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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Reed Harkness (Sam Now)

Director Reed Harkness’s Sam Now took more than 20 years to make, and chronicles the experiences of his younger half-brother as he unravels the mystery of his mother’s sudden...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (Band)

In Band, director Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir trains her lens on herself, and her fellow Post Performance Blues Band members, as they make a last-ditch effort to hit it big. We...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Tracey Arcabasso Smith (Relative)

In the deeply personal Relative, director Tracey Arcabasso Smith turns the camera on the women in her family to explore the silence and inaction around the sexual abuse she...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux (Handle With Care: The Legend of The Notic Streetball Crew)

In Handle With Care: The Legend of The Notic Streetball Crew, co-directors Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Kirk Thomas catch up with the titular Canadian phenoms 20 years after their dazzling...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Lindsay Keys & Winslow Crane-Murdoch (The Quiet Epidemic)

In The Quiet Epidemic, co-directors Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch examine the controversial history of chronic Lyme disease diagnoses and treatment (or lack thereof) in the United States. We...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Cody Sheehy (Make People Better)

With Make People Better, director Cody Sheedy investigates the events surrounding a Chinese scientist’s controversial experiment, which resulted in the world’s first genetically designed babies… and an avalanche of...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Gavin Fitzgerald (Million Dollar Pigeons)

Director Gavin Fitzgerald’s Million Dollar Pigeons explores the world of competitive pigeon racing, and the efforts of assorted “pigeon fanciers” from around the globe hoping to take home top...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Chloe Sosa-Sims (Hunting in Packs)

In Hunting in Packs, director Chloe Sosa-Sims follows a trio of women politicians from across the political spectrum — the UK’s Jess Phillips, Canada’s Michelle Rempel Garner and American...

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Hot Docs 2022 #3: Six More Docs to Add to Your To-see List

The great films keep right on coming! Here’s another half-dozen we’d recommend. Handle With Care: The Legend of The Notic Streetball Crew (6/8) Back in the early 2000s, Canada...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Jackie Torrens (Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille)

Director Jackie Torrens’ quirky doc, Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille, revolves around the titular subject, who uses miniatures to recreate the circumstances around (and...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Magnus Gertten (Nelly & Nadine)

Director Magnus Gertten’s latest film is the beautifully poignant Nelly & Nadine, which uses 8mm home movies, old photos and long-lost diaries to piece together the decades-long relationship between...

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Hot Docs 2022: Qs à la mode with… Glenn Barden & Dave Hills (F**K IT UP!)

Co-directors Glenn Barden and Dave Hills are behind the must-be-seen-to-be-believed F**K IT UP!, which chronicles the rise to fame — and spectacular implosion — of punk-rock band Towers of...

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