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September 11, 2023
Arts & Culture/Diaspora Affairs/Local Journalism Initiative

Documentary follows Polish director evacuating Ukrainians fleeing invasion

The film, In the Rearview, has its North American premiere this week at Toronto’s International Film Festival.

September 2, 2023
Arts & Culture/Diaspora Affairs/Local Journalism Initiative

Documentary by Iranian-Canadian looks for answers about the downing of Flight 752

The film chronicles the journey of a man who lost his wife and nine-year-old daughter in the tragedy.

June 19, 2023
Arts & Culture/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

Documentary by Kurdish-Canadian filmmaker makes audience favourites list at HotDocs festival

“The movie inspires immigrants and refugees to be proud of themselves,” says the film’s creator.

Still from a documentary shown at TIFF
September 21, 2022
Arts & Culture

Documentaries by immigrant directors win big at TIFF 2022

Resilient fathers battling extraordinary circumstances are at the centre of documentaries by Iran-born Babak Payami and India-born, Nisha Pahuja.

image of documentaries of lineup for PBS POV including asian and asian-canadian films
July 8, 2022
Arts & Culture/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

Documentaries combat anti-Asian racism

Creators encourage empathy through their storytelling about Asian communities and their experiences.

May 10, 2022
Arts & Culture/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

‘My Two Voices’ is a poetic reflection on immigrant identity

The film's director purposefully avoids the subjects’ faces in order to keep viewers' attention on their tone and memories of past experiences.

The new film intertwines the coming-out stories, and challenges, of three South Asian youth from the LGBTQ community.
November 16, 2021
Arts & Culture/Youth

Award-winning documentary gives voice to South Asian LGBTQ community

A new documentary, "Emergence," came together as one South Asian youth struggled with homelessness after being disowned by his South Asian family

October 22, 2021
Arts & Culture/History

Once soldiers on opposite sides, now neighbours: D.I. Lee’s new documentary

War veterans from all over the world have chosen to start new lives in Canada. Many of them fought against each other,

October 15, 2019
Arts & Culture

A Tale of Two Communities Worlds Apart: Filmmaker Connects with Small Prairie Town

Her film, called A Kandahar Away, follows the Jamal family to Kandahar, Sask.

February 28, 2017
Arts & Culture/Immigration

Depicting the First 150 Days in Canada

OVER 300 movie-goers attended the recent world premiere of ‘My First 150 Days in Canada’, a documentary that strikes to the core

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