Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.

‘The Flight’: After Iran Shot Down Ukraine Plane, Doc Follows Victims’ Families Fight for Justice

Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.

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In the heat of election season, Canadian auteur Matthew Rankin’s celebratory evisceration of electoral politics is exactly what we need to watch right now. Lucky for us, it’s screening at @viffest.bsky.social. @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes. 🗳️🎬 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Matthew Rankin Made a Mulroney Movie | The Tyee

A top Canadian director delivers a delicious evisceration of electoral politics. Don’t miss it at VIFF.

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More VIFF Vancouver screenings of LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY on Oct 6 & 11. #NFB #VIFF2026

Aalto-ween 🎃@tramsgendered.bsky.social · 16h ago

I can’t believe I got to see Matthew Rankin at a film screening!!

NEW REVIEW — I'm kicking off my first-ever #VIFFest with Filipino Canadian docu-hybrid #FirstComesLoveNakabingwit, a heartfelt look at the trials of tribulations (and compassion) that comes from being in an interracial relationship, premiering tomorrow: www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

First Comes Love: Nakabingwit — Mediaversity Reviews

“ First Comes Love: Nakabingwit challenges people from a place of caring.”

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Watched only two movies, so no #LastFourWatched this week: 🩸 THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, a great primer by Alex Gibney about the Elizabeth Holmes story 🎭 THE DEBUT, an adorable tragicomedy by the massively talented Jesse Eisenberg. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 3d ago

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 📲

September 30th is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It is a federal statutory holiday observed annually to honour the survivors, families, and communities affected by the church-run and gov't sanctioned and funded Indian residential school system in Canada 🟥💔🟥 "We Were Children": watch it!

WE WERE CHILDREN | Full Documentary | National Film Board of Canada

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I talked to Joella Cabalu about her new documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit. It premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival starting this weekend: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24...

Oct 8 + 11 at VIFF Vancouver. #VIFF2026 #NFB

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Two AI docs among my #LastFourWatched! THE AI DOC OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST 😀 GHOST IN THE MACHINE 😐 And I revisited two ghosts from the past in THE TERMINATOR 😎 (relates to the AI docs) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 😞 #LetterboxdFriday

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Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 💨

📣 Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film festival, running October 16 to 19. classic107.com/articles/win...

Winnipeg filmmaker Matea Radic heads to Los Angeles with NFB animated short

Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film fes...

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Watch it soon at VIFF Vancouver!

Steve Kopian@unseenfilms.bsky.social · 3w ago

STILL NIGHT BURNING HOUSE at TIFF left me without words. Its the story of a family trying to sort out what happened to one of their members www.unseenfilms.net/2026/09/stil...

“This hallucinatory string of Heritage Minutes has real but limited appeal,” writes Adam Nayman of Matthew Rankin’s latest biopic. “It’s a comedy that only a wonk could love [...] but there’s a little wonk in all of us these days.” https://thewalrus.ca/brian-mulroney-biopic/

Filipino Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, exploring race, culture and communication across relationships in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. #VIFF #CanadianFilm #FilipinoCanadian www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

Kevin Kirkpatrick (organizer): "The great part about working with the National Film Board is that they offer these movies free for Canadians..." www.sasktoday.ca/southwest/lo...

Swift Current Culture Days event brings Sask stories to big screen

Saskatchewan history remembered as the Lyric Theatre brings his three films from the past for Culture Days.

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📽️ NIRILAURTA screening in Iqaluit had to send 40 people home due to a full house! nunavutnews.com/2026/09/21/w...

'We demand to be heard'; food security documentary packs Iqaluit cinema - Nunavut News

'Nirilaurta,' set in Taloyoak, highlights hunting and fishing

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🎥 The National Film Board (NFB) documentary STOLEN TIME, which follows an Ontario lawyer taking on Canada's for-profit nursing-home industry, will screen at St. Albert's Arden Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 22. www.stalbertgazette.com/local-entert...

Documentary exposes Canada's long-term-care woes

St. Albert screening of Stolen Time focuses on long-term care challenges.

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🎬 Sean Edwards se joint à l’ONF comme producteur au sein de l’Unité documentaire de l’Ouest à Vancouver. Cofondateur de Ramble Films, il cumule 12 ans d’expérience en production et création. 👉 ctvm.info/onf-vancouve... #ONF

'Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney' elects a gonzo political and historical vision of our 18th Prime Minister 🗳️ at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4ha4pNC #TIFF26

Lovely shorts seen at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) among my #LastFourWatched. YAYA, by Sebastian Cerani 🥲 SISTERS, by Maria Munro 👍 WATER MY STEPS ORCHID COLOR, by Emmanuel Saavedra 🥺 PASTA NEGRA, by Jorge Thielen Armand 👍 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 2w ago

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched ➡️

'Still Night, Burning House' dissects a Vietnamese-Canadian family's past traumas 🇻🇳 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4xTeDJ8 #TIFF26

For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table. @tiffnet.bsky.social doc Still Night, Burning House confirms a major talent. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/for-carol-ng...

For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table - POV Magazine

Carol Nguyễn discusses her feature debut Still Night, Burning House and revisiting a family trauma with hope to inspire collective healing.

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Watch your screens! REDEFINED films will be launched on the NFB platform tonight!

POV Magazine@povmagazine.bsky.social · 3w ago

How these five filmmakers show that there's no one way to make a Canadian film with the NFB/TIFF series Redefined. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/how-five-fil...

There’s never been a film like Mathew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, writes @filmfest.bsky.social #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/ladies-and-g...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney Review: Move Over, Heritage Minutes! - POV Magazine

Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney review: the story of Canada's 18th Prime Minister gets a freewheeling take from Matthew Rankin.

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Matthew Rankin's story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent offers a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney’ Review: Matthew Rankin’s Psychedelic Tour Through Mid-Century Canadian Conservative Politics

Matthew Rankin's story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent offers a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.

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📍 Catch LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY at the fall festivals, including TIFF Toronto, AIFF Halifax and VIFF Vancouver!

Contra Zoom Pod@contrazoompod.bsky.social · 3w ago

New episode! Matthew Rankin, the director of Universal Language, is back with a new documentary, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney which had its world premiere at TIFF. Jeff Bulmer’s had the chance to chat with him about his new film. Click to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/6zbJ...

🎙️ Joella Cabalu, director of FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT, is interviewed on OMNI News Filipino about her upcoming VIFF world premiere. #NFB #VIFF2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SO3...

Pelikula ng Filipino Canadian director tampok sa VIFF 2026 | OMNI News Filipino

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Matthew Rankin's Brian Mulroney doc shows politician 'charming the whole country into oblivion'

Matthew Rankin's Brian Mulroney doc shows politician 'charming the whole country into oblivion'

The documentary, Matthew Rankin’s followup to the Oscar-shortlisted “Universal Language,” presents a history of Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party through the lens of Brian Mulroney’s rise to power.

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🎙️ “I want this film to be the next chapter in the canon of Filipino representation:” Director Joella Cabalu about her documentary FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT. 📍 World premiere Oct 3 at VIFF Vancouver. Article by Lillian Liao: thelasource.com/cover-story/... #VIFF2026

A heart-to-heart about race in relationships—First Comes Love: Nakabingwit premieres at VIFF

Joella shows a photo of Luka to her friend Jessie. | Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (2026).  First Comes Love: Nakabingwit is an invitation to difficult conversations—one that com...

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🌟 Pour une 2e année consécutive, Suzanne Guèvremont, présidente de l’ONF, figure au Canada25 du Hollywood Reporter, qui souligne les chefs de file de l’industrie canadienne. 👉 ctvm.info/the-hollywoo...

The Hollywood Reporter confirme le leadership de Suzanne Guèvremont parmi les 25 chefs de file de l’industrie au Canada

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In festivals this fall, inclucing 📍TIFF Toronto 📍AIFF Halifax 📍VIFF Vancouver LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY The new film by Matthew Rankin!

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 3w ago

Matthew Rankin’s films about Canadiana tend to have theatrical audiences rubbing their eyes.