Jackie Shane Doc Premieres at FIPADOC 2025

National Film Board

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee's feature doc Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, has been selected to screen at the 2025 Festival international de programmes audiovisuels documentaires de Biarritz (FIPADOC) in France. The film will screen in competition in the musical documentary section of the festival, which takes place from January 24 to February 1, 2025.

This tribute to a trans soul-singing legend has garnered over 15 awards and honours, including the DGC Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs and a nomination for Best Music Documentary at the International Documentary Association Awards. Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story was also named to Canada's Top Ten, the annual list compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) celebrating the best in Canadian cinema.

Elliot Page was one of the film's executive producers.

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee (99 min) - FRENCH PREMIERE

Produced by Amanda Burt, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen (Banger Films); Michael Mabbott; Justine Pimlott (NFB)

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