Atomic Reaction and A Weight of Time are DocFest’s 2025 Local Documentary Award Winners!
Congratulations to both films on winning the Belleville Downtown DocFest 2025, Best Local Short Documentary Award. The 2025 awards were proudly sponsored by the Quinte Arts Council.
Atomic Reaction – Best Local Feature Documentary Award Winner
The story of Canada‘s secret role in the Manhattan Project that created the first nuclear bomb. The film traces the impact of uranium mining on the Northwest Territories and, especially the region’s Dene people, and the consequences of uranium refining in Port Hope where waste clean-up efforts continue to this day, some 80 years later.
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A Weight of Time – Best Local Short Documentary Award Winner
This short film explores the delicate balance between honoring the past and navigating the inevitable changes of life. The film reflects on Brady’s family’s century-old hunting traditions on a peaceful stretch of land that has shaped generations
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