When Montreal filmmaker Alison McAlpine first noticed a group of donkeys ambling around an observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, she couldn’t help but wonder what they were thinking.

What makes for a good documentary? Should the subject matter be unfamiliar, allowing us to learn more about a fascinating subculture? Should it both inform us and engage our emotions by capturing ...

As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...

Epic, intimate, and unforgettable – these 10 documentary masterpieces reshaped cinema and proved real life can be more ...

March is home to the 2026 Oscars, which makes it the perfect time for a handful of the most acclaimed nominees to make their ...

Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.

CBC is proud to offer the CBC News Summer Scholarship in memory of Joan Donaldson and Peter Gzowski to aspiring journalists from across the country in 2026.

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Michael 'Mike' Gaine vanished in March of last year ...

While we’re always down for a good narrative film, sometimes the most compelling stories are the ones pointing the camera at our own world. From personal profiles to investigations, from stories of ...