Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival

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The Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival is an annual documentary film festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1] Organized by the Winnipeg Film Group since 2008, [2] the event is staged annually at the Cinematheque theatre. [3]

The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards. [4]

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References

  1. "Appointment with the docs". Winnipeg Free Press , March 14, 2013.
  2. "Film Group gets real". Winnipeg Sun , July 25, 2008.
  3. "Nothing but the truth: Documentary festival focuses lens on global issues, passionate crusaders". Winnipeg Free Press , November 3, 2016.
  4. "2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Eligible Festivals". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.