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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 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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A mosaic of documentary highlights from this year's Hot Docs film festival.

The 2025 Hot Docs Report: A Confident Return

by Pat Mullen
May 5, 2025May 9, 2025
Features/Hot Docs

Hot Docs 2025 proved a confident return for the documentary festival with full screenings, engaged audiences, and some strong titles, especially Canadian ones.

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Agatha’s Almanac and I, Poppy Lead Hot Docs Award Winners

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Award winners at the 2025 Hot Docs documentary festival include Agatha's Almanac; I, Poppy; Paul; River of Grass; #skoden; and Writing Hawa.

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#skoden Review: The Man Behind the Meme

by Marc Glassman
May 1, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

In #skoden, Damien Eagle Bear explores the human story behind a viral internet meme about an Indigenous man putting his dukes up.

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A collage of film stills from documentaries screening at Hot Docs.

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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Hot Docs Announces Full Line-up, Fest to Open with Parade

by Pat Mullen
March 25, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Hot Docs announces the full line-up for the 2025 festival including opening night selection Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance.

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Want the story behind the @northernsuperleague? @t Want the story behind the @northernsuperleague? @thepitchdoc_nsl follows the fight to establish a women's pro soccer league in Canada. ⚽️

We chatted with director Michèle Hozer at @windsorfilmfest about her documentary hitting the circuit. 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/how-the-pitch-captures-the-push-for-equity-in-work-and-play/

#thepitch #soccer #Documentary #wiff
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Catch LOVE, HAROLD at festivals including @workmanartsto & @windsorfilmfest this week. 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/love-harold-review-the-art-of-talking-it-out/

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Experience Your Higher Self with us at @planetinfo Experience Your Higher Self with us at @planetinfocus

Part exposé, part empathetic portrait, @a.n.n.n.n.n.n.i.e ’s @onf_nfb doc Your Higher Self explores the booming world of life coaching—a modern phenomenon capturing our society’s obsession with self-improvement.

📅 October 24, 6:30 PM
📍 @paradiseonbloor
1006c Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6H 1M2

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"Watch out for the Karen!" Is #ThePerfectNeighbo "Watch out for the Karen!" 

Is #ThePerfectNeighbor the Oscar frontrunner for Best Documentary? 

📽: @hotdocs_ this weekend
👨‍💻: @netflixca Oct. 17

🔗: in stories!

#documentary #truecrime #film #movies #Netflix
Get ready to laugh and cry! @vancityreynolds and Get ready to laugh and cry!

@vancityreynolds and @clinhanks tell us why John Candy: I Like Me invites an important conversation about mental health and captures the star's iconic Canadianness. 🇨🇦

🔗: link in stories

📽: @primevideo Oct. 10

#johncandy #johncandyilikeme #movies #documentary #mentalhealth #tiff #tiff50 #ryanrenolds
"She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox "She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox tells us about her #documentary Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon and remembering the life and work of Toronto's beloved drag artist. 

🔗: Link in stories!

🖥: @cbcgem and Passionate Eye. 

📷: Krys Cee

#michelleross #drag #Toronto #movies #cbc #gaytoronto
Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ wit Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ with #TheLibrarians on Oct. 8! 

We chatted with director Kim A. Snyder about looking at the rise in book banning and the librarians fighting for America's kids.

(Link in stories.)

#documentary #books #reading #movies #hotdocs
Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @br Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @brisfos in @theartofadventure__doc!

 The friends and director @alireidfilm sat down 26th @filmfest_ca to talk about their #documentary before it screens at @viffest & @windsorfilmfest. 🚐

Link in stories.

#TheArtofAdventure #Film #movies #travel #robertbateman #viff2025 #wiff
🎟🎟 Want to attend this weekend's #PeterMettl 🎟🎟 Want to attend this weekend's #PeterMettler retrospective at @tiff_net?

We have tickets to give away to the following screenings:
- Gambling, Gods, and LSD - Sat, Oct. 4 @ 6:15pm
- Scissère - Sun, Oct. 3 @ 7:15pm

Peter Mettler will be in hand at both screenings.

To win,  just email info@povmagazine.com and let us know which screening you'd like to attend! 📽

#film #movies #Toronto #yyz #tiff #tiffcinematheque #giveaway

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