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Flaherty Seminar: Toronto Pod

ONWARD! The 70th edition of the Flaherty Film Seminar took place from June 26–29, 2025. This special anniversary edition offered an immersive program of screenings and carefully moderated conversations. As an internationally recognized forum for collective inquiry into the form and function of non-fiction cinema, the Seminar fostered field-building dialogue, encouraged the exchange of cinematic ideas across generations and cultures, and promoted the expansion of the limits of cinema itself.


Partnering with CFMDC at Cinecycle, the Toronto Pod offered a mix of screenings, discussions, and artist-led engagements. Complementary local programming enhanced the Seminar experience, deepening connections between international and regional cinema.



TERRITORY & SOLIDARITY: The daily work of CFMDC takes place in Tkaronto (Toronto) which is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. We also acknowledge The Dish with One Spoon treaty between the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee that covers the land of what is now called southern Ontario. We work with the knowledge of the importance of recognition of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the four First Nations Principles of OCAP®. As a Media Arts organization we draw your attention to the work of the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC). As part of  anti-colonial solidarity, CFMDC board and staff proudly commits to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). Calls to support PACBI and the wider Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) come from Palestinian civil society and are grassroots strategies opposing the colonization of Palestine by directly targeting complicity.

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Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

209 - 401 Richmond Street West  

 Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8

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