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Hot Docs is now over, the awards have been handed out, and my coverage is winding to a close. My final tally of documentaries watched is 48 — not...
Whether it’s fighting for equal rights, challenging the status quo, striving to make the world a better place, or all of those things combined, documentaries at this year’s fest...
ICYMI, I already shared my list of seven must-see short documentaries at Hot Docs 2025. Those shorts were fantastic. The rest of the shorts I screened ranged from very...
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love documentaries that revolve around the theme of competition, and I’ve lost count of how many I’ve seen in the 20...
In Night Watches Us, director Stefan Verna trains his lens on a grieving community in Quebec — to examine issues such as systemic racism, police violence, and using art...
Sometimes you need hard-hitting investigative journalism or deep-undercover work or troves of archival footage to yield a compelling documentary. And, other times, all a director needs is something as...
A one-on-one basketball game between two friends provides the backdrop for an exploration of life in director Serville Poblete’s short King’s Court. We posed our Qs à la mode...
The festival never fails to deliver a wide-ranging selection of documentaries centered around the one of the most universal themes there is: family. This year’s crop includes stories filled...
The festival’s loss of so many skilled long-time programmers in 2024 feels evident to me as I wade through this year’s crop of films — whereas I’d normally have...
Co-directors Cheryl Hess and Shashwati Talukdar examine a unique police division in India that mediates marital disputes in Marriage Cops. We posed our Qs à la mode to Cheryl...
In River of Grass, director Sasha Wortzel plumbs the literal and figurative depths of Florida’s Everglades region to examine its critical role in the state’s history and ecology. We...
In Always, director Deming Chen follows the evolution of a young boy — and his beautiful poetry — while growing up in rural China. We posed our Qs à...
