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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

The Best Documentaries of 2024: Ringing in a Tumultuous Year

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 12, 2024February 3, 2025
Features

The best documentaries of 2024 include Mountain Queen, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, Mistress Dispeller, Dahomey, Daughters, Yintah, and No Other Land.

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Sugarcane Leads IDA Awards for the Year in Documentary

by Pat Mullen
November 19, 2024March 12, 2025
Industry/News

IDA Awards nominations for the best documentaries of 2024 include Sugarcane, No Other Land, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, Queendom and Dahomey.

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DOC NYC Heats Up with Oscar Contenders and World Premieres

by Pat Mullen
November 13, 2024
Festivals

Highlights at DOC NYC 2024 include Oscar contenders and new works from Ondi Timoner and Dawn Porter.

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The 2024 TIFF Docs Report: TIFF Is (Sort of) Back, Baby!

by Pat Mullen
September 16, 2024September 19, 2024
Features/TIFF

The 2024 TIFF Docs report: highlights from the documentary side of the Toronto International Film Festival, overwhelmed by controversy.

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Raoul Peck on Finding Ernest Cole

by Marc Glassman
September 13, 2024
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Ernest Cole: Lost and Found director Raoul Peck about bringing the South African photographer's life and work to screen.

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TIFF 2024: The Year of the Documentary?

by Marc Glassman
September 3, 2024
TIFF

Anticipated highlights on the documentary front at the Toronto International Film Festival include Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story and Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.

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Sales Titles and Awards Hopefuls Tapped for TIFF Docs Line-Up

by Pat Mullen
August 7, 2024August 31, 2024
Features/TIFF

Previewing the TIFF Docs slate with the festival's documentary programmer Thom Powers. Docs coming to Toronto include No Other Land, Vice Is Broke, and The Last Republican.

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Ernest Cole Lost and Found, The Brink of Dreams Tie for Cannes’ l’Œil d’Or

by Pat Mullen
May 24, 2024
Festivals

Ernest Cole, Lost and Found and The Brink of Dreams (Les Filles de Nil) tie for the l’Œil d’Or for best documentary at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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Cannes Review: Ernest Cole, Lost and Found

by Jason Gorber
May 23, 2024August 29, 2024
Festivals/Reviews

Raoul Peck chronicles the life and work of the South African photographer in Ernest Cole, Lost and Found, narrated by LaKeith Stanfield.

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22 Documentaries Compete for the l’Œil d’Or at Cannes

by Pat Mullen
May 10, 2024
Festivals

Cannes Film Festival's l’Œil d’Or competition includes 22 documentaries, like Jim Henson: Idea Man, The Bell from Gaza, and Invasion.

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#EverestDark follows veteran climber Mingma Sherpa as he makes another ascent to recover bodies of fallen climbers and put the mountain's soul at ease. 

📽: select theatres beginning Mar. 2
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Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weeken Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weekend! 🏆

This year's nominees are:
🫏 perfectly a strangeness
🩺 The Devil Is Busy
📷 All the Empty Rooms
🪧 Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
📹 Armed With Only a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

🔗: link to review in bio

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How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard him before?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert film editor and executive producer Jonathan Redmon tells us about re-mastering the King himself. 🤴 

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Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary open Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary opening wide, and it's #EPiC!

Don't miss EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Luhrmann's maximalist music doc that had TIFFgoers dancing in the theatre. 

📽: IMAX theatres Feb. 20; regular cinemas next week. 
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RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true master RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true masters. 🕯

In films like Titicut Follies,  National Gallery, In Jackson Heights, and Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, his observational eye and appreciation for institutional intricacies (and how to critique them) inspired us to savour every second of a film.  May #Wisemanesque films stand the test of time! 

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First they came for the books. 📚 Festival favouri First they came for the books. 📚

Festival favourite #AnAmericanPastoral observes a snapshot of the culture wars and radicalized politics. Now streaming!

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Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line betwe Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line between mockumentary, Jackass, and WTF, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a truly Canadian original. 

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📽: now in theatres

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