Visiting Filmmakers to DOXA 2022

After two years of online presentation, DOXA Documentary Film Festival returns to present a hybrid 21st edition, screening in theatres (and streaming online) May 5 through May 15, 2022. In a return to form, DOXA will screen its roster of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries in theatrical venues across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a long-awaited communal cinema experience.

Come for the films, stay for post-screening Q&As and Industry conversations. Click here for our full Theatrical Program and scheduled screening times.

Here are the filmmakers joining us for DOXA 2022:

VISITING FILMMAKERS: FEATURES

Alain Gomis, director of Rewind & Play

Ali Kazimi, director of Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence

• Ali will also be joining us for a DOXA Industry's Masterclass: Ali Kazimi

Ana Tapia Rousiouk and Renaud Després-Larose, co-directors of The Dream and the Radio (Le rêve et la radio)

• Ana and Renaud will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Bogdan Stoica, director of They Sleep Standing

• Bogdan will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Brandon Kramer, director of The First Step

Caitlin Durlak, director of Dropstones

Colin Askey, director of Love in the Time of Fentanyl

François Caillat, director of La Quatrième génération (The Fourth Generation), Trois soldats allemands (Three German Soldiers), Une jeunesse amoureuse (Of Youth and Love), Triptyque russe (Russian Triptych)

• François will also be joining us for DOXA Industry conversation: Telling Stories: Mariana Otero and François Caillat.

Heather Hatch, director of Wochiigii Lo: End of the Peace

Jeremiah Hayes, director of Dear Audrey

Jocelyne Chaput, editor of DOXA Opening film, Fire of Love

• Jocelyne will also be joining us for DOXA Industry conversation: Focus on Editing: Jocelyne Chaput

John Bolton, director of The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ

• John will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Lina Rodriguez, director of My Two Voices (Mis dos voces)

Luke Gleeson, director of DƏNE YI'INJETL - The Scattering of Man

• Luke will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Mariana Otero, director of Entre nos mains (Into Our Hands), L'Assemblée (the Assembly), Histoire d'un secret (History of a Secret), Histoire d'un regard (Looking for Gilles Caron)

• Mariana will also be joining us for the DOXA Industry conversation: Telling Stories: Mariana Otero and François Caillat.

Mayan Toledano, director of Smadar

Sara Wylie, director of A More Radiant Sphere

Stefanos Tai, director of We Don’t Dance for Nothing

Teresa Alfeld, director of Doug and the Slugs and Me

• Teresa will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Tiziana La Melia, consulting poet and visual artist to Terra Femme

VISITING FILMMAKERS: SHORTS

Shorts by Alanis Obomsawin

• Alanis Obomsawin, director of Bill Reid Remembers and Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Profile Shots: Shorts Program

• Alixandra Buck, director of Beckwoman’s Hippie Emporium
• Hannah Dubois, director of And Ingrid

Community Portraiture: Shorts Program

• Mariam Ingrid Barry and Eva Anandi Brownstein, co-directors of Cypher
• Sas Carey, director of Gobi Children’s Song

Reel Remembrance: Shorts Program

• Morgan Rhys Tams, director of Dear Mr. Dudley
• Nadia Shihab, director of Echolocation
  • Nadia Shihab will also be joining us for the DOXA Industry panel: Filmmaking and Motherhood and DGC Visionaries
• Siku Alloolloo, director of Spirit Emulsion
  • Siku will also be joining us for DOXA Industry's DGC Visionaries

Click here for our full Theatrical Program and scheduled screening times