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Best Feature Documentary is a new category for the 2026 Yorkton Film Festival — Congratulations to the nominees! Sponsored by Canada Media Fund 807 Ceremony Modern Whore Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man There Are No Words Sideways #yorkton #YFF #canadamediafund

‘Ceremony’ feature documentary from Bella Coola heads to Sydney Film Festival in Australia. June 8 + 11. sff.org.au/program/event/…

Closing my Hot Docs coverage for @flmfrkcentral with some words on CEREMONY, DGC Special Jury Prize winner for Canadian Feature Documentary filmfreakcentral.net/2026/05/hot-do…

At the Documentary Is Ceremony session during the Hot Docs Industry Conference, filmmaker Banchi Hanuse and story participants shared their collaborative process. povmagazine.com/ceremony-spotl…

Here are the award winners for the #HotDocs26 Festival. 🌟 DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary, sponsored by DGC National and DGC Ontario: CEREMONY – directed by Banchi Hanuse

Banchi Hanuse's #Ceremony is a stunning Nuxalk documentary that traces the vanishing ooligan to a buried colonial history. Visually breathtaking and quietly hopeful. #HotDocs2026 thatshelf.com/ceremony-revie…

Trailer: CEREMONY (2026) youtube.com/watch?v=YOPTGP… 🎬: The disappearance of the Bella Coola ooligan run reveals a buried history deeper than the river itself. @SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award Winner. Directed by Banchi Hanuse.

TORONTO: ‘Ceremony’ is @HotDocs 🎬 5:30pm, Thurs, April 30 🎬 11:30am, Fri, May 1 📽️ TIFF Lightbox tinyurl.com/ceremonyfilm

After winning The Audience Award at South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, the documentary, Ceremony will have a Canadian premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto next week. To talk more on the film, we are joined by Qwaxw Siwallace who was in the doc. youtu.be/3N6c05RdusA

“Once again brimming with beautiful cinematography, engaging characters and a compelling story at its core, Hanuse’s latest, CEREMONY, is another impressive addition to her resumé, and one that cements her as a talented documentarian to watch.” - @moviepie moviepie.com/hot-docs-2026-…

"After winning the Audience Award @SXSW in Austin, Texas, the documentary Ceremony will have its Canadian premiere @HotDocs in Toronto. To talk more on the film, APTN News is joined by Qwaxw Siwallace who was in the doc." youtube.com/watch?v=3N6c05…

"How is the mysterious disappearance of a species of small fish called the ooligan from BC’s Bella Coola River linked to a horrifying history of colonialism in Canada? Director Banchi Hanuse answers that question in this award-winning film" torontolife.com/culture/must-s… #Toronto #YYZ

Nuxalk Nation’s ‘CEREMONY’ documentary is travelling to Aotearoa (New Zealand) for Doc Edge Festival auckland.scoop.co.nz/2026/04/from-i…

"[T]he film is filled with emotion, it’s brilliantly shot and while a lot of the world right now makes the future feel bleak, this community sparks hope." filmcarnage.com/2026/03/29/rev…

Ceremony, a documentary by Indigenous filmmaker Banchi Hanuse, won an audience award at the SXSW film festival last week! ictnews.org/arts-entertain…

“This isn’t a documentary built to inform; it’s one built to correct something that should have never been lost. CEREMONY doesn’t just document a story; it reclaims it.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/when-abse…

Nuxalk filmmaker Banchi Hanuse’s feature documentary Ceremony has won the audience award in the Documentary Spotlight section of the SXSW Film & TV Festival. playbackonline.ca/2026/03/23/ban…

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CEREMONY Canadian Spectrum Competition | Canadian Premiere D: Banchi Hanuse | Canada | 84 min Thursday, April 30 | 5:30 PM TLB 1 Friday, May 1 | 11:30 AM TLB 2 Sponsored by DGC National and DGC Ontario.

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