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Canada’s Top Ten Downplays Docs Once Again

by Pat Mullen
January 6, 2026January 22, 2026
Features/Industry

Canada's Top Ten for 2025 includes only one documentary: Agatha's Almanac. The list represents an annual oversight for Canadian docs.

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Saints and Warriors Trailer: New Look at Award Winning Doc

by POV Staff
November 6, 2025
News

Watch the full trailer for the documentary Saints and Warriors, directed by Patrick Shannon, ahead of its release November 28.

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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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Saints and Warriors Leads DOXA Documentary Festival Winners

by Pat Mullen
May 12, 2025
Festivals/News

Saints and Warriors tops the winners of Vancouver's DOXA Documentary Festival with the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director.

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Come See Me in the Good Light Remains Favourite in Hot Docs Audience Award Race

by Pat Mullen
April 30, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Come See Me in the Good Light holds the number one spot in the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings for the fourth consecutive day as festival hits its midpoint.

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Come See Me in the Good Light Keeps Lead in Hot Docs Audience Award Race

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Come See Me in the Good Light holds its lead in the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings for the third day in a row as Canadians get out the vote.

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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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Saints and Warriors Captures Haida Victory in the Courts

by Pat Mullen
April 23, 2025
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

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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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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Hot Docs Announces First Titles for 2025 Festival

by Pat Mullen
March 11, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Hot Docs announces its first 2025 titles including The Nest, Saints and Warriors, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, and Coexistence, My Ass!.

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What stories exist outside the frame? 📷 @gesila.l What stories exist outside the frame? 📷

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at the complicated historues behind two iconic Vietnam War photos in the documentaries The Stringer and Saigon Story. 

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@imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are @imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are some of the documentary highlights at this year's festival devoted to Indigenous storytellers. 🪶

📽 On now through June 7

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Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast documentary winners! Congratulations to the team and all the winners. 🏆

🔗 Get the full list at povmagazine.com 

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Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature!

🔗 visit povmagazine.com for the full list of documentary winners. 

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The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tom The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tomorrow! Here are some of the #documentary highlights playing at this year's fest, including several Canadian premieres, music docs, and grand adventures. 🏔

📽 May 28 - 31, @bluemtnvillage 

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With purse strings tightening in Canada, must film With purse strings tightening in Canada, must filmmakers look south or to Medici-style patrons to fund their docs?

@adambenzine looks at the Canadian situation in the first of our three-part survey in the state of documentary. 

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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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#whatwillibecome #Documentary #film #InsideOut #mentalhealth
@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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CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 125: Spring/Summer 2026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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