A showcase of the best DOCUMENTARY films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from the FEEDBACK Festival Screening):
Best Feature Film: THE PROPHET
Best Short Film: STORIES FROM THE STREET
Best Story: BACK TO NORMAL: A CANCER SURVIVOR DOCUMENTARY
Best Historical DOC: HISTORY OF THE GRAND STRAND
Best Visual Design & Cinematography: REMEMBER TO WRITE ME
Best Direction: Má Má & me
Best Human Interest DOC; A BRIDGE ACROSS
STORIES FROM THE STREET, 30min., Canada
Directed by Andrea Ramolo
Filmed over the duration of a year, this documentary gives voice to a handful of currently or previously homeless Torontonians surviving the harsh realities of unaffordable housing. Within a tapestry of shared stories and experiences, the film also closely follows Brent, an older gentleman who is granted transitional shelter in a Tiny Tiny Home and eventually his very own apartment after living on the streets on and off his entire life.
https://instagram.com/byheartproductions
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-stories-from-the-street
Back To Normal: A Cancer Survivor Documentary, 20min., USA
Directed by Senon Davis
The funny thing about surviving cancer is that it’s not really that fun. Yes, you get a second chance at life, and that’s amazing. You’re celebrated. You’re congratulated. But once all of that goes away, you realize there is no going back to normal.
https://instagram.com/backtonormaldoc
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-back-to-normal
History of the Grand Strand, 11min., USA
Directed by Keenan Dunham
History of the Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from the 1950’s to today
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-history-of-the-grand-strand
Remember to Write Me, 13min., USA
Directed by Yannie Yiyang Gu
“Remember to Write Me” is a short film that traces the love story between my grandparents, who maintained their relationship through a decade-long separation from 1969 to 1979 caused by Cultural Revolution, a traumatic historical and social upheaval that happened in China. They kept a promise to write each other every week until their final reunion. The film uses five selected and narrated letters, voice-overs, archival materials, and footage of their daily life to observe my grandparents’ enduring connection as a form of spiritual refuge sustained across distance, time and historical rupture.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-remember-to-write-me
Má Má & me, 12min., USA
Directed by Kristine Liang
This documentary follows a young filmmaker, Kristine, as she reunites with her family to weave together the story of her grandmother’s life. Suffering from late-stage dementia, her paternal grandmother, “Má Má (嫲嫲),” can no longer conversate and has lost the bulk of her memories. Yet, the urge to preserve, celebrate, and honor Má Má’s experience and sacrifice feels imminent. This film focuses on Kristine’s memories of Má Má, as well as her family’s perspectives and understandings of their shared history and Chinese culture.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ma-ma-and-me
A BRIDGE ACROSS, 22min., Canada
Directed by Tash Baycroft
A Bridge Across follows John MacIntyre, a construction manager whose life shifts after a tense encounter is unexpectedly defused by a simple moose hide pin. Drawn into the values behind The Moose Hide Campaign, he begins a personal journey toward understanding masculinity, respect, and responsibility.
https://instagram.com/filterstudios
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-bridge-across
THE PROPHET, 82min., USA
Directed by Melissa Francis
Mighty warrior devotes his life to protecting his nation from existential threat, only to find the real danger lurks within.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-prophet
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 