Belleville Downtown DocFest Archives

Review our festival programming archive from 2014 onwards.

Festival TRAILERS

Watch Festival Trailers – and browse the complete archives.
Check out our Festival Q&A videos with select directors, and our complete selection of 2021 Films (browse the catalog below).

2023 Festival Trailer

2022 Festival Trailer

2021 Festival Trailer

2020 Festival Trailer


2023 Film ProGRAM (ARCHIVE)

Browse the 12th annual Downtown DocFest catalog – 50+ Films.

A Gala Music Doc & Music Performance. Filmmaker Q&A’s. The 12th annual festival ran from March 3-12, 2023. Browse the Catalog here.

Still image from the short film, Full – A Recipe for Happiness, Image- www.mindfusionvisuals.com

Full – A Recipe For Happiness

Full – A Recipe For Happiness What does it mean to have a full life? ...
Filmmaker Joannie Lafrenière and the film's subject, Gabor Szilasi - Photo by Joannie Lafrenière

Gabor

Gabor A colourful portrait of the life and career of 93-year-old photographer Gabor Szilasi through ...
Still image from the Short film, Grandmothers

Grandmothers

Grandmothers IN-PERSON SCREENING ONLY Grandmothers explores the worlds of three formidible older women. It gently ...
Still image from the short Documentary, Guardians

Guardians

Guardians IN-PERSON SCREENING ONLY With concerned phone calls from friends and family, Guardians walks the ...


2022 Film ProGRAM (ARCHIVE)

For the 11th annaul Downtown DocFest – we presented 50+ Films.

A Gala Music Doc & Music Performance. Filmmaker Q&A’s. Ten Days of Docs – March 4-13, 2022. Browse the 2022 Catalog here.

Chiliheads

Chiliheads

Chiliheads, fous de piments forts A journey through cuisine, time, trade and migration, Chiliheads, takes ...
Come Back Anytime

Come Back Anytime

Come Back Anytime Experience a year in the life of self-taught Japanese ramen master Masamoto ...
Cuban Dancer

Cuban Dancer

Cuban Dancer Alexis is a 15 year old talented and proud student of the National ...
Daughter of a Lost Bird

Daughter of a Lost Bird

Daughter of a Lost Bird The film explores the ethics surrounding Native American adoption, via ...


2021 Film ProGRAM (ARCHIVE)

The 2021 Festival films selection were available to stream online from March 5-14, 2021

Garage People

Garage People

Garage People In post-Soviet Russia there is a phenomenon beyond ice fishing, matryoshkas and vodka: ...
Harvesting Dreams

Harvesting Dreams

Harvesting Dreams Established in 2014, The Dahlia May Flower Farm now has over 16,000 Facebook ...
How To Be At Home

How To Be At Home

How To Be At Home Lean into loneliness — and know you’re not alone in ...
I Am Greta

I Am Greta

I Am Greta The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, ...

Festival Programs (PDF versions, 2014-2020)