Documentary Organization of Canada

East Coast in Focus | Gros plan sur l'Atlantique — E3 In this third episode of East Coast in Focus, we travel to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage town by the ocean that hosts one of the region’s most beloved screen events: the Lunenburg…

✨Check out Canada Media Fund’s Lights, Camera, Inclusion: East Coast in Focus!

Voices from the DOC Atlantic community take the spotlight, featuring DOC Atlantic members!

🎬DOC's ED Julian Carrington is featured in EP 3, filmed at Lunenburg Doc Fest!

🔗https://buff.ly/6v1gtuu

⏰ Reminder: Hot Docs Board Applications Close TODAY at 5pm ET!

🎬 DOC is looking for three DOC members to represent the independent documentary community on Hot Docs’ Board of Directors.

📣 Help shape Canada’s leading documentary organization!

🔗 buff.ly/IgjvB1x

📅 Mark Your Calendar:

DOC members: join a virtual Town Hall on Hot Docs | Open to all DOC members in good standing

Updates, discussion, and member input on the future of Hot Docs and DOC’s role.

🔗 Learn more + register here: docorg.ca/register-for...

📣🎥 DOC Members: Your Voice on the Hot Docs Board Is Needed!

DOC is looking for three members to represent the independent documentary community on Hot Docs’ Board of Directors. Help shape Canada’s leading documentary organization!

🔗 Learn more: docorg.ca/advocacy/joi...

Introduction to Canadian Mental Health Resources for the Documentary Organization of Canada - Documentary Organization of Canada As part of our ongoing commitment to advocate for our members’ mental health and well-being, DOC has undertaken a series of initiatives. In 2023, DOC released the first-ever report on…

The Checklist joins DOC’s growing Filmmaker Toolkit, including:
- Mental Health Database: docorg.ca/mental-healt...
- Legal Resources (DOC members only): docorg.ca/documentary-...
- Theatrical Marketing Toolkit (DOC members only): docorg.ca/report/theat...

⭐ Great News!

🎬🎙 DOC is excited to share The Checklist, a new podcast in the Filmmaker Toolkit, hosted by Georgia Guthrie and Hana Huggins of Film Picnic.

🎧Available to everyone. Tune in for practical insights and conversations with filmmakers across Canada.

🔗Listen now: docorg.ca/doc-member-b...

Feeling #overwhelmed as a #filmmaker or on a #Film/#TV project? 🎬

Join Film In Mind’s monthly 45-min online Community Rest Space 🌿 for care, joy & ease. Two sessions monthly to connect globally.

🔗 For further details and booking, please visit: filminmind.co.uk/opportunities/

📢 Job Opportunity: York University is hiring a Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Film Production with a focus on Sound Production and Sound Post-Production.

🗓 Apply by: Dec. 15, 2025
🔗 Learn more: www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
📄 Submit materials: www.surveymonkey.com/r/AMPD_FilmP...

DOC Northwest Annual General Meeting for 2025 - Documentary Organization of Canada Following the member-exclusive Masterclass with Sherrill Sirrs, CPA, CMA — “Ask Me Anything: Film Accounting,” DOC Northwest will transition into their DOC Northwest Annual General Meeting for 2025.…

🕡 DOC Northwest 2025 AGM: 6:30 PM

After the Masterclass, stay for the DOC Northwest Annual General Meeting 2025.

Spaces are limited — reserve your spot online today!

🔗 docorg.ca/doc-northwes...

DOC NW Film Accounting Masterclass - Documentary Organization of Canada Join DOC Northwest for an evening of learning, networking, and community! We’re kicking things off with a member-exclusive Masterclass with Sherrill Sirrs, CPA, CMA — “Ask Me Anything: Film…

🗓 Mark Your Calendar: DOC Northwest Film Accounting Masterclass + 2025 AGM

🗓 Tuesday, November 26
📍CRAFT Beer Market, English Bay, Vancouver

🕓 4:30 PM

Kick off the evening with a Masterclass on Film Accounting led by Sherrill Sirrs, CPA, CMA.

🔗 docorg.ca/doc-nw-film-...

TELUS STORYHIVE First Frame | TELUS Stay up to date with the latest funding opportunities. .css-rfzrk4{color:#ffffff;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Inter,"Helvetica…

💭 A must-watch for anyone balancing storytelling and self-care.

📅 Launching October 28, 2025
📺 Available on TELUS Optik TV (channel 9), Stream+, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

🔗 More info here: www.storyhive.com/firstframe

#DOC #MentalHealth #CanadianCreators #Documentar

⭐ Great News!

🎙️ Tazeen Ahmed, DOC’s Operations Manager, joins First Frame, a new TELUS STORYHIVE podcast supporting Canadian creators.

Tazeen and hosts Jennifer Park, Cameron Zinger, and Lindsey Killam explore the pressures filmmakers face and how to maintain wellbeing.

The Hands That Feed Us w/The Meadowlark's Call - Devour! The Food Film Fest The Hands That Feed Us Filmmaker Devon Cooke embarks on an eye-opening journey across Canada to uncover the financial struggles of farmers. Through hands-on experiences over eight months, he…

About the doc: In 2020, while the world was shut down for COVID, I hit the road instead. I lived and worked on five farms in eight months, from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia. And I made a film about it. The Hands that Feed Us is the story of what it takes to be a farmer, or why I couldn't be one.

📣 Attention DOC Atlantic Members!

Don’t miss the world premiere of DOC Member Devon Cooke’s feature documentary The Hands That Feed Us at Devour! The Food Film Fest in Wolfville, NS.

📅 October 24
🕑 2 PM – 4 PM
📍 Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, NS
🎟️ Details & tickets: devourfest.com/program/the-...

⭐ Great News!

DOC is thrilled to announce the selected participants who will take part in DOC’s Delegation to the IDFA, taking place November 13–23, 2025.

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 cohort!

🔗 Learn more about the participants and their work: docorg.ca/doc-delegati...

⏰ Reminder!

🎥 Applications for the 14th annual SIMA Awards closes this Thursday!

🔗Learn more + apply here: buff.ly/scaGrEn

SIMA is pleased to offer DOC Members 10% off on submission fees. Check-out the DOC Member Benefits page for info on how to receive the discount

🔗https://buff.ly/T50u5pw

⭐ Great News!

📢 DOC releases What We Heard: Community Consultations Report 2025! Voices of 200+ documentary creators from coast to coast, via six regional chapters.

📖 Full report + summary: docorg.ca/report/what-...
#DOC #Documentary

#Documentary #Canadianfilms #Canadianfimmakers #Canadiandocs

There Are No Words This deeply personal documentary from hometown filmmaker Min Sook Lee follows the trail of grief left behind when her mother died by suicide when she was a preteen.

🎬 #TIFF50 starts today!

Tonight at 10 PM at TIFF Lightbox, DOC’s National Board Chair Min Sook Lee’s There Are No Words screens for Press & Industry audiences.

The World Premiere takes place September 9 at Scotiabank Theatre.

More info: tiff.net/films/there-...

⏰ Reminder: Applications to DOC Atlantic’s Breakthrough Program close TODAY!

This 10-month program supports emerging IBPOC doc filmmakers from Atlantic Canada with training, mentorship, and industry access.

🔗 Learn more + apply here: www.lunenburgdocfest.com/industry/doc...

📢 Indigenous Producers and Creators, CBC wants your input!

Fill out their anonymous poll or email lisa.clarkson@cbc.ca.

🔗 Access poll here: buff.ly/tNzsNQY

📅 Open until August 15

Questions? Contact audreanna.lartey@cbc.ca

Lunenburg Doc Fest Home

⏰ Reminder: Apply to DOC Atlantic’s Breakthrough Program by Friday!

This 10-month program supports emerging IBPOC doc filmmakers from Atlantic Canada with training, mentorship, and industry access.

📅 Apply by July 25

🔗 Learn more + apply here:

📢 Call for Applications: STORY TO ACTION 5!

🎥 Story Money Impact's STORY TO ACTION program, focusing on docs tackling social & environmental issues. 🌍 Selected films get nationwide screenings & dialogues to spark change.

📅Deadline July 27

🔗Apply here: www.storymoneyimpact.com/blog/2025/7/...

📢 Call for Applications: Voices of Canada Industry Roundtables!

DOC NYC and the Consulate General of Canada in New York present a curated showcase of Canadian doc producers with works-in-progress at the festival and Industry events

📅 Apply by August 8!

🔗Learn more + apply here: buff.ly/LmCUojQ

📢 Call for Applications: 2025 IDFA Forum!

A key international hub for filmmakers, producers, and industry pros developing bold creative docs and new media projects.

📅 Apply by July 25!

🔗Learn more + apply here: professionals.idfa.nl/markets/co-p...

Bill C-11 Intervention Process - Documentary Organization of Canada In April 2023, Canada’s Parliament passed a new Bill (Bill C-11) into law called the Online Streaming Act. This Act updates Canada’s broadcasting act for the first time since 1991,…

📣 DOC Executive Director Julian Carrington appeared before the CRTC to urge stronger support for long form docs. Without action to protect discoverability, these essential Canadian stories risk vanishing.

🔗 docorg.ca/advocacy/crtc-intervention-process

#SupportDocumentary #CRTC2025 #CanadianDocs

Important❗️

DOC Signs Open Letter on Canada’s Digital Sovereignty

DOC has joined civil society organizations across the country in urging the federal government to stand up to foreign tech giants and protect Canada’s digital future.

🔗Read more here: docorg.ca/advocacy/doc...

🎬 Vous souhaitez soumettre votre #documentaire à des festivals de films? 🎟️ Festival Concierge est là pour vous aider!

🎥 FC propose une stratégie de festivals personnalisée, conçue pour maximiser les chances de succès de votre film.

🔗 En savoir plus: buff.ly/Y6fHSjB

🎬 Want to submit your #documentary to film festivals? 🎟️ Festival Concierge is here to help!

🎥 FC provides a tailored festival strategy designed to boost your film's chances of success

🔗 Learn more + sign up here: buff.ly/3obqhMD

#FilmFestivals #Filmmakers

⭐ Great News!

Julian Carrington is now officially DOC’s Executive Director! In this interview with @povmagazine.bsky.social , he shares his vision for Canadian documentary, from Hot Docs to global collaboration and protecting diverse voices

🔗Read the full interview: povmagazine.com/docs-julian-...

⭐ Great News!

DOC is proud to be a Community Partner for the Toronto Arab Film Festival’s closing night screening of Coexistence, My Ass!

📅Jun 29 | 🕖7:00 PM
📍The Revue Cinema; 400 Roncesvalles Ave

🔗 Get tickets and learn more about the film: buff.ly/qenVbcD