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Twice Colonized Wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary

by Pat Mullen
June 1, 2024
Industry

Twice Colonized caps off Canadian Screen Award winners with the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award in a ceremony hosted by Mae Martin.

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The Longest Goodbye Leads Second Wave of Canadian Screen Award Doc Winners

by Pat Mullen
May 30, 2024
Industry

Canadian Screen Awards Cinematic Arts documentary winners include The Longest Goodbye,

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Swan Song Wins Rogers Best Canadian Documentary from Toronto Film Critics

by Pat Mullen
March 5, 2024January 22, 2026
Features

Swan Song, directed by Chelsea McMullan, wins the inaugural Rogers Best Canadian Documentary award from the Toronto Film Critics Association.

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Toronto Film Critics Name 20 Days in Mariupol Best Doc of 2023

by Pat Mullen
December 18, 2023January 22, 2026
Industry

Toronto Film Critics Association's TFCA Awards honour 20 Days in Mariupol, The Zone of Interest, and Rogers Best Canadian Documentary nominees.

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Someone Lives Here Reps Feature Docs on Canada’s Top Ten

by Pat Mullen
December 6, 2023
TIFF

TIFF's Canada's Top Ten selections include the documentaries Someone Lives Here, Madeline, I Used to Live There, and Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal.

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Windsor Film Festival Announces Canadian Competition Line-up

by Pat Mullen
September 15, 2023
Festivals

Titles competing for the WIFF Prize in Canadian Film include Solo, BlackBerry, Seven Veils, Humanist Vampire, and Irena's Vow.

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Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, @runasimi.doc reminds us that accessible cinema ain't no passing craze. 

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Read more about cinema's "last new genre" in this essay by @wrinkledlinen, now online from our fall issue! 

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