Saints and Warriors is a 2025 Canadian documentary film, directed by Patrick Shannon.Nathan Caddell, "DOXA 2025: Basketball is much more than a game in Saints and Warriors". The Georgia Straight, May 1, 2025. The film profiles the Skidegate Saints, an amateur basketball team from Skidegate, British Columbia, as they prepare to compete in the annual All Native Basketball Tournament.Felix Hughes, "Hot Docs review: “Saints and Warriors” a fond celebration of Haida community’s love of basketball". NEXT, April 2025.
The film premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2025,Jamie Casemore, "In Brief: Haida basketball doc to premiere at Big Sky Doc festival". Playback, February 5, 2025. and had its Canadian premiere in April at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was subsequently screened in May as the closing film of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival,Emily Lyth, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces opening and closing night films for 2025 edition". Stir, March 27, 2025. where it was the winner of the Colin Low Award.Pat Mullen, "Saints and Warriors Leads DOXA Documentary Festival Winners". Point of View, May 12, 2025.
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Greg Ng, Hart Snider) and Best Sound Design in a Documentary (Gregor Phillips, D'wayne Murray, Ramsay Bourquin, May Guimarães, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr, Peter Robinson).Pat Mullen, "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary Nominations". Point of View, March 25, 2026.
The film also won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2026 Sundar Prize Film Festival.
See also List of basketball films
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