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Coexistence My Ass

A collage of film stills from documentaries in the Oscar race.

With Oscar Voting Closed, the Documentary Race Seems too Close to Call

by Pat Mullen
January 18, 2026
Features

Surveying the candidates in the Academy's most unpredictable branch as the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature is wide open ahead of this week's nominations.

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Pyrrhic Victories: Stories from Palestine and Israel

by Daniel Glassman
December 22, 2025
Essays/Features

Documentaries reflect stories from Israel and Palestine with varying struggles to be seen and heard--and to satisfy everyone amid the culture wars.

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An Oscar statuette is seen in focus, standing in front of four rows of statuettes that are out of focus.

Oscar Documentary Shortlists Go Serious and International

by Pat Mullen
December 16, 2025
News

Oscar shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Coexistence, My Ass!.

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The Best Documentaries of 2025: Come See Them, Hopefully in a Theatre

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 5, 2025May 15, 2026
Features

The best documentaries of 2025 include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Tale of Silyan, Endless Cookie, Cover-up, and Coexistence, My Ass!

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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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A woman and her partner are lying on a blanket with their three dogs. They are are both laughing and the dogs are snuggled up against them in a sunbeam.

DOC NYC Announces Short List Series with Oscar Hopefuls

by Pat Mullen
October 14, 2025
Festivals/News

DOC NYC announces annual Short List series, which includes Oscar hopefuls like Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and My Mom Jayne.

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A partially cut watermelon rests in a red bowl on a table. There is a smaller orange bowl beside it. The table has a white tablecloth with a holly berry style pattern, and is positioned near an open window through which the sun shines on the melon.

Gimli International Film Fest Boasts a Fine Slice of Non-Fiction

by POV Staff
July 23, 2025
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the Gimli International Film Festival include Agatha's Almanac, The Track, Endless Cookie, and Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.

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A collage of film stills from documentaries screening at Hot Docs.

Hot Docs Preview: Is It the Festival’s Rebound Year?

by Pat Mullen
April 24, 2025
Hot Docs

Previewing Hot Docs 2025 as Toronto's documentary festival includes highlights like Shamed, Agatha's Almanac, and Come See Me in the Good Light.

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The Hot Docs Films We’ve Seen so Far: Highlights from the Circuit

by POV Staff
April 14, 2025April 25, 2025
Features/Hot Docs

Festival favourites and award winners come to Hot Docs including Yalla Parkour, Cutting through Rocks, and Come See Me in the Good Light.

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DOXA Festival to Open with Aisha’s Story

by Pat Mullen
April 4, 2025
Festivals/News

Vancouver's DOXA Documentary Festival announces 2025 line-up, including Aisha's Story as opening night and Saints and Warriors as closing night.

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WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

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@insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great li @insideoutfestival kicks off today with a great line up of docs including #Antidiva, which screens May 23.

🔗 Get the full rundown of doc highlights at the fest at POV as #InsideOut runs today through May 31. 🌈

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Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Can Reporting from la Croisette, here are all the #Cannes docs that @filmfest_ca has been reviewing from the fest. 🌴

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Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cul Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cult film? @rockyhorrordocumentary looks at how Rocky Horror became the longest running theatrical release of all time. 

📽 at @tiff_net this week; VOD June 1

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Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for #ElephantsAndSquirrels! 🐘🐿

@nidhilvohra reports on this @hotdocs_ selection that follows efforts to repatriate Indigenous Sri Lankan artifacts. 

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It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️ F It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️

From #Cannes, @filmfest_ca reviews #TheMatch about the tense 1986 World Cup showdown between Argentina and England that had implications beyond the field. 

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🫶 Brampton 🫶 In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offer 🫶 Brampton 🫶

In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offers a love letter to the city's immigrant population. @nidhilvohra spoke with her during @hotdocs_ about representing hometown vibes on film. 

📽 up next at @leveragelens & @regentparkfilmfestiva l/ Open Roof Fest
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Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netfl Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netflix's Martin Short bio is more likely to make you cry than laugh. 😢

But it invites an important lesson about making good use of the time we have. 

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📽 Netflix

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Billie Eilish is in her concert doc era, but how d Billie Eilish is in her concert doc era, but how does #hitmehardandsoft and its snazzy 3D stack up to the competition?

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📽 now in theatres

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