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With the constant barrage of news about all the horrors and atrocities happening around the world, it can get very easy to feel very hopeless about it all. But...
Director Tommy Avallone takes a deep and affectionate dive into the history of the titular social network — how it started, how it evolved and why so many people...
In təm kʷaθ nan – Namesake, co-directors Evan Adams and Eileen Francis explore the cultural significance of naming by chronicling the Tla’amin Nation’s efforts to have the name of...
In The Secret Reading Club of Kabul, co-directed by Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, three courageous young Afghan women fight back against the Taliban’s oppression of women by meeting...
The rapid acceleration of technology, and how much it’s infiltrated every corner of our lives, is becoming a popular topic for documentary filmmakers. That’s why it’s not surprising that...
Director Dori Berinstein profiles one of the most popular and prolific singer-songwriters of the 1980s and ’90s — and beyond! — in Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart. We...
One of the many things I love about Hot Docs: they don’t front-load the programming and try to jam everything into the first weekend (looking at you, TIFF!), so...
Co-directors Brad Abrahams and Simon Ennis take a deep dive into the curious world of several conspiracy theorists and the array of beliefs that drive their lives in Gimme...
Iranian-Canadian boxer Nyousha Nakhjiri’s quest to become an Olympian — and how her efforts inside and outside the ring represent more than just sport — forms the basis for...
In the delightful short The Baker’s Hotline, co-directors Emily and David Schuman explore the culinary advice and unexpected human connection doled out by the expert bakers manning the phones...
Co-director Jennifer Holness explores the repercussions, both positive and negative, when citizen journalists bear witness to police brutality against people of color in #WhileBlack. We posed our Qs à...
Not every great documentary has to be two hours long. In fact, I’d argue that docs clocking in at 30 minutes or under are often as compelling, powerful and/or...
