DOC is proud to bring 8 DOC members to the International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) this November!
Supported by Global Affairs Canada, Telefilm, the Indigenous Screen Office, and the Black Screen Office, this delegation brings together eight emerging and mid-career filmmakers from DOC chapters across the country. The cohort will travel to Amsterdam to present their documentary projects to international industry decision-makers as part of a special delegation showcase.
Indígena
To fulfill a dying wish, a filmmaker retraces her mother’s legacy as an Indigenous activist and journalist, bringing to light 500 years of Taino resistance and igniting her own reclamation.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Production
- Anticipated delivery: December 2026
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Siku Allooloo
- Producers: Siku Allooloo, Jessica Hallenbeck
- Produciton company: Lantern Films
- Distributor/sales company: Blue Ice Docs (Canada)
- Braoadcaster: Uvagut TV
- Territories available: Worldwide, excluding Canada
Black Zombie
Feature documentary about slavery, resistance and the living dead.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Completed
- Anticipated delivery: Winter 2026
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Maya Annik Bedward
- Producers: Maya Annik Bedward, Kate Fraser, Hannah Donegan, Jennifer Holness (EP)
- Production company: Third Culture Media
- Distributor/sales company: Raven Banner (Canada only)
- Broadcaster: CBC Documentary Channel (Canada)
- Territories available: International (excluding Canada)
Gawlo
Canadian-Senegalese filmmaker Aïcha Diop embarks on a journey to uncover ancestral secrets after learning she shares DNA with hundreds of descendants of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in America.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Production
- Anticipated delivery: November 2027
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Aïcha Diop
- Producer: Aïcha Diop, Christina Carvalho, Bonnie Do
- Production company: Studio Tokosel
- Distributor/sales company: Canadian distribution and sales H264
- Broadcaster: n/a
- Territories: available worldwide, minus Canada
The Legend of Jim Wells III
After discovering an autobiography of his late grandfather, Jim Wells, filmmaker Damien Eagle Bear navigates personal, community, and family history to reconstruct Jim’s turbulent legacy as a survivor, admitted alcoholic, and educator.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Production
- Anticipated delivery: Spring 2027
- Runtime: 75 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Damien Eagle Bear
- Producers: Damien Eagle Bear
- Production company: Eagle Bear Films
- Territories available: All
Mammoth Hunters
A baby woolly mammoth unravels the mystery that is deep time and reveals bondsthat link humanity to these Ice Age giants.
Project Information:
- Project title: Mammoth Hunters
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Post-production
- Anticipated delivery: October 2025
- Runtime: 82 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Fritz Mueller
- Producers: Teresa Earle, Fritz Mueller
- Produciton company: Sagafish Media
- Broadcaster: Northwestern (northern Canada only)
- Territories available: Worldwide
Inuguiniq
The feature documentary follows Inuk filmmaker Olivia Ikey as she and her young daughter reconnect to long lost Inuit traditions surrounding birth.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Post-production
- Anticipated delivery: April 2026
- Runtimes: 88 minutes, 44 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Olivia Ikey
- Producers: Kim O’Bomsawin, Andrée-Anne Frenette
- Production company: Nikan Productions
- Distributor/sales company: Maison 4:3 (Canada)
- Broadcaster: CBC, APTN, Uvagut (NITV)
- Territories available: International
Facing the Future
Many of the most iconic and original aesthetic looks of the 1980s – from David Bowie to Miami Vice – were created by Antony Clavet, a self-educated outsider from rural Canada whose trailblazing career as a hair and makeup designer was cut short by his tragic death
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Production
- Anticipated delivery: 2028
- Runtime: 75 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Clem McIntosh
- Producer: Sandy Hunter
- Produciton company: Cazador Inc.
- Distributor/sales company: Blue Ice Docs (Canada)
- Territories available: Worldwide (ex-Canada)
Palestinian Against Nazism
This documentary reveals the forgotten story of Palestinian fighters who joined the Slovenian resistance during WWII, correcting history by highlighting their role in the global fight against facism and Nazism.
Project Information:
- Country of production: Canada
- Stage of production: Development
- Anticipated delivery: April 2027
- Runtime: 75 minutes
Credits:
- Director: Taghreed Saadeh
- Producers: Taghreed Saadeh, Miha Cernek (co-producer)
- Production company: Ram Film Production INC.