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To You and Yours, from the DOXA Team!

Thu Dec 17

The folks at DOXA would like to say Happy Holidays!

The challenge of 2020 cannot be understated. We cancelled our Festival in May due to the pandemic, only to bring it back, wholly virtual, for nine days in June. Being unable to connect in person with filmmakers, guest curators, and audiences was a great loss. However, in tried and true fashion, documentaries from all...

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Apply to the DOXA Board!

Fri Nov 6

The Documentary Media Society is currently seeking new volunteer board members to serve for the 2020-2021 term, starting on November 30, 2020. Will it be you?

Deadline to apply: November 23, 2020

We are always open to meeting potential board members from different backgrounds and skill sets. We strongly encourage applicants with lived...

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2020 Annual General Meeting

Thu Nov 5

You're invited to DOXA's 2020 Annual General Meeting, the first of its kind online! All DOXA members are welcome and encouraged to participate.

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VanPodFest Programming Announced!

Thu Oct 15

Five-day festival includes acclaimed creators, hosts, and producers including Michelle Shephard (Brainwashed), Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto (Sandy & Nora Talk Politics), Elamin Abdelmahmoud (Pop Chat, Party Lines, Party in the USA), Andréa Schmidt (Canadaland), Lauren Bercovitch and Chris Kelly (This Sounds Serious, Kelly&Kelly Studios), Laura Palmer (Island Crime: Where is Lisa?) and more

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Submit Your Film to DOXA 2021

Fri Oct 2

We are seeking submissions of short to feature length documentaries for our 20th anniversary festival, happening May 6 thru May 16, 2021. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, DOXA plans to present a hybrid festival experience which will include both online and theatrical screenings. 

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Vancouver Podcast Festival Trivia Fundraiser!

Thu Oct 1

Calling all podcast lovers, pop culture fanatics, and trivia titans near and far!

Join co-hosts Hannah McGregor (Secret Feminist Agenda, Witch, Please), Lisa Christiansen (Pop This!), and Andrea Warner (Pop This! and CBC's Pop Chat) on Wednesday, October 28th for an evening of online trivia by Quiz Master Carlos to raise money for...

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Thank You!

Wed Jul 1

Another DOXA gone by, and in exceptional form—the first of its kind to take place entirely online! As we take time to reflect on the festival passed, plan for the future, and make time for much needed rest, we want to express our deep gratitude to you for your support, and we hope you enjoyed many, many documentaries.

The challenge of this year can not be understated;...

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Award Winners Announced!

Thu Jun 25

Vancouver, BC / Thursday June 25, 2020 - As the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, wraps up its first-ever online edition, it is pleased to announce the winner of three competitions. 

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A Toast to Peter Wintonick

Mon Jun 22

DOXA was proud to launch it’s 19th annual festival with Wintopia, directed by Mira Burt-Wintonick, which traces the footsteps of iconic Canadian documentary filmmaker Peter Wintonick through the lens of his daughter. 

Ahead of his time, when dial-up internet speeds were the norm, Peter founded what...

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Shorts Filmmakers Roundtable

Fri Jun 19

Join us for a virtual roundtable with BC filmmakers with films at DOXA 2020! For this moderated conversation, we are inviting the participating filmmakers to come prepared to ask questions of each other, both about their films at DOXA as well as the art of crafting stories in the short form in general. 

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