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Canada's Top Ten

Miryam Charles Receives Inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award

by Pat Mullen
February 6, 2025March 12, 2025
Industry/News/TIFF

Miryam Charles receives the inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award presented by TIFF and CBC during the opening ceremonies for Canada's Top Ten.

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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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Win Tickets to See Someone Lives Here at Canada’s Top Ten

by POV Staff
January 24, 2024
Festivals

Win tickets to see the documentary Someone Lives Here on January 27 at Canada's Top Ten with director Zack Russell in attendance.

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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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Anita Lee, Nisha Pahuja Win DOC Institute Honours

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2022
Industry

Anita Lee and Nisha Pahjua received the DOC Institute Honours as the Rogers-DOC Luminary Award winner and DOC Vanguard Award winner.

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Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2022
TIFF

TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list for 2022 includes To Kill a Tiger, Black Ice, and This House on the documentary front along with short docs from Alanis Obomsawin, Claire Sanford, and Guillaume

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Subjects of Desire Reps Feature Docs in Canada’s Top Ten

by Pat Mullen
December 6, 2021December 21, 2021
Festivals

Subjects of Desire, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, and Ain't No Time for Women are the documentaries on Canada's Top Ten lists for 2021.

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