As DOXA Documentary Film Festival prepares for its in-person opening this week, the festival also announces it’s also bringing back its Industry program in-person venues, offering a chance to learn from leading documentary professionals, activists and academics. DOXA’s 2023 Industry program kicks off on Saturday, May 6 at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at…
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DOXA 2023 Festival Line-Up Debuts
This week, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, announced its 2023 Festival line-up. The 22nd edition Festival returns to screens May 4 through May 14, 2023 with a roster of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries in theatrical venues across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a communal cinema experience. For…
DOXA Online Film Festival 2020 Line-Up, Ready To Stream
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, is returning screens, very near you, next week June 18 to June 26, 2020. Originally scheduled to hit theatres May 7-17, DOXA, like many cultural events of the COVID-19 era, the festival has been relaunched as an online edition. The online DOXA festival will feature over…
JFL Northwest starts the decade with laughter
Vancouver Just for Laughs Festival, JFL NorthWest brings 12 days of international comedy to Vancouver, February 13 – 25, 2020. JFL NorthWest is back to bring a belly full of laughs as it presents the best, brightest, and boldest stars of stand-up, improv, podcasts, and sketch comedy. JFL Northwest 2020 starts the decade with over 100 shows…
VQFF Opening Gala coming August 9th
The 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) kicks off on Thursday August 9th with a 7:00pm screening of Yen Tan’s critically-observed period piece, 1985, at the Vancouver Playhouse. Director Tan’s fifth feature black & white film, 1985 follows Adrian, a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis….
2018 DOXA line-up keeps it real
In an age of “fake news” the 2018 DOXA Documentary Film Festival celebrates those filmmakers who take the time to research and document real life and get to the bottom of the story without a script or teleprompter. The DOXA 2018 program screens radical and transformative ideas through music, art, and the power of people working…
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2016 Launches
This week, DOXA Documentary Film Festival debuted its 2016 Festival program guides and teased the film line-up. The 10 day festival brings a world of documentary films to Vancouver. From daredevils to divas, burlesque to basketball, calypso and cameras DOXA brings together films on the most diverse nonfiction topics. Films from Europe, Australia, USA, Middle…