DOC FEST 2018

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia takes on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly ...

CANADIAN PREMIERE On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters are searching for the tusks of extinct mammoths. There is a gold rush fever in the air. The ...

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE In a vitally important and overlooked subject, THE GUARDIANS exposes allegations of corruption within the Nevada Guardianship and Family Court System’s involvement in the legal kidnapping of elderly ...

CANADIAN PREMIERE Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s—HAROLD AND MAUDE, THE LAST DETAIL, SHAMPOO, COMING HOME, BEING THERE—he is often overlooked amid ...

CANADIAN PREMIERE The Okavango River Basin provides a vital source of water to about 1 million people, the world’s largest population of African elephants and significant populations of lions, cheetahs and ...

CANADIAN PREMIERE Hidden inside overcrowded factories around the world, countless children are forced into slave labour due to rising global demands for cheap goods. With the help of a covert network ...

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE When a woman in Oregon opens a box of Halloween decorations and finds a distressing letter written by a political prisoner from inside a Chinese labour camp, her ...

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE Pick of the Litter follows a litter of puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind. Cameras follow these pups ...

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me is the first major film documentary to examine Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of ...

ATLANTIC CANADIAN PREMIERE The Silence of Others offers a cinematic portrait of the first attempt in history to prosecute crimes of Franco’s 40-year dictatorship in Spain (1939-1975), whose perpetrators have enjoyed impunity for decades ...

Musician Catherine MacLellan—the daughter of Canadian singer/songwriting legend Gene MacLellan—grew up surrounded by her father’s music. He committed suicide when she was 14. Two decades after his loss, Catherine is ...

CANADIAN FESTIVAL PREMIERE Nike decides to quit her business career and let go of the comforts of home in her early thirties. She reduces her belongings to the essentials and buys ...

DOC35: Atlantic Made celebrates 35 years of the Documentary Organization of Canada with a curated selection of shorts by DOC Atlantic members over the years.  TOTAL RUNTIME: 69 MIN

* FREE ADMISSION * A special free admission presentation for students of Bluenose Academy followed by a second screening of these films for the community at large.  Lunenburg Doc Fest is delighted ...

SHORT FILMS: TRUTH BE TOLD is an eclectic collection of short documentaries that challenge us to see the world through the eyes of others. TOTAL RUNTIME: 90 MIN  

* FREE SCREENING * This collaborative film project was designed to foster relationships between Nova Scotia’s filmmaking and creative writing communities. Professional filmmakers were paired with professional poets to collaborate and ...