Hot Docs is bringing three BC documentaries to Toronto, and they’re tackling everything from Indigenous erasure to Olympic boxing dreams.

The standout is Banchi Hanuse’s “Ceremony,” which already won the Audience Award at SXSW. It follows the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola as the vanished ooligan fish run exposes deeper wounds of colonial disruption. Hanuse mixes testimony, watercolor animation, and rare archival footage to immerse viewers in a Nuxalk worldview. The film screens April 30 and May 1, with more than 20 members of the Nuxalk Nation attending.

Two world premieres round out the lineup. “Constant Battles” follows Nyousha Nakhjiri’s journey to become the first Iranian-born female boxer at the Olympics. She’s number one in her weight class and uses the sport to manage ADHD and anxiety. The film also explores her mother’s past, a woman imprisoned at 16 for activism against the Islamic Republic. It screens April 25 and 26.

“təm kʷaθ nan – Namesake” documents the Tla’amin Nation’s request for Powell River to change its name. The city honors Israel Wood Powell, who established residential schools and banned the potlatch. The doc captures heated community debates around this reckoning. It screens April 29 and 30 before heading to DOXA in Vancouver.

Three stories about resilience, identity, and fighting for what’s been erased.