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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro sits at a desk with his arms folded defiantly. He is surrounded by four men in suits. They are all looking at the camera.

Apocalypse in the Tropics Review: When the Messiah Takes Office

by Pat Mullen
April 30, 2025July 2, 2025
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Petra Costa follows her Oscar-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy with Apocalypse in the Tropics, a riveting look at the rise of evangelicalism in Brazil's politics.

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A group of Black dancers on stage. They are wearing green crop tops and shorts. There is a dotted red backdrop behind them.

Assembly Review: An Artful Celebration of Blackness and Queerness

by Barbara Goslawski
April 29, 2025
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Multidisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome creates an immersive and multifaceted installation about the intersections of identity in Assembly.

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A teenage girl gives a high five to a male teacher. They are both Caucasian and have brown hair and glasses. The teacher has a beard. They are standing in an office space.

Spreadsheet Champions Review: Competition Doc Fails to Excel

by Jason Gorber
April 28, 2025
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Spreadsheet Champions is a formulaic competition doc that follows a group of students from around the world as they try to excel at Microsoft Excel.

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Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh direct on a film set. He is standing behind her wearing a grey shirt and ballcap, while she is wearing a green shirt and eyeglasses and has her hand raised. They are both smiling.

Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt Talk The Nest and Re-embodying History

by Alexander Mooney
April 27, 2025
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An interview with The Nest directors Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt about their innovative hybrid film that explores intersections of history within Singh's family home.

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Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev stands in pensive thought. The room is very dark. There is some light on his hand and face. He is wearing a white shirt.

Antidote Review: Reporting from Navalny’s Shadow

by Jason Gorber
April 26, 2025
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Antidote, a docu-thriller portrait of Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev, struggles to offer much new after Navalny.

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Burnaby Chiefs basketball player Jesse Barnes gets ready to take a shot. He is holding a basketball and wearing a dark blue jersey. The stands behind him are full with spectators.

Saints and Warriors Captures Haida Victory in the Courts

by Pat Mullen
April 23, 2025
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An interview with Saints and Warriors director Patrick Shannon about chronicling the All Native Basketballl Tournament and a pivotal year for the Skidegate Saints.

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🌞 Time and Water
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🌞 One in a Million
🌞 Closure
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Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on t Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺

Our team is reporting on the #documentary side from Park City. Visit POV to read about these five (and others!) in our reviews and interviews so far:
📽 American Doctor
📽 Ghost in the Machine
📽 Once Upon a Time in Harlem 
📽 Birds of War
📽 Nuisance Bear 
📽 Barbara Forever
📽 Sentient 
📽 Soul Patrol
📽 To Hold a Mountain
📽 Hanging by a Wire

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They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️

💻: On Netflix Feb. 1
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How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out!

Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 

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📽: A Private Life is now in theatres. 

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Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆

Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

Best Song 
✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless 
✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

🎟: use HDCxGD20 to save 20% on tickets!
📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

At the world premiere of the #documentary Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connor Story. 

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