DocFest Films

Browse the 12th annual Belleville Downtown DocFest official selection.

2023 FilmS

The Festival team assembled a new selection of outstanding documentaries by celebrated filmmakers from around the globe and right here at home for the 2023, 12th Annual Festival.

Previous years films catalogs are also available in the DocFest Archives going back to 2014!

Cover Image for A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs Profiling Bradford Movie Makers, one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs ...
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Still image from the short film, A Century in the Making - The Stu Crawford Story

A Century in the Making – The Stu Crawford Story

A Century in the Making - The Stu Crawford Story Centenarian, WW2 Veteran, and Queen's ...
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Still image from the film Ailey, Courtesy of NEON

Ailey

Ailey The film tells the story of renowned choreographer Alvin Ailey and traces the full ...
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Still image from the short film, Belle River. Photograph by Yannick Nolin

Belle River

Belle River In 2019, the Mississippi spring flooding reaches record highs. In Louisiana, the inhabitants ...
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Film still, from the short film "Bill Reid Remembers" - Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada, 2022

Bill Reid Remembers

Bill Reid Remembers From treasured indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin (OC), this short film is a ...
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Still image of Buffy Sainte-Marie by Denise Grant

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On For the 12th Annual - Saturday Night at The Empire ...
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Still image from the short film Chaka Chikodzi

Chaka Chikodzi

Chaka Chikodzi Chaka Chikodzi, a Zimbabwean-Canadian stone sculptor, who has lived in Kingston, Ontario for ...
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Still Image from the film, Couchsurfing: The Rise and Demise of a Dream

Couchsurfing: The Rise and Demise of a Dream

Couchsurfing: The Rise and Demise of a Dream Bartering and the sharing economy have existed ...
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News & Updates

DocFest wraps up for 2023 and you’re invited to submit your feedback.
That’s a wrap for Belleville Downtown DocFest 2023 edition. Festival Board Chair Holly Dewar, Bay ... Read More
DocFest Announces Hotel Partnership
Are you traveling to attend DocFest 2023? If you’re joining us from out of town ... Read More

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