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Let Our Mountains Live Review: Sámi Herders Stand Strong

by Courtney Small
April 24, 2026
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Sámi reindeer herders go toe to toe with the Norwegian government in Let Our Mountains Live when an energy project sets up shop on their land.

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A black and white image of three Wayana on a boat in the Lawa River, South America. The travellers include an adult mother, a small child in a diaper, and an older man at the back of the boat steering the motor.

Parasisi Trailer: First Look at Hot Docs Film Premiering in Competition

by Pat Mullen
April 14, 2026
Hot Docs

Watch the trailer for Parasisi ahead of its world premiere in Hot Docs International Spectrum Competition on April 24.

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Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman attend the premiere of Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. © 2026 Sundance Institute | photo by Jason Peters.

How Nuisance Bear Finds the Perfect Marriage Between Commitment and Storytelling

by Jason Gorber
February 4, 2026
Features/Interviews/Sundance

An interview with Nuisance Bear directors Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden on their Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary.

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A view of Great Salt Lake as a dust storm carries carcinogens to neighbouring areas.

The Lake Review: Is It all Over If the Canary Can No Longer Sing?

by Pat Mullen
January 29, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The disappearance of Great Salt Lake and the ensuing dust storms that threaten neighbouring areas provide an urgent call to action in the powerful documentary The Lake.

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Árni Kjartansson sits overlooking a glacier in Iceland. | Courtesy of Andri Snær Magnason

Sara Dosa on Time and Water and Exploring Environmental Memory

by Pat Mullen
January 27, 2026
Features/Interviews/Sundance

Time and Water's Sara Dosa explores the life and death of glaciers.

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A young woman sits at the foreground of the frame looking off to the left. Her mother is behind her, sitting on a white horse. The rolling pasturelands are in the background.

To Hold a Mountain Review: Stirring Feminist Fable Meets Picturesque Pastoralism

by Pat Mullen
January 26, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

A mother and daughter working on a farm in Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau fuel To Hold a Mountain and its quietly moving feminist tale of strength and resistance.

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A polar bear sticks its head out of the water.

Nuisance Bear Review: This One’s Just Right

by Pat Mullen
January 24, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman brilliantly expand their 2021 short film Nuisance Bear about polar bears forced off their natural migration path in Churchill, Manitoba.

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Yanuni Review: Fighting the Apocalypse in the Tropics

by Pat Mullen
January 3, 2026
Festivals/Reviews

Indigenous activist and leader Juma Xipaia proves one of the most memorable characters you'll meet in a documentary this year as Yanuni follows her fight to protect the Brazilian Amazon.

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Nature, Family Strife, and the Internet Converge at RIDM

by Matthew Hays
November 19, 2025
RIDM

A look at four documentaries screening at Montreal's RIDM festival: Les héritiers, Green Valley, Recomposée, and The End of the Internet.

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Saik’uz Elder Minnie Thomas, Saik’uz First Nation Councillor Jasmine Thomas and baby. Image courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada, Lantern Films, and Experimental Forest Films.

Now Streaming: Nechako Imparts Generational Wisdom in a Fight for the Future

by POV Staff
November 17, 2025
Features

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again, now streaming at NFB.ca, observes as First Nations communities join forces to preserve the environment for generations to come.

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John Wilson’s THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE makes construction season just a little sweeter. 👷‍♂️

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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. 

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There's no crying in the arena! 🐎 #Cheyenne direc There's no crying in the arena! 🐎

#Cheyenne director Taimi Arvidson and riders Allysa Spierings and Emily Collits tell us about bucking bronc and the importance of getting back in the saddle. 

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"There is no history of cinema without Patricio Gu "There is no history of cinema without Patricio Guzmán." 🇨🇱

Film critic @cinemafrann remembers the master filmmaker who chronicled a nation's history and gave voice to the voiceless in films like The Battle of Chile, Obstinate Memory, Nostalgia for the Light, and The Pearl Button. 

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