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National Film Board of Canada publicist. Interested in documentary and animation, news and the environment. Based in Vancouver, B.C. FlemishCat on Letterboxd & Peliplat.
@katjadebock.bsky.socialOnly 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!
@pancouver.bsky.socialReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialHybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing. Read Shruthi Budnar's take on Joella Cabalu's First Comes Love: Nakabingwit in @pancouver.bsky.social. It was produced by National Film Board of Canada. @katjadebock.bsky.social @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2026-hy...
@katjadebock.bsky.socialPrior 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
@pancouver.bsky.socialReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialVIFF 2026: Soran Mardookhi reflects on how grieving families persevere with their fight for justice in The Flight. @viffest.bsky.social @katjadebock.bsky.social Read @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social interview @pancouver.bsky.social. pancouver.ca/viff-2026-so...
@coreyatad.comReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.social“Defiance of simulacrum, defiance of verisimilitude—even in service of factual content—opens up new doors for image-making.”
for @filmmakermagazine.com, i interviewed Matthew Rankin about his hilarious, surreal dive into Canadian conservative political arcana, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney
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@thr.comReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialKurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.
@thetyee.caReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialIn the heat of election season, Canadian auteur Matthew Rankin’s celebratory evisceration of electoral politics is exactly what we need to watch right now.
Lucky for us, it’s screening at @viffest.bsky.social. @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes. 🗳️🎬
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@mediaversityreviews.comReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialNEW REVIEW — I'm kicking off my first-ever #VIFFest with Filipino Canadian docu-hybrid #FirstComesLoveNakabingwit, a heartfelt look at the trials of tribulations (and compassion) that comes from being in an interracial relationship, premiering tomorrow: www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...
@katjadebock.bsky.socialWatched 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!
@darthkater.bsky.socialReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialSeptember 30th is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It is a federal statutory holiday observed annually to honour the survivors, families, and communities affected by the church-run and gov't sanctioned and funded Indian residential school system in Canada 🟥💔🟥 "We Were Children": watch it!
@joeplanta.bsky.socialReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialI talked to Joella Cabalu about her new documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit. It premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival starting this weekend: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24...
@katjadebock.bsky.social@katjadebock.bsky.socialTwo 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 😞
@katjadebock.bsky.social📣 Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film festival, running October 16 to 19.
@katjadebock.bsky.socialWatch it soon at VIFF Vancouver!
@thewalrus.caReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.social“This hallucinatory string of Heritage Minutes has real but limited appeal,” writes Adam Nayman of Matthew Rankin’s latest biopic. “It’s a comedy that only a wonk could love [...] but there’s a little wonk in all of us these days.” https://thewalrus.ca/brian-mulroney-biopic/
@scene49canada.bsky.socialReposted by @katjadebock.bsky.socialFilipino Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, exploring race, culture and communication across relationships in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. #VIFF #CanadianFilm #FilipinoCanadian
@katjadebock.bsky.social... "They're available online for free, but if you want to organize an event like this, they provide promotional materials ahead of time and media files in advance. It's a very seamless process and very easy to do."
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