JUNCTION NORTH
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
We’re turning 10!! Our celebration of non-fiction cinema would not be here without the passionate support of Northern Ontario doc-lovers, filmmakers from around the world, patrons, sponsors and government partners.
Thursday April 9 to Sunday April 12, Junction North International Documentary Film Festival is back in downtown Sudbury. With non-stop screenings over 4 days of outstanding stories from around the world. We select from multiple award-winners from top-tier festivals like Hot Docs, Sundance, TIFF, Berlinale to Junction North discoveries enjoying their festival premiere in Northern Ontario. JNFF is a Canadian Screen Awards qualifying festival.
From local to international, from hard-hitting issues to fascinating biographies, Junction North has it all.
Festival screenings will be hosted at
Sudbury Indie Cinema 162 Mackenzie Street, Sudbury – laneway entrance. Free parking.
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EARLY BIRD
$60 – On sale now
(ends March 8 or until quantity lasts)
REDUCED PRICE
$85 – On sale March 9
(ends March 21 or until quantity lasts)
FULL PRICE
$120 – On Sale March 22
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Junction North attendees have access to exclusive discounts including at Radisson Sudbury
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
by Mohammadreza Eyni & Sara Khaki
2025 / USA / 95 minutes
As the first elected councilwoman of her remote Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi fearlessly breaks patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
WTO/99
by Ian Bell
2025 / USA / 102 minutes
An immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.
THE ART OF ADVENTURE
by Mohammadreza Eyni & Sara Khaki
2025 / USA / 95 minutes
In 1957, world renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster embarked on a global expedition in a Land Rover they called “The Grizzly Torque” – a journey that ignited a love deep love of our planet – and set in motion a powerful story of environmental activism through art and science.