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Barbara Kopple

American documentary director. Her Union Town completes a thematic trilogy on labour that began with Harlan County, USA, which screened at the first Toronto festival in 1976.

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TIFF Docs 2026: 21 Titles, 18 World Premieres, and a Documentary Market That Has Quietly Reorganised

Toronto's 2026 documentary programme carries 21 titles from 20 countries with 18 world premieres, opens with Rebeca Huntt's Rapinoe, and is more than two thirds directed by women. The lineup is a good read on where documentary money now comes from, which is not where it came from five years ago.

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