The Junction North International Documentary Film Festival is an annual documentary film festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario."Junction North International Documentary Film Festival set for Sudbury". CBC Sudbury, November 6, 2017. The event is staged by the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, which also organizes the city's Queer North Film Festival."Queer North Film Festival offers a different onscreen perspective". Northern Life, June 1, 2018.
The event was launched in 2013 as Best of Hot Docs, a satellite of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto."Here's what's playing at The Best of Hot Docs Sudbury". Northern Life, October 24, 2016. It was renamed to the Junction North International Documentary Film Festival in 2017,"Sudbury doc festival bringing 'hot, hot films'". Sudbury Star, November 8, 2017. enabling it to establish an independent identity and to access arts grant funding. In 2019, the event was staged for the first time at the Sudbury Indie Cinema Coop's new permanent venue on Mackenzie Street."Sudbury Indie Cinema has new home, will open doors for film fest Thursday". CBC Northern Ontario, February 26, 2019.
The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards."Sudbury's Junction North documentary film festival returning". Sudbury Star, March 13, 2025.
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