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CEREMONY (2026) - SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award + Hot Docs DGC Special Jury Prize. https://linktr.ee/CeremonyFilm
CEREMONY wins Best Canadian Documentary at VIFF, while Oscar submission NINA ROZA wins Best Canadian Feature. povmagazine.com/ceremony-win...
Ceremony Wins Best Canadian Documentary at VIFF - POV Magazine
Winners of the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) awards for 2026 include Ceremony, directed by Banchi Hanuse, which took home top doc.
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BC film premiere of ‘CEREMONY’ documentary directed by Banchi Hanuse is at Vancouver International Film Festival @viffest.bsky.social Oct 4. 6, 10, 11 viff.org/whats-on/vif...
"If the butler didn't do it, who did?" A Nuxalk Chief's last question about the fish that vanished from his river & the investigation his children spent 26 years finishing. CEREMONY - Atlantic Canada film premiere, AIFF Halifax. Sept 20 + 22 2026aiff.eventive.org/searches/6a6...
What happens when a vanished fish, a land claim and Nuxalk law collide? Feature documentary 'CEREMONY' makes its Maine premiere in Camden at CIFF: camdeniff.eventive.org/.../6a7b2ce1... Sun, Sept 20, 1pm at Camden Opera House
Thank you to Carole Horst and @variety.com for this thoughtful feature on our film ‘Ceremony.’ variety.com/2026/film/fe...
‘Ceremony’ is at Bentonville Film Festival. 🎬 2:30pm, Fri, June 19 📽️ Skylight Cinema, 350 SW A St #Arkansas 🎟️ Tickets: bff2026.eventive.org/schedule/cer...
CEREMONY has won the Sydney Film Festival @sydfilmfest.bsky.social (Australia) 🏆 First Nations Award supported by @Truant Pictures. smayaykila.com/ceremony/
OKLAHOMA CITY: ‘Ceremony’ is coming to deadCenter Film Festival. 🎬 7:30 PM June 11 🎬 8:00 PM June 13 Harkins Theatre Bricktown dcff.eventive.org/films/699ca1...
imagineNATIVE 2026 review: "Ceremony," a film that ultimately becomes about loss, first teaches us how to listen. #imaginenative2026 #filmreview #ceremonyfilm #indigenous #filmfestival #indigenous @imaginenative.org www.themoviebuff.net/2026/06/cere...
‘Ceremony’ imagineNATIVE 2026 Review: When a Missing Fish Opens Up a Nation’s Memory
Looking for a review of Banchi Hanuse’s documentary film 'Ceremony'? The Movie Buff is your source for reviews, news, content, and more!
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'Ceremony’ is at Sydney Film Festival in Australia 🎟️ Tickets: www.sff.org.au/program/even...
Ceremony – Sydney Film Festival
This hybrid film flows through Nuxalk lands, lives and rivers where the ooligan fish no longer swim – tracing memory, ceremony, and the ripples of colonialism.
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SASKATOON: ‘Ceremony’ is at Acimowin Film Festival. 🎬 1:00pm, Sat June 6 📽️ Roxy Theatre 320 20th St W, Saskatoon SK 🎟️ Tickets: acimowinfilmfest2026.eventive.org/films/69fa2f...
‘CEREMONY’ documentary is hitting the trail: linktr.ee/CeremonyFilm Through ramshackled Nuxalk Radio, the disappearance of the ooligan from the Bella Coola River reveals a buried history deeper than the river itself.
"Ceremony (2026) - Nuxalk filmmaker Banchi Hanuse’s latest documentary beautifully captures Nuxalk resistance and revival in the Bella Coola valley..." @greenleftonline.bsky.social www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1454/cu...
Stories of resistance, revival and survival at Sydney Film Festival
This year's Sydney Film Festival, running from June 3–14, features films about First Nations resistance, a Palestinian uprising and communities seeking justice, writes Ben Radford.
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‘Ceremony’ feature documentary from Bella Coola heads to Sydney Film Festival in Australia. June 8 + 11. www.sff.org.au/program/even...
FFC #HotDocs review: CEREMONY, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/05/hot-...
Hot Docs '26: Ceremony - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***/****directed by Banchi Hanuse by Angelo Muredda Following the encore screening of Banchi Hanuse’s Ceremony at this year’s Hot Docs, an audience member chimed in to remark that as a Palestinian wom...
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At the Documentary Is Ceremony session during the Hot Docs Industry Conference, filmmaker Banchi Hanuse and story participants shared their collaborative process. povmagazine.com/ceremony-spo...
Ceremony Spotlights Indigenous Storytelling at Hot Docs Industry Conference - POV Magazine
At the Documentary Is Ceremony session during the Hot Docs Industry Conference, filmmaker Banchi Hanuse and story participants shared their collaborative process.
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Banchi Hanuse's #Ceremony is a stunning Nuxalk documentary that traces the vanishing ooligan to a buried colonial history. Visually breathtaking and quietly hopeful. #HotDocs2026 thatshelf.com/ceremony-rev...
Ceremony Review: Hot Docs 2026
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We're happy to share that 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺, directed by Banchi Hanuse, has been awarded the Hot Docs DGC Special Jury Prize Canadian Feature Documentary.
Trailer: CEREMONY (2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOPT... 🎬: The disappearance of the Bella Coola ooligan run reveals a buried history deeper than the river itself. @SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award Winner. Directed by Banchi Hanuse.
Trailer: Ceremony (2026)
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TORONTO: ‘Ceremony’ is at Hot Docs @hotdocs.bsky.social 🎬 5:30pm, Thurs, April 30 🎬 11:30am, Fri, May 1 📽️ TIFF Lightbox #Toronto #Indigenous tinyurl.com/ceremonyfilm
“Once again brimming with beautiful cinematography, engaging characters and a compelling story at its core, Hanuse’s latest, CEREMONY, is another impressive addition to her resumé, and one that cements her as a talented documentarian to watch.” @moviepie.bsky.social moviepie.com/hot-docs-202...
"After winning the Audience Award @sxsw.com in Austin, Texas, the documentary Ceremony will have its Canadian premiere @hotdocs.bsky.social in Toronto. To talk more on the film, APTN News is joined by Qwaxw Siwallace who was in the doc." www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6c...
"How is the mysterious disappearance of a species of small fish called the ooligan from BC’s Bella Coola River linked to a horrifying history of colonialism in Canada? Director Banchi Hanuse answers that question in this award-winning film" torontolife.com/culture/must... #Toronto #YYZ
Nuxalk Nation’s ‘CEREMONY’ documentary is travelling to Aotearoa (New Zealand) for Doc Edge Festival auckland.scoop.co.nz/2026/04/from...
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"[T]he film is filled with emotion, it’s brilliantly shot and while a lot of the world right now makes the future feel bleak, this community sparks hope." filmcarnage.com/2026/03/29/r...
Review: Ceremony
Written and directed by Banchi Hanuse, co-written by Jessica Mayhew, from ramshackled Nuxalk Radio in Bella Coola, voices trace the disappearance of the ooligan run revealing a buried history deepe…
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“This isn’t a documentary built to inform; it’s one built to correct something that should have never been lost. CEREMONY doesn’t just document a story; it reclaims it.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/when-ab...
Nuxalk filmmaker Banchi Hanuse’s feature documentary Ceremony has won the audience award in the Documentary Spotlight section of the SXSW Film & TV Festival. playbackonline.ca/2026/03/23/b...
Banchi Hanuse’s Ceremony wins SXSW audience award
The feature documentary from the B.C.-based Nuxalk filmmaker was in production for more than a decade before making its world premiere at SXSW.
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The documentary film, “Ceremony,” tells the story of resilience by Indigenous people - and a fish.
Award-winning film ‘Ceremony’ tells ‘important story for the world to hear’ - ICT
Documentary wins audience award at SXSW film festival
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We were lucky enough to sit down with award-winning filmmakers Banchi Hanuse, Qwaxw Siwallace, and Q'umulha Schooner this week to discuss their documentary Ceremony, which premiered at SXSW. Find us on your fav podcast platform!
