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A woman stands in a green field with a dirt path. Her back is facing the camera. The sky is grey and cloudy.

Widow Champion Review: Seeing Women as Community, Not Property

by Susan G. Cole
May 2, 2025
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Widow Champion follows Rodah Nafulah as she helps women in Kenya gain independence through her NGO KELIN in the face of patriarchal traditions.

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Writing Hawa Review: Where Literacy Meets Advocacy

by Susan G. Cole
May 1, 2025August 5, 2025
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Writing Hawa examines the plight of women's rights in Afghanistan as one filmmaker observes her mother's quest for literacy.

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Manizha Bakhtari, an Afghan woman, stands in an elevator. She is wearing a dark suit with a pink and yellow checkered scarf.

The Last Ambassador Review: Returning Our Attention to Afghanistan

by Rachel Ho
May 1, 2025
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Powerful documentary The Last Ambassador observes Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan's only female ambassador, as she fights for women's voices back home.

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A Palestinian family sits around a grain milling stone. They are under a tree. The mother and daughter are wearing black and the son in the middle has a yellow shirt.

Aisha’s Story Review: Doc Portrait Coasts on Its Key Ingredient

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
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Aisha's Story is a personable if slight documentary that observes a Palestinian woman in Baqa’a refugee camp as she makes food from home.

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A woman films herself in the mirror while her boyfriend embraces her. She is topless and he is wearing a black t-shirt.

Mama Review: A Self-Portrait from the Oncology Ward

by Pat Mullen
April 27, 2025
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Ana Christina Benitez offers a personal film diary of her experience with breast cancer after being diagnosed at 36 years old in Mama.

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A close-up shot of a woman standing on the other side of a wire fence. She is wearing a burgundy winter jacket and eyeglasses, looking at what is on the other side of the fence.

Walls – Akinni Inuk Review: Empathy for Life

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2025
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Filmmaker Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg befriends Ruth, a Greelandic woman serving an indeterminate prison sentence, in Walls – Akinni Inuk.

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90-year-old Agatha Bock stands in her garden with a pitchfork. Her back is to the camera and she is wearing a light green shirt and pink skirt.

Agatha’s Almanac Review: A Grand Character, with Tape and Strawberries

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2025
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In Agatha's Almanac, Amalie Atkins delivers an aesthetically pleasing portrait of her 90-year-old aunt Agatha and her beloved garden.

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An Indian officer speaks to a couple. She is sitting at a desk facing them, and the two people are outside the frame. The woman is wearing a tan uniform and has her finger raised in the air.

Marriage Cops Dials-Up India’s Women’s Helpline

by Susan G. Cole
April 24, 2025
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In Marriage Cops, filmmakers Shashwati Talukdar and Cheryl Hess observe police officers in action at India's Women's Hotline.

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A vintage photo of a group of protesters marching and carrying signs that read "Gay Love" and "Women Love Women".

Justine Pimlott’s Queer Visions

by Susan G. Cole
April 22, 2025
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Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance marks a career high for Justine Pimlott and her work as a creative producer elevating LGBTQ+ voices.

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A woman wrestler wears a black leather outfit and stands by the ring. She has a blonde mohawk hairdo and is pointing at the ring while screaming.

Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story – Another Rumble

by Pat Mullen
April 1, 2025
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The life and career of professional wrestler Luna Vachon gets another bout in the documentary ring with Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story.

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Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

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✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

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📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

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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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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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