DocFest Films
Browse the official selection of documentaries from the 13th annual Belleville Downtown DocFest.
21-23 February 2025 – Save the DATES for the 14th Annual FeSTIVAL
While we work on the 14th Annual Downtown DocFest official selection and program, please browse the films we were proud to present as part of the 13th annual (2024) festival.
2024 FilmS for the 13th Annual FestiVAL
The Festival team is proud to present this catalog of outstanding documentaries created by celebrated filmmakers from around the globe and right here at home.
Previous film catalogs are available in the DocFest Archives. Browse all the films we’ve presented since 2014.
Ancestral Threads
Ancestral Threads follows Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s ...
Behind the Camera: A Portrait of Shannon Walsh
A video portrait of Canadian documentary filmmaker Shannon Walsh, made in collaboration with the Canada ...
Brushes of Hope
Jean, a dedicated art teacher and a resilient cancer survivor, Susan, unite through the transformative ...
Detroit Will Breathe
In the summer of 2020, Detroiters faced unprecedented police violence as they took to the ...
Hebron Relocation
In 1959, residents of the community of Hebron were told that, without question, they would ...
Hidden Heroes
Hidden Heroes is a documentary that unveils the extraordinary contributions of unsung heroes who played ...
Janelle Niles: Inconvenient
Janelle Niles is a Black, Mi’kmaw, two-spirited woman from Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia ...
Ancestral Threads
Ancestral Threads follows Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s ...
Behind the Camera: A Portrait of Shannon Walsh
A video portrait of Canadian documentary filmmaker Shannon Walsh, made in collaboration with the Canada ...
Brushes of Hope
Jean, a dedicated art teacher and a resilient cancer survivor, Susan, unite through the transformative ...
Detroit Will Breathe
In the summer of 2020, Detroiters faced unprecedented police violence as they took to the ...
Hebron Relocation
In 1959, residents of the community of Hebron were told that, without question, they would ...
Hidden Heroes
Hidden Heroes is a documentary that unveils the extraordinary contributions of unsung heroes who played ...
Janelle Niles: Inconvenient
Janelle Niles is a Black, Mi’kmaw, two-spirited woman from Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia ...
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