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So Surreal: Behind the Masks

Ossie Kairaiuak (Yup’ik) of the musical group Pamyua dances a mask carved by Yup’ik artist Drew Michael.

So Indigenous, So Surreal

by Liam Lacey
June 3, 2025June 12, 2025
Features/Interviews

In So Surreal: Behind the Masks, Neil Diamond goes on the hunt for the Raven Transformation Mask and encounters the Indigenous influence on Surrealism.

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Four men in a lab examine a metal tube of cheese. They are all wearing white lab coats and hair nets.

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival Announces Line-up

by Pat Mullen
April 15, 2025
Festivals/News

Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival announces line-up for 2025 edition including the Canadian premieres of docs Shelf Life, Front Row, and Middletown.

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Go North: Documentary Highlights at the Available Light Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
February 8, 2025
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the 2025 Available Light Film Festival include Northlore, The Stand, Play It Loud, Fire Tower, and Old Crow: A Philosophy.

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Doc Highlights at the 2024 Vancouver Int’l Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
September 24, 2024
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival include So Surreal: Behind the Masks, The Stand, Blink, and Dahomey.

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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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Going Behind the Mask with Neil Diamond

by Marc Glassman
September 13, 2024October 1, 2024
Interviews/TIFF

Neil Diamond on So Surreal: Behind the Masks and reclaiming Indigenous art.

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TIFF Gets Real with Authentic Voices and Images

by Marc Glassman
September 6, 2024
TIFF

Reporting on documentaries and films with authentic voices as the Toronto International Film Festival expands the canon of storytellers.

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VIFF Announces 2024 Line-Up, Fest to Open with Ari’s Theme

by Pat Mullen
August 28, 2024
Festivals

The VIFF 2024 line-up includes Ari's Theme, Blink, The Stand, The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, and Disco's Revenge.

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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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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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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

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Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

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📽: U.S. premiere @psfilmfest; coming soon to theatres

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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📽: in theatres Dec. 25
📽: rent the doc on Vimeo

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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📽: Coexistence, My Ass! (Now on TVO)

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Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

@_rachelkh looks at films about Pee-Wee Herman, Pamela Anderson, and Elvis Presley to consider some dos and don'ts of the celebrity doc.

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#Documentary #film #peeweeherman #elvis #pamelaanderson
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