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Docs Stand Out in Windsor’s Canadian Film Competition

by Pat Mullen
November 3, 2025November 5, 2025
Festivals

Reporting on the WIFF Prize in Canadian Film competition at the Windsor International Film Festival, which included docs Shamed and The Pitch.

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The Nature of Change: CBC’s Marquee Series in Transition

by Adam Benzine
October 30, 2025
Features/Industry

As The Nature of Things enters its 65th season with new hosts and a renewed push for international coproductions, Canadian filmmakers are adjusting to a shifting landscape

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An old photograph of a Korean mother and teen daughter, kneeling together by the water. They are smiling.

Min Sook Lee Seeks Her Mother’s Story

by Jason Gorber
October 25, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with filmmaker Min Sook Lee on the creative process, political choices, and personal emotions that shaped There Are No Words.

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How The Pitch Captures the Push for Equity in Work and Play

by Pat Mullen
October 23, 2025
Features/Interviews

An interview with The Pitch director Michèle Hozer on following the campaign to establish a professional women's soccer league in Canada.

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Love, Harold Review: The Art of Talking It Out

by Pat Mullen
October 22, 2025
Reviews

Alan Zweig speaks with twenty-odd people who live in the wake of suicide and share stories about grief, pain, and catharsis in Love, Harold.

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Destination Docs: Highlights at the 2025 Windsor International Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
October 21, 2025
Festivals

Highlights at WIFF, the Windsor International Film Festival, include documentaries in competition The Pitch and Shamed vying for $25,000 prize.

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Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again Review – This Water Runs Deep

by Pat Mullen
October 21, 2025November 17, 2025
Festivals/Reviews

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again observes the fight of the Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations to protect a waterway that's fuelled their families for generations.

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Players from the Montreal Expos stand in a line at the side of the baseball field holding their ball caps to their hearts. Their uniforms are white with thin blue stripes and blue hats. The stadium behind them is crowded.

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? Review: Vive les Expos!

by Rachel Ho
October 20, 2025
Reviews

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? explores the loss of the beloved baseball team and US-Canada divides in culture, sport, and business.

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The Track Leads Documentary Winners at VIFF

by Pat Mullen
October 10, 2025
Festivals/News

The Track directed by Ryan Sidhoo wins Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

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Michelle Ross was a Black drag queen. She is pictured her in a portrait wearing a silver sequined dress with a curly wig and make-up that resembles Diana Ross.

Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon Celebrates a Beloved Drag Queen

by Pat Mullen
October 8, 2025
Features/Interviews

Alison Duke discusses her documentary Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon, which celebrates the life and artistry of Toronto's famed drag performer.

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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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Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM “ Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni” 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Bad Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” 
“Classroom 4”
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Heartbeat”
“Last Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Choice”
“We Were the Scenery”

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In theatres this weekend, @cuttingthroughrocks_fil In theatres this weekend, @cuttingthroughrocks_film finds a true hero in politician Sara Shahverdi. 💪

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#CuttingThroughRocks #documentary #film #moviereview
And we have Sundance docs! 📷: Nuisance Bear 🔗: And we have Sundance docs!

📷: Nuisance Bear 

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#Sundance #Sundance26 #documentary #movies #film
How did they create the magic of #TheTaleOfSilyan? How did they create the magic of #TheTaleOfSilyan? 🦢

Learn more in our interview with director Tamara Kotevska and cinematographer Jean Dakar. Our writers can it one of the best films of 2025!

🔗: in bio. 
📽: now in theatres!

#Documentary #filmmaking #birds #film #movies
POV Wrapped! A salute to the best documentaries of POV Wrapped! A salute to the best documentaries of 2025. 🥳

This year, @marc.glassman.1 and @mullenpat offer a combined top ten list, plus honourable mentions. 

Read the full story at POV! (Link in bio.)

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Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about a Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting #BirthofAFamily into #Meadowlarks. What Cdn doc deserves a dramatic treatment next?

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📽: Meadowlarks now in theatres. Stream Birth of a Family at @onf_nfb. 

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Season 2 premiere of #ForTheCulture! Amanda Parr Season 2 premiere of #ForTheCulture! 

Amanda Parris, Yasmin Mathurin, and Alison Duke talk Black travel and dating in episodes 1 & 2 of the doc series debuting Nov. 28 on @cbcgem. 💻 #documentary #series
Snuck in a visit to @docnycfest during a whirlwind Snuck in a visit to @docnycfest during a whirlwind New York trip! Fest runs until Nov. 20 and online to the 30th! #docnyc #documentary
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