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There are plenty of big, high-profile films screening at Hot Docs that are getting a lot of attention and buzz, but one of my favourite things about this festival...
Here’s what I’m totally LOVING about this year’s festival: there are so many amazing films made by or about (or both) women. Admittedly, I tend to seek those out...
One of my festgoing pals had been reading my reviews of Hot Docs 2021 films and remarked that it sounded like everything I was watching was fantastic. “Oh, it...
Sometimes at Hot Docs, you wind up seeing films that feel like they were destined to be a double-bill. The might be united by theme, topic, style… or all...
Documentaries are meant to “plumb the depths” of their subject matter, and these three films do it literally and figuratively, taking their cameras below the surface of the world’s...
Sometimes, after wading through a lot of Very Serious Films at Hot Docs and enduring multiple crying headaches as a result, you need to source an emotional power boost...
Shaping young minds and hearts can manifest in many forms. Sometimes, it means having a colorful gaggle of puppet characters teach your kids about letters and numbers and the...
Young women around the world are pushing back against patriarchal rules, traditions and belief systems, bravely forging their way forward. And, in the case of these two similarly themed...
One of our favourite things about Hot Docs is the way thought-provoking films spark spirited, insightful — and sometimes heated! — debate and discussion amongst audiences at post-screening Q&As...
We’ve been eye-deep in pre-festival screeners and can say with some degree of confidence that this year’s lineup seems more jam-packed than ever with awesome docs. (Nice work, programming...
Oh, how we have MISSED Hot Docs! And, really, who wouldn’t? Wall-to-wall documentaries that make us think, cry, laugh, cry some more, gasp, wonder if we have anything to...
Yesterday, the festival announced the bulk of its award winners – some of which I’d seen, some of which I’d heard great things about and some I’d admittedly heard/knew...
