If you want to find the spirit of independent documentary alive and thriving, then DOXA is the best Canadian festival to attend. In the majestic beauty of Vancouver, you will find a festival where the craft of documentary has a chance to show itself beyond the constraints of the business of making documentaries. You will find those gems that everyone else missed!
– Timothy Richards, producer of No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki (Canada)

DOXA is a festival dedicated to the art and joy of documentary filmmaking, where filmmakers and audience together are front and centre.
– Maya Gallus and Justine Pimlott, director and producer of Girl Inside (Canada)

DOXA is a very special Festival. Each film feels lovingly selected and the audience flocks to the neighbouring venues in droves. The screening of my documentary Unbuckling my Bible Belt at DOXA was truly memorable for me; a full theatre, a great public, a lively Q&A. The DOXA staff and volunteers are the friendliest I've ever met at a festival, always helpful and truly delighted by your presence and your film. This festival is a real upper for filmmakers!
– Patricia Tassanari, director of Unbuckling My Bible Belt (Canada)

As the subject of Jeff and Sue Turner's, film The Edge of Eden, which was the opening feature of the 2007 DOXA festival, I can't say enough about how this event was run. We were given royal treatment and I personally give huge thanks to DOXA for understanding and appreciating the film and the work I have done in Russia.
– Charlie Russell, subject of The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies (Canada)

It was exciting to be part of such an great lineup of films – a broad range of films, not only from across the globe, but spanning many themes, ideas and moods, challenging the idea of "documentary". It was also wonderful to meet so many visiting filmmakers. The festival was at once both cosmopolitan and intimate. I hope that I can make more films worthy of inclusion in DOXA.
– Dan Sokolowski, director of Land of the Pines (Canada)

There were magic moments for me at the 2007 DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver. I remember watching a wonderful film, Os Tres de Portugal, about three musicians struggling to keep the tradition of fado music from Portugal alive in Canada. The film finished, the lights went up and suddenly Jose Amaral, Manuel Redondo and singer Suzana Rodrigues stepped out of the screen and were performing their beautiful songs in person just feet away from me. Truly magic.
– Malcolm Guy, director of Bledi, this is our home (Canada)

The festival was filled with dynamism! I want to congratulate DOXA for the way you presented the films. The different themes were really interesting and within each theme all the films were presented in a good context, not only for their content but also for their form. I was really impressed by the active participation of the audience – so many good questions and comments. I was very proud to take part in the DOXA Festival this year and to present A Sunday in Pripyat to the Vancouver audience. It was an enriching experience for me.
– Blandine Huk, director of A Sunday in Pripyat (France)

As a filmmaker, I am just a new born baby. DOXA gave the baby a lot of encouragement, praise and hope. I was very honoured to be recognized by so many people. DOXA helped me to feel so deeply in my heart about making this kind of film. I had the greatest start as a filmmaker and because of DOXA, I gained a lot of energy to keep on going. I want to say "millions of thanks" to DOXA on behalf of Hibakusha and everybody who supported me. DOXA is a magnificent film festival and I hope many filmmakers will experience this wonderful feeling.
– Yuki Nakamura, director of No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki (Canada)

Thanks to DOXA, I was able to screen my film Candemonium to a hometown audience and subsequent to my screening in DOXA, my film was invited to participate in other film festivals. I was impressed with the festival's strong and diverse selection of new documentaries. As an instructor at Vancouver Film School, I was grateful for a venue to send my students, who were eager to see high quality documentary films.
– Jason Margolis, director of Candemonium

DOXA was fantastic in that it was small, unthreatening, intimate but not cultist. I really enjoyed the dialogues. They were people who LIKE documentary, not just as a way to get into the glamour of the big time feature, but as a way to participate in the human race and the human condition. We went away quite inspired, talking about making films again.
– Master Canadian documentary filmmaker & DOXA participant, Colin Low

Having been a DOXA supporter from the beginning, it’s been our reward to see the festival’s growth while keeping its commitment to original and surprising non-fiction film. Videomatica has benefited from the opportunity to work with DOXA as a promotional partner, an advertiser, a prize donor and a ticket outlet.
- Graham Peat, Co-owner, Videomatica

I believe DOXA to be a vital and necessary addition to this city's film exhibition strategy as the documentary form moves more and more into the fore of our concerns and the reflection of our world takes on a renewed and vital role in understanding ourselves.
– Alex MacKenzie, filmmaker & DOXA guest curator

Like DOXA, Knowledge Network is committed to presenting independent and innovative documentaries from around the world for a local audience. We both strive to educate British Columbians about documentary film as an art form while showcasing regional diversity and staying relevant. We are delighted to participate in DOXA’s continuing success.
- Andrew Poon, Manager, Communications, Knowledge Network

The festival was a tremendous success. The full houses attested to the hunger that exists for engaged documentary film and video production in Vancouver and to the creative and stimulating programming that kept us coming back night after night. BC is a center for independent documentary filmmaking in North America. Festivals like DOXA support the increasingly active production community by bringing new, international work to the attention of Canadian filmmakers. This will in turn help develop a more mature and cosmopolitan engagement with the world and will lead to more powerful and more accomplished work.
– Colin Browne, Professor, School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University

It's been a long time since I've seen films as entertaining, eclectic and smart as DOXA's, and it's not because I don't have cable.
- Helen Kuk, DOXA audience member, Vancouver

DOXA was the ideal venue for the world premiere of our film, SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability! The DOXA team is thoroughly professional and creates an atmosphere of both relevance and festivity – a filmmaker's dream!
- Bonnie Klein, Director, SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

Line 21 is thrilled and proud to be a sponsor of DOXA. We aim to participate in the film industry and in our community by contributing to high-quality organizations like DOXA, where the films are chosen with discerning taste and have a balance of variety, relevance, resonance and entertainment value.
- Dawn Simpson, Director of Marketing, Line 21 Media Services Ltd.

This was our first time at the DOXA festival, but definitely not our last. A great selection of films from around the world presented viewpoints that you would not normally see on the screen. The films were shown in beautiful theatres, with a friendly, enthusiastic group of volunteers and staff, and this helped to make it a wonderful experience. An added bonus was that many of the directors were there to introduce their films and take questions afterwards. We found that this festival really respected the artists and the audience. We will definitely be there again next year.
- Trevor Suffield & Sheona Campbell, DOXA audience members, Winnipeg