Toronto is set for another heavy dose of reality when the annual Hot Docs festival returns for its 2017 edition. Today, we've learned the 230 documentaries that were prepared for the event.
There's an overwhelming amount of films and special events taking place at the festival, which runs from April 27 to May 7. The festival has also ensured that 48 percent of its programming is work from female filmmakers.
"The Hot Docs programming team has scoured the globe to bring the finest documentaries to Toronto audiences from a Festival high of 58 countries," Hot Docs director of programming Shane Smith said in a statement. "As our world shifts in startling new ways, Hot Docs is committed to showcasing those films that tackle topics of global importance: from environmental issues and human rights, to international conflict. We also seek out masterful documentary storytelling in all its forms, from unheralded stories of unique individuals to quirky subjects that really are stranger than fiction. We're very excited to share this year's outstanding program with Toronto audiences."
Pick up your tickets here, and check out the full Hot Docs lineup below:
69 Minutes of 86 Days
20th Circuit Suspects
116 Cameras
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
78/52
All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't Open
The Aria of Babyface Cauliflower Brown
Africville in Black and White
Ask the Sexpert
Alone
Augusta
Assembly
About My Liberty
Avec L'amour
All You Need is Love (Ep 14)
All My Loving
Bobbi Jene
Bring the Jews Home
Babe, I Hate To Go
Brother's Keeper
Bee Nation
Being Batman
Blueberry Spirits
The Botanist
Ballonfest
Black Soul
Brimstone and Glory
A Better Man
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World
Birth of a Family
Becoming Who I Was
A Bastard Child
Becoming Bond
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Beatles and World War II
Bird on a Wire
Close Ties
Canada the Good?
Chavela
Chasing Coral: The VR Experience
Canadaland Live Event
Clean Hands
Conversation with Ziad
Cafe Nation
Cargo
Christmas at Moose Factory
City of Ghosts
Communion
A Cambodian Spring
Chasing Coral
The Challenge
Durango
Digilante
Donkeyote
Dreams of 'O'
Divine Divas
Diamenteurs
Devil's Freedom
The Departure
Dolores
Derby Crazy Love
Dish: Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service
Death In The Terminal
Do Donkeys Act?
Eye, Camera
Edith+Eddie
Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels
Erotica: A Journey into Female Sexuality
Elián
Every Other Couple
Fastest Ride
Flames
The Forger
Front View of My Father
A Friendship in Tow/Toe
Fistful of Stars
The Force
Forbidden Games
Fish Story
Forbidden Love The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
The Fruitless Tree
For Ahkeem
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
George
Give me Future
Ghosts of Our Forest
Goran The Camel Man
Gusła or the Spirits
The Genius and the Opera Singer
Girls and Honey
The Grown-Ups
Grey Violet – Odd One Out
The Girl Down Loch Änzi
Girl Inside
Gilbert
Hope
Hondros
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Heart of the Land
He Who Dances on Wood
Hobbyhorse Revolution
A Home in Memory
Hotel Moon
Headdress
Harvest
Hotel Sunrise
House of Z
House in the Fields
The Harvest of Sorrow
Island Soldier
I'm Still Here
I was Only 14
Invading Giants
In Time To Come
I Am Another You
Intent to Destroy
In Procedure
Integral Man
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Kaltes Tal (Cold Valley)
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
Last Men in Aleppo
The Last Animals
Long Strange Trip
Let there be light
Living the Game
The Last Resort
Loving Lorna
Life to Come
LIVES OF THERESE
LIBERA NOS
La Chana
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Mr Sand
Mermaids
The Monster
Maribor Uprisings: A Live Participatory Film
Mother Canada
Meuthen's Party
Muhi - Generally Temporary
Mohawk Girls
Motel
Manic
My Life Without Air
My Enemy, My Brother
A Moon of Nickel and Ice
Mama Colonel
Mystery of Mazo de la Roche
Maison du Bonheur
Memory in Khaki
Margot
More Art Upstairs
MACHINES
New Chefs on the Block
No Stone Unturned
Nimmikaage (She Dances for People)
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Out of Thin Air
Our Skin
The Other Side of the Wall
Proudly She Marches
Pre-Crime
Polarman
People's House: Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama
Playing God
Pecking Order
Photon
Passe-Partout
PACmen
Quiet Zone
Quest
Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield
Rivolta
Raise Your Arms and Twist
Recruiting for Jihad
Rue de la Victoire
Rebels On Pointe
Rat Film
Ramen Heads
A River Below
A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
The Road Forward
Resurrecting Hassan
The Road Movie
Spookers
Shadowman
State of Exception
Shingal, Where Are You?
Sweat
Sovdagari
Susanne Bartsch: On Top
Step
Silently Steal Away
Sit
A Story of Sahel Sounds
Searching for Wives
Sunrise on the Total Chaos
Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia
Sisters in the Struggle
Secondo Me
Sunday Beauty Queen
Strad Style
Shiners
Still Tomorrow
School Life
Spettacolo
Strong Island
The Silent Teacher
Tongue Cutters
Take a Walk on the Wildside
"The Talk" True Stories About the Birds & the Bees
This is What the Future Looked Like
Tribe Called Red: Indian City 360°
Tu as crié LET ME GO
Tiger Spirit
Tokyo Idol
This Cold Life
Thank You For The Rain
Unrest VR
Urban Cowboys
Ukiyo-e Heroes
Unarmed Verses
Unrest
Volte
Vancouver: No Fixed Address
Whitney "Can I Be Me"
White Walls Say Nothing
Weaving
...when you look away
Winnie
Walk With Me
Welcome to Wacken
The Watchmaker
The World in a Corner
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
What Lies Upstream
Who is Arthur Chu?
Woman and the Glacier
The Workers Cup
You're soaking in it
Zaineb Hates The Snow
There's an overwhelming amount of films and special events taking place at the festival, which runs from April 27 to May 7. The festival has also ensured that 48 percent of its programming is work from female filmmakers.
"The Hot Docs programming team has scoured the globe to bring the finest documentaries to Toronto audiences from a Festival high of 58 countries," Hot Docs director of programming Shane Smith said in a statement. "As our world shifts in startling new ways, Hot Docs is committed to showcasing those films that tackle topics of global importance: from environmental issues and human rights, to international conflict. We also seek out masterful documentary storytelling in all its forms, from unheralded stories of unique individuals to quirky subjects that really are stranger than fiction. We're very excited to share this year's outstanding program with Toronto audiences."
Pick up your tickets here, and check out the full Hot Docs lineup below:
69 Minutes of 86 Days
20th Circuit Suspects
116 Cameras
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
78/52
All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't Open
The Aria of Babyface Cauliflower Brown
Africville in Black and White
Ask the Sexpert
Alone
Augusta
Assembly
About My Liberty
Avec L'amour
All You Need is Love (Ep 14)
All My Loving
Bobbi Jene
Bring the Jews Home
Babe, I Hate To Go
Brother's Keeper
Bee Nation
Being Batman
Blueberry Spirits
The Botanist
Ballonfest
Black Soul
Brimstone and Glory
A Better Man
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World
Birth of a Family
Becoming Who I Was
A Bastard Child
Becoming Bond
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Beatles and World War II
Bird on a Wire
Close Ties
Canada the Good?
Chavela
Chasing Coral: The VR Experience
Canadaland Live Event
Clean Hands
Conversation with Ziad
Cafe Nation
Cargo
Christmas at Moose Factory
City of Ghosts
Communion
A Cambodian Spring
Chasing Coral
The Challenge
Durango
Digilante
Donkeyote
Dreams of 'O'
Divine Divas
Diamenteurs
Devil's Freedom
The Departure
Dolores
Derby Crazy Love
Dish: Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service
Death In The Terminal
Do Donkeys Act?
Eye, Camera
Edith+Eddie
Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels
Erotica: A Journey into Female Sexuality
Elián
Every Other Couple
Fastest Ride
Flames
The Forger
Front View of My Father
A Friendship in Tow/Toe
Fistful of Stars
The Force
Forbidden Games
Fish Story
Forbidden Love The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
The Fruitless Tree
For Ahkeem
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
George
Give me Future
Ghosts of Our Forest
Goran The Camel Man
Gusła or the Spirits
The Genius and the Opera Singer
Girls and Honey
The Grown-Ups
Grey Violet – Odd One Out
The Girl Down Loch Änzi
Girl Inside
Gilbert
Hope
Hondros
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Heart of the Land
He Who Dances on Wood
Hobbyhorse Revolution
A Home in Memory
Hotel Moon
Headdress
Harvest
Hotel Sunrise
House of Z
House in the Fields
The Harvest of Sorrow
Island Soldier
I'm Still Here
I was Only 14
Invading Giants
In Time To Come
I Am Another You
Intent to Destroy
In Procedure
Integral Man
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Kaltes Tal (Cold Valley)
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
Last Men in Aleppo
The Last Animals
Long Strange Trip
Let there be light
Living the Game
The Last Resort
Loving Lorna
Life to Come
LIVES OF THERESE
LIBERA NOS
La Chana
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Mr Sand
Mermaids
The Monster
Maribor Uprisings: A Live Participatory Film
Mother Canada
Meuthen's Party
Muhi - Generally Temporary
Mohawk Girls
Motel
Manic
My Life Without Air
My Enemy, My Brother
A Moon of Nickel and Ice
Mama Colonel
Mystery of Mazo de la Roche
Maison du Bonheur
Memory in Khaki
Margot
More Art Upstairs
MACHINES
New Chefs on the Block
No Stone Unturned
Nimmikaage (She Dances for People)
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Out of Thin Air
Our Skin
The Other Side of the Wall
Proudly She Marches
Pre-Crime
Polarman
People's House: Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama
Playing God
Pecking Order
Photon
Passe-Partout
PACmen
Quiet Zone
Quest
Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield
Rivolta
Raise Your Arms and Twist
Recruiting for Jihad
Rue de la Victoire
Rebels On Pointe
Rat Film
Ramen Heads
A River Below
A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
The Road Forward
Resurrecting Hassan
The Road Movie
Spookers
Shadowman
State of Exception
Shingal, Where Are You?
Sweat
Sovdagari
Susanne Bartsch: On Top
Step
Silently Steal Away
Sit
A Story of Sahel Sounds
Searching for Wives
Sunrise on the Total Chaos
Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia
Sisters in the Struggle
Secondo Me
Sunday Beauty Queen
Strad Style
Shiners
Still Tomorrow
School Life
Spettacolo
Strong Island
The Silent Teacher
Tongue Cutters
Take a Walk on the Wildside
"The Talk" True Stories About the Birds & the Bees
This is What the Future Looked Like
Tribe Called Red: Indian City 360°
Tu as crié LET ME GO
Tiger Spirit
Tokyo Idol
This Cold Life
Thank You For The Rain
Unrest VR
Urban Cowboys
Ukiyo-e Heroes
Unarmed Verses
Unrest
Volte
Vancouver: No Fixed Address
Whitney "Can I Be Me"
White Walls Say Nothing
Weaving
...when you look away
Winnie
Walk With Me
Welcome to Wacken
The Watchmaker
The World in a Corner
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
What Lies Upstream
Who is Arthur Chu?
Woman and the Glacier
The Workers Cup
You're soaking in it
Zaineb Hates The Snow