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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 13h

Two fantastic Canadian movies among my #LastFourWatched! 🎙️ MILE END KICKS, by Chandler Levack 💔 BLUE HERON, by Sophy Romvari And two good documentary series! 🤔 WHAT'S NEXT? THE FUTURE WITH BILL GATES 🙁 MICHAEL JACKSON: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Only documentaries among my #LastFourWatched, all seen at the 2026 Vancouver Int'l Film Festival. They're strong but sad. THE FLIGHT ✈️ 😢 TURTLE ISLAND RAP 🎶 🎤 A PLACE OF ABSENCE 😢 ❤️‍🩹 STILL NIGHT, BURNING HOUSE 💔 😢 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Prior to its world premiere at #VIFF2026, Soran Mardookhi's documentary THE FLIGHT was discussed on CBC The Early Edition with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social 🎙️https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16242005-new-film-explores-aftermath-flight-ps752 #NFB

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watched only two movies, so no #LastFourWatched this week: 🩸 THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, a great primer by Alex Gibney about the Elizabeth Holmes story 🎭 THE DEBUT, an adorable tragicomedy by the massively talented Jesse Eisenberg. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two AI docs among my #LastFourWatched! THE AI DOC OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST 😀 GHOST IN THE MACHINE 😐 And I revisited two ghosts from the past in THE TERMINATOR 😎 (relates to the AI docs) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 😞 #LetterboxdFriday

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lovely shorts seen at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) among my #LastFourWatched. YAYA, by Sebastian Cerani 🥲 SISTERS, by Maria Munro 👍 WATER MY STEPS ORCHID COLOR, by Emmanuel Saavedra 🥺 PASTA NEGRA, by Jorge Thielen Armand 👍 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A mix of fun and sadness this week! My #LastFourWatched include: THE UNDOING 👍 🔨 SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH 😔 ☦️ GEOSTORM 🫤 ☀️ 2012 😅 ⚓ Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📣 Four screenings of NIRILAURTA planned in the next few weeks! The documentary NIRILAURTA: LET US EAT, directed by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, questions soaring grocery prices and the high cost of hunting and travel in the North. #NFB Details: events.nfb.ca/events/tags/...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Kind of a meh #LastFourWatched. 🎬 The doc TRUE NORTH: CANADIAN MYTHS AND BLACK POWER is gorgeously shot and edited, but I already know the story from other docs, so no revelations for me. THE WHISPER MAN is 🫤. CLEANER's ending 🙄 *SMILES AND KISSES YOU* is so cringy! 😦

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

👀 Regina Leader-Post A1 story this week: Jessie Ray Short and her film MOON NOONK EDOUARD. ❤️

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📻 Le Festival international du film de Regina (RIFFA) présente le 19 août 2026 le court métrage documentaire de l’ONF Moon Noonk Edouard, un portrait d’Edouard Beaupré, dit le Géant Beaupré , l’un des hommes les plus grands que l’histoire ait connu. 🎙️ ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Four good thrillers among my #LastFourWatched. It's eerie watching CONTAGION again after the pandemic, it comes across as prophetic!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📣 Jessie Ray Short's documentary MOON NOONK EDOUARD (MY UNCLE EDOUARD) will make its US premiere tomorrow, August 5, at the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival (RIIFF) in the Our Roots Short Docs Package. 🎟️ prog.tsharp.xyz/en/riiff/44/...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📺 My #LastFourWatched include films by Canadian filmmakers as I prep my fall festival season (directors Carol Nguyen and Soran Mardookhi have new #NFB documentaries ready to go.) They're very talented, I'm excited to work with them. 👍 THE OZEMPIC EFFECT doc is soso 🫤. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My #LastFourWatched: 👍 Frontline/PBS doc about the friendship between Donald Trump and MBS. 👍 Interesting doc about 1970s Indigenous uprising in Kenora, Ontario. 😀😆Two relaxing "Night at the Museum" movies. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📣 In addition, the same event on August 6 will feature: 📽️ World Premiere of Malaya Quanirq-Chapman's documentary NIRILAURTA: LET US EAT, about food insecurity in Taloyoak, Nunavut. 📆 Thursday, August 6 - 7pm 📍 Salle Alanis-Obomsawin, Montreal presenceautochtone.ca/en/programma...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📣 Save-the-date, #Montreal! 📆 Thursday, August 6 - 7pm 📍 Salle Alanis-Obomsawin Montreal premiere of Jessie Ray Short's NFB documentary MOON NOONK EDOUARD at Présence Autochtone 2026. 🎙️ Filmmaker in attendance. 🎟️ presenceautochtone.ca/en/programma...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📽️ My #LastFourWatched include two OK Hollywood blockbusters, an amazing NFB wild river adventure doc from 1962 (NAHANNI) and an incredible 35-mm screening of SMOKE SIGNALS (1998) @thecinematheque.bsky.social Vancouver, with lead actor Evan Adams in attendance for a Q&A. 🍿 Happy #LetterboxdFriday! 🍿

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

An excellent #LastFourWatched this week. 👗 NATCHEZ: fascinating documentary 👍🏻 ✈️ AIR FORCE ONE 😰 🛶 Apex 😱 ❤️ WUTHERING HEIGHTS 🆗 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🏆 AFTER US 😍 3 #LeoAwards26 ! -Best Animation Program - Teri Snelgrove, Shirley Vercruysse – Producers -Best Art Direction Animation Program - Kevin Phibbs -Best Sound Animation Program - Miguel Nunes, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr 📽️ Still on the festival circuit! #NFB

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🎉 IN THE ROOM 🏆 4 #LeoAwards26 ! -Best Feature Length Documentary -Best Screenwriting Feature Length Documentary – Brishkay Ahmed -Best Cinematography Feature Length Documentary – Diana Parry -Best Sound Feature Length Documentary 📺 Stream on #NFB!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Once again, documentaries are so much better than dramas among my #LastFourWatched! 📹 STORIES WE TELL, by Sarah Polley, is incredible. 📸 THE MUSE, by Wanda Nolan, received a Canadian Screen Award last night. 📺 Both can be streamed on the #NFB 's platforms.

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📣 The NFB scored 13 #LeoAwards nominations this year! These are British Columbia's film industry awards. The gala will be held on July 5th in Vancouver, B.C. Congrats, teams IN THE ROOM, AFTER US, SATURDAY and MY KNITTING CIRCLE!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I’m at the Yorkton Film Festival, hence a bit late with my #LastFourWatched this #LetterboxdFriday. Knowing 🆗 Michael 🥲 Saturday ❤️ A Priest Walks Into a Bar 😆

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Animator Chris Lavis was on CBC The Morning Edition to talk about The Girl Who Cried Pearls, which is nominated in the Children's/Youth category at the 2026 Yorkton Film Festival. #NFB www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

More DOXA Documentary Festival fare among my #LastFourWatched, including There Are No Words ❤️‍🩹 Powwow People 👍🏻 A Cree Approach ❤️ Time and Water 😑 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎙️ Afghan-Canadian director Brishkay Ahmed spoke with CBC Edmonton AM about the NFB production IN THE ROOM, which will be shown at the Art Gallery of Alberta tonight. 📻 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🏆 The Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director is awarded to Kim Nguyen for Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom at #DOXA2026. www.doxafestival.ca/news/2026/05...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Only DOXA Documentary Festival highlights among my #LastFourWatched. UNTOLD 🆗 SAIGON STORY 🤩 THERE ARE NO WORDS 🥲 AMERICAN DOCTOR ❤️‍🩹

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

😀 Happy #LetterboxdFriday! 🎶 I'm sorry, film critics, Gen X-er here, I enjoyed MICHAEL so much, I'd love to see it again! 😘 📺 Otherwise, I finished Season 2 of THE PITT (HBO/Noah Wyle) and thought it was spectacular. Better than Season 1. #LastFourWatched

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

‪🎙️ Kim Nguyen, director of SAIGON STORY: TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE FOREST KINGDOM, was on CBC The Early Edition with host @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social this morning. Catch the Noble Television & NFB co-production May 1 + 7 at DOXA Vancouver. 📻 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🍾 Happy 25th anniversary, DOXA! This year’s festival is showcasing 69 films out of 1,100 submissions. They include Kim Nguyen's SAIGON STORY (pictured below) and Min Sook Lee's THERE ARE NO WORDS. #DOXA2026 #NFB Story: @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/entertainmen...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🎉 The winner of the #WGCAward2026 for best DOCUMENTARY script is IN THE ROOM, written by Brishkay Ahmed! Congratulations! Stream the film on nfb.ca.

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched: 🧡 FOSTER CHILD, autobiographical 1987 documentary by Gil Cardinal, newly versioned with Cree syllabic subtitles (stream worldwide on nfb.ca) 👍 SECRET MALL APARTMENT 👍IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 👎SUSPENDED IN SPACE (I think this is a Tourism Yukon ad)

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Christian Zyp of @cjsrfm.bsky.social interviews Coty Savard (producer) & Connor McNally (subtitle editor) about Gil Cardinal's film FOSTER CHILD: ohpikihâkan awâsis. Plays Sat 18 April at @dreamspeakers.bsky.social in Edmonton! 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/7BKC...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

NFB producer Coty Savard went on CBC Edmonton AM this morning to discuss the new nêhiyawêwin/Cree syllabics-subtitled version of Gil Cardinal's FOSTER CHILD, which is presented by @dreamspeakers.bsky.social on Saturday April 18 in Edmonton. 🎙️ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Among my #LastFourWatched: THE EMPIRE OF SCENTS and THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, both directed by the wonderful Canadian director Kim Nguyen👍 DARK WATERS, a literally dark environmental/legal drama 🫤 SCOOP, a surprisingly thrilling watch about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. 🫢

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Min Sook Lee's THERE ARE NO WORDS is playing April 17 at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina. 🎟️ www.fullframefest.org/film/there-a...

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Documentary 7 BEATS PER MINUTE featuring Campbell River freediving guru, Kirk Krack, is available to screen free on #NFB platforms → bit.ly/7BPM_nfb Article by Robin Grant → campbellrivermirror.com/2026/03/30/c... #StreamCanadian

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Among my #LastFourWatched: 👍Top Notch drama WAR WITCH, by Canadian director Kim Nguyen 😎 A great film noir, DOUBLE INDEMNITY 👩‍💻 boring M3GAN 2.0 ⭐ Amazing Rose Byrne in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KILL YOU

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A photograph can never capture the whole truth... A Noble Television and National Film Board of Canada co-production, Kim Nguyen's SAIGON STORY: TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE FOREST KINGDOM will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2026!

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched include 👍 2 top-notch Canadian documentaries by Min Sook Lee 👍 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Steven Spielberg 😮 A Leni Riefenstahl doc about Nuba tribes in 1970s Sudan, streaming on Kanopy, an astonishing historical document.

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I’m no fan of AI but the French calls with the @duolingoverde.bsky.social character Lily are amazing. She reacts so well to my lines. 😲 🦜

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations to my #NFB colleagues in Montreal! THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS went for gold! #Oscars

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Among my #LastFourWatched two Oscar nominees, two Canadian docs sans profile poster! BUGONIA 👍 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 😍 Wədzįh Nəne’ (Caribou Country) 🌲 JUST A WEDDING 🥲 Happy #LetterboxdFriday

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

💦 Strength is what we see. 🥲 Vulnerability is what transforms us. 🥽 Discover Jessea Lu’s story. 7 BEATS PER MINUTE A film by Yuqi Kang Stream now for free on nfb.ca + app. (in Canada) #NFB #IntuitiveFilms

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! 3 great docs and an Oscar nominee among my #LastFourWatched: 🧶 MY KNITTING CIRCLE 💕 📚 THE LIBRARIANS 😥 🌎 EMERGENCE 💪 🎤 K-POP DEMON HUNTERS 🥤

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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

😀 Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Three short Oscar contenders among my #LastFourWatched. They were OK. 🌴 Also watched the 3.15-hour APOCALYPSE NOW Redux, which was great. I now want to watch the BTS documentary HEARTS OF DARKNESS, but it's no longer available on Amazon Prime in Canada. Bummer! ☹️

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