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A mosaic of still images from documentaries from the Toronto International Film Festival appear in four rows.

50 Docs that Defined TIFF: Looking Back at the Toronto International Film Festival

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber Barbara Goslawski Rachel Ho Courtney Small Nidhil Vohra
August 25, 2025
Features/Lists/TIFF

As the Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its fiftieth edition, our writers pick fifty documentaries that helped define the festival in its first five decades.

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TIFF 50 Spotlights a History of Toronto Festival Favourites

by Pat Mullen
May 7, 2025
News/TIFF

TIFF Cinematheque marks 50th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival with TIFF 50, highlight and films that defined the event.

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Imagining Canada: How the NFB Represents Our Many Stories

by Marc Glassman
March 24, 2025
Features

Explore a history of Canada on film as the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) captures the diversity of the country's stories over time.

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Alanis Obomsawin to Receive 2023 Edward MacDowell Medal

by Pat Mullen
April 2, 2023
Features

Alanis Obomsawin will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal in a ceremony on July 23 with opening remarks by Jesse Wente.

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National Canadian Film Day Documentary Highlights

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2022
Industry/Lists

National Canadian Film Day highlights for documentary screenings, conversations, at home viewings, and more to celebrate Canadian content.

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Alanis Obomsawin and the Power of Documentary Filmmaking

by Erica Commanda
April 4, 2022
Features

Reflections on Alanis Obomsawin, her career, documentaries, influence, and legacy among Indigenous filmmaking.

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Under the Mountie’s Hat

by Marc Glassman
July 5, 2021
Essays

If Canada is to live up to its egalitarian promise, the mandate of the police and the security state must be radically rethought and restructured. In bearing witness and deepening understanding, documentaries

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Now We Are 80 – NFB Top Tens

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman Andrew McIntosh Dorothy Woodend Judy Wolfe Matthew Hays Maya Gallus Susan G. Cole
December 21, 2019
Features/Lists

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada, eight POV writers share their picks for the top ten films in the history of the NFB. From documentary features,

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Change We Can Believe In

by Andrew McIntosh
October 8, 2019
Essays/Features

Every once in a while, people appear on the political stage with compelling personal narratives and charisma to spare. They’re dedicated and passionate and demonstrate through their actions that they can persevere

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Racism: Documenting Prejudice

by David Spaner
February 13, 2019
Essays/Features

Hate. It’s raw, visceral and, in the rising global craziness of 2018, we see it every day. We also see it on screens. Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro (2016), inspired by

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Expect to hear a lot more about these films in the fall circuit:
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