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Women, life, labour. Beatrice Gibson tells @nirel Women, life, labour. Beatrice Gibson tells @nireliofidelio about creating an intersectional portrait of night owls and women talking. 🦉 🔗interview link in bio 📽 At Night is now playing at select festivals. #movies #film #Paris #night #beatricegibson
What's at stake if @markjcarney doesn't uphold the What's at stake if @markjcarney doesn't uphold the original terms of the Online Streaming Act? 🍁 @docnational's @j.v.carrington assess the situation in the latest Policy Matters column. 📖 Issue 126, on stands now 🔗 link in bio for the expanded online version Send a copy to your MP! #Canada #Documentary #Streaming #culture #cancon 📷: EDB3_16 / iStock
From makers of the Oscar winning #NoOtherLand, #NA From makers of the Oscar winning #NoOtherLand, #NAZA offers harrowing accounts of a history of violence. 📽 Now at @tiff_net; @hotdocs_ Oct. 28 🔗 review link in bio #moviereview #documentary #movies
It's a date! 💘 Ahead of its premiere at @viffest, It's a date! 💘 Ahead of its premiere at @viffest, get you first look at Joella Cabalu's @onf_nfb doc #FirstComesLove. 📽 VIFF 🔗 Link in bio #movies #viff2026 #romcom #trailers
A must-see music doc gets an upgrade. 🎵 Larry Wei A must-see music doc gets an upgrade. 🎵 Larry Weinstein walks us through the magic of #SeptemberSongs as it gets a restoration 30 years later. 📽 @hotdocs_ Sept 25 🔗 link in bio #music #kurtweill #movies #film
How does #Rush carry on without Neil Peart? 🥁 Sam How does #Rush carry on without Neil Peart? 🥁 Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyn tell us about honouring the late drummer in NEIL PEART: NO ONE'S DISCOPLE as the band looks for someone to keep the beat. 📖 Issue 126 - on stands now! 🔗 link in bio 📽 No One's Disciple is now streaming on Gem #rush #neilpeart #music #film
🚨 A documentary opening in Toronto for a full week 🚨 A documentary opening in Toronto for a full week? And it's not a music doc? John Wilson’s THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE makes construction season just a little sweeter. 👷‍♂️ 📽 open in theatres Sept. 25 incl @cineplexmovies Varsity 🔗 Review in bio. #TheHistoryOfConcrete #JohnWilson #movies #concrete #moviereview
The @windsorfilmfest announced its full lineup! The @windsorfilmfest announced its full lineup! 📽 232 features 🏆 4 docs in competition 🍿 11 days of movies 🔗 link in bio for full lineup! And stay tuned for recommendations from this year's fest. #wiff #basbook #ladiesandgentlemenbrianmulroney #NekaiWalks #runterryrun
From music docs to Musk, our report in @tiff_net D From music docs to Musk, our report in @tiff_net Docs is in! Highlights from this year's festival include (but not limited to!) Bleeding Hearts, Musk, Union Town, Mulroney, and Gail in a strong year for both Canadian and U.S. documentary. 🔗 link in bio #tiff26 #tiffdocs #tiff #documentary #moviereview
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