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DOXA Documentary Festival runs April 30 to May 10

Stop Making Sense

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, 2025August 26, 2025
Features/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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Gimli International Film Fest Boasts a Fine Slice of Non-Fiction

by POV Staff
July 23, 2025
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the Gimli International Film Festival include Agatha's Almanac, The Track, Endless Cookie, and Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.

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Stop Making Sense Review: Doc Will Never Be the Same As It Ever Was

by Jason Gorber
September 16, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

The 4K restoration of Stop Making Sense gives Jonathan Demme's classic Talking Heads concert doc a truly definitive experience.

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Review: ‘All These Sleepless Nights’

by Maurie Alioff
January 17, 2017June 5, 2022
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Polish filmmaker Michal Marczak’s All These Sleepless Nights, which picked up the World Cinema Documentary Award at Sundance 2016, has been getting mostly favourable attention for evaporating distinctions between documentary and fiction,

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