Documentary Organization of Canada

📢 Call for Applications! The countdown begins! Lunenburg Doc Fest returns for its 13th edition Sept 23–27, 2026. Filmmakers: submissions are officially open! Early Bird rates are on now, so get your film in early. 🗓 Earlybird Deadline: March 13 🔗 buff.ly/w1u4d5p

CBC is inviting racialized independent producers to join consultations to share experiences & help shape future industry partnerships. 🔗Learn more + Register here buff.ly/KWvZvDZ You can also share your thoughts online by filling out their poll buff.ly/PsQ9pls

✨ Check out EVEREST DARK, produced by DOC member Merit Jensen Carr! Legendary climber Mingma Tsiri Sherpa leads a life-threatening mission to retrieve fallen climbers from Everest’s Death Zone. 📅 Feb 22, 6:30 PM | Hot Docs Cinema 🔗🎟 buff.ly/pmg4iUS

✨Check out Canada Media Fund’s Lights, Camera, Inclusion: East Coast in Focus! Voices from the DOC Atlantic community take the spotlight, featuring DOC Atlantic members! 🎬DOC's ED Julian Carrington is featured in EP 3, filmed at Lunenburg Doc Fest! 🔗buff.ly/6v1gtuu

⏰ Reminder: Hot Docs Board Applications Close TODAY at 5pm ET! 🎬 DOC is looking for three DOC members to represent the independent documentary community on Hot Docs’ Board of Directors. 📣 Help shape Canada’s leading documentary organization! 🔗 buff.ly/IgjvB1x

📅 Mark Your Calendar: DOC members: join a virtual Town Hall on Hot Docs | Open to all DOC members in good standing Updates, discussion, and member input on the future of Hot Docs and DOC’s role. 🔗 Learn more + register here: buff.ly/8IvgULH

📣🎥 DOC Members: Your Voice on the Hot Docs Board Is Needed! DOC is looking for three members to represent the independent documentary community on Hot Docs’ Board of Directors. Help shape Canada’s leading documentary organization! 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/yOfbuTM

The Checklist joins DOC’s growing Filmmaker Toolkit, including: - Mental Health Database: buff.ly/8YEGb38 - Legal Resources (DOC members only): buff.ly/ohqdOfp - Theatrical Marketing Toolkit (DOC members only): buff.ly/nWZsnzV "

🎬🎙 DOC is excited to share The Checklist, a new podcast in the Filmmaker Toolkit, hosted by Georgia Guthrie and Hana Huggins of Film Picnic. Available to everyone. Tune in for practical insights and conversations with filmmakers across Canada. 🔗 buff.ly/BLxt9QE

Feeling #overwhelmed as a #filmmaker or on a #Film/#TV project? 🎬 Join Film In Mind’s monthly 45-min online Community Rest Space 🌿 for care, joy & ease. Two sessions monthly to connect globally. 🔗 For further details and booking, please visit: buff.ly/xg2Ekp7

📢 Job Opportunity: York University is hiring a Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Film Production with a focus on Sound Production and Sound Post-Production. 🗓Apply by: Dec. 15 🔗Learn more: buff.ly/BLy6gyE 📄Submit materials: at buff.ly/6B0GIAj

🕡 DOC Northwest 2025 AGM: 6:30 PM After the Masterclass, stay for the DOC Northwest Annual General Meeting 2025. Spaces are limited — reserve your spot online today! 🔗 docorg.ca/doc-northwest-…

🗓 Mark Your Calendar: DOC NW Film Accounting Masterclass + 2025 AGM 🗓 Tuesday, November 26 📍CRAFT Beer Market, English Bay, Vancouver 🕓 4:30 PM Kick off the evening with a Masterclass on Film Accounting led by Sherrill Sirrs, CPA, CMA. 🔗 docorg.ca/doc-nw-film-ac…

💭 A must-watch for anyone balancing storytelling and self-care. 📅 Launching October 28, 2025 📺 Available on TELUS Optik TV (channel 9), Stream+, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. 🔗 More info here: buff.ly/XSoAKNj

⭐ Great News! 🎙️ Tazeen Ahmed, DOC’s Operations Manager, joins First Frame, a new TELUS STORYHIVE podcast supporting Canadian creators. Tazeen and hosts Jennifer Park, Cameron Zinger, and Lindsey Killam explore the pressures filmmakers face and how to maintain wellbeing.

"In 2020, while the world was shut down for COVID, I hit the road. I lived and worked on five farms in eight months, from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia. And I made a film about it. The Hands that Feed Us is the story of what it takes to be a farmer, or why I couldn't be one."

📣 Attention DOC Atlantic Members! Don’t miss the world premiere of DOC Member Devon Cooke’s feature documentary The Hands That Feed Us at Devour! The Food Film Fest in Wolfville, NS. 📅 Oct 24 🕑 2 PM – 4 PM 📍 Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, NS 🎟️: buff.ly/QitBy6T

⭐ Great News! DOC is thrilled to announce the selected participants who will take part in DOC’s Delegation to IDFA, taking place November 13–23, 2025. 🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 cohort! 🔗 Learn more about the participants and their work: buff.ly/r3Cg3Qu

SIMA is pleased to offer DOC Members 10% off on submission fees. Check-out the DOC Member Benefits page for info on how to receive the discount 🔗 Check-out the DOC Member Benefits page for info on how to receive the discount: buff.ly/T50u5pw

⏰ Reminder! 🎥 Applications for the 14th annual SIMA Awards closes this Thursday! 🔗 Learn more + apply here: buff.ly/scaGrEn