Hot Docs
Hot Docs Announces 2024 Special Presentations Lineup
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2024
Hot Docs has shared the full lineup of new documentary features that’ll be screening at the Special Presentations program this year...
Toronto's Hot Docs Facing "Significant Operational Challenges" Ahead of 2024 Festival
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2024
Just over a month away from presenting its 2024 festival, Hot Docs is raising the alarm over its future as an organization. An exclusive...
'Time Bomb Y2K' Isn't Set to Detonate
Directed by Marley McDonald and Brian Becker
PUBLISHED Dec 27, 2023
Those of a certain age will recall the excitement of the new millennium. Magazine covers had celebrities adorned in silver space-looking ou...
'Satan Wants You' Shows How the Satanic Panic of the '80s Still Resonates
Directed by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2023
Since watching Satan Wants You, I've been pondering what Michelle Smith and her therapist, Lawrence Pazder, wanted from their book, Michell...
The Inspiring 'Twice Colonized' Is Both Heartrending and Buoyant
Directed by Lina Alluna
PUBLISHED May 9, 2023
Lin Alluna's Twice Colonized follows renowned Inuk lawyer and activist Aaju Peter in her persistent battle for Indigenous rights. Specifica...
'Pure Unknown' Traces the Struggle for Dignity in Death
Directed by Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo
PUBLISHED May 8, 2023
Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo's Pure Unknown begins with the rushing of water, swift and almost glowing, throwing off a soft light t...
'Coven' Explores an Uncommon Magic with Softness and Empathy
Directed by Rama Rau
PUBLISHED May 8, 2023
As Canadian director Rama Rau's camera hovers above the green vastness of, in turn, Scotland and Romania — as hesitantly sweeping drone sho...
'I'm Just Here for the Riot' Tackles a Different Kind of Mob Mentality
Directed by Kathleen S. Jayme and Asia Youngman
PUBLISHED May 4, 2023
"But for the most part, it has to be said that while the numbers have grown with each game, people have behaved themselves relatively well,...