DOC FEST 2019

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

The incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist.

With venomous social media, resurgent authoritarianism and rampant narcissism threatening to trash civilization as we know it, the time has come for Assholes: A Theory — an entertaining and oh so timely feature doc from acclaimed director John Walker.

The art world is confronted with a sensational discovery – a hundred years too late! How could it happen, that an artist who discovered abstract painting at the beginning of the 20th century remained largely unnoticed? Hilma af Klint’s first abstract painting is dated 1906, four years before that of Vassily Kandinsky. Why was she ignored?

A showcase of a diverse selection of evocative works that share a range of intriguing journeys and adventures from all sides of our nation.

Conviction envisions alternatives to prison through the eyes of women behind bars and those fighting on the front lines of the decarceration movement. Not another ‘broken prison’ film, this collaboration is ...

From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots, solar cars and smart, sustainable cities, Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small.

Shot almost exclusively on cell phones by neophyte filmmakers, “Faces of Lyme: Ambivalence & Controversy” gives a voice to those who struggle getting a diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease.

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

MAXIMA tells the story of 2016 Goldman Prize winner, Máxima Acuña, a subsistence farmer from the Peruvian highlands, who is standing up to one of the largest gold mining companies in the world: US-based Newmont Mining Corporation.

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all.

The Sea of Cortez is facing total collapse because of a war at sea. Mexican drug cartels have discovered the “cocaine of the sea,” a valuable fish called the totoaba—which is at the center of a multimillion-dollar business with the Chinese Mafia.

Lunenburg Doc Fest is delighted to present a collection of short fact-based films that entertain, educate and inspire.

THE ODD MONK is a personal journey through modern-day Buddhism. The film follows German first-time filmmaker Jesco Puluj through Europe, Asia and Africa for six months as he meets a variety of monks and nuns in order to discover the essence of Buddhism.

High in the French Alps, on the border between Italy and France, refugees risk their lives crossing dangerous mountain routes.

* FREE SCREENING * Lunenburg Doc Fest is proud to present THROUGH OUR EYES: SHORT DOCS BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, a shorts program featuring five films from some of the most exciting ...

Each morning we slather with 1000s of chemicals hidden inside cosmetics and personal care products, many of which are toxic. Top researchers worldwide have the hard science to answer the question ‘Are cosmetics and personal care products making us sick?'