include Mountain Queen, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, Mistress Dispeller, Dahomey, Daughters, Yintah, and No Other Land.

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Becoming Beethoven’s Ninth

by Larry Weinstein
October 1, 2024October 3, 2024
Essays/Features

Director Larry Weinstein tells how be became a character in his documentary Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity.

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Pointed View: On Hot Docs and a Festival at Precipice

by Pat Mullen
April 25, 2024
Hot Docs

Where does Hot Docs go from here? A look at the situation for Toronto's documentary festival as it kicks off another--and potentially last--season.

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Hot Docs Announces Full 2024 Line-up

by Pat Mullen
March 26, 2024April 1, 2024
Hot Docs

Hot Docs announces line-up for 2024 festival including the opening night selection of Dawn Porter's Luther: Never Too Much.

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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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We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

At the world premiere of the #documentary Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connor Story. 

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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

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Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

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📽: U.S. premiere @psfilmfest; coming soon to theatres

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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📽: Coexistence, My Ass! (Now on TVO)

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Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

@_rachelkh looks at films about Pee-Wee Herman, Pamela Anderson, and Elvis Presley to consider some dos and don'ts of the celebrity doc.

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