Hot Docs

Hot Docs 2024: 'Fire Tower' Lacks Storytelling Spark, but the Canadian Wildness Is Stunning

Directed by Tova Krentzman

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2024

There are a slightly more than a hundred manned fire towers in Canada, each of them occupied by someone who spends six months per year in...

Hot Docs 2024: 'Secret Mall Apartment' Turns a Childlike Fantasy into a Commentary on Capitalism

Directed by Jeremy Workman

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2024

"People live in a secret apartment in the mall" is a perfect elevator pitch — both a potent metaphor for the struggle of living under...

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Announces May 2024 Programming

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

One of Toronto's 10 Best Movie Theatres, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is an institution — as well as the recent host of a 'Stop Making Sense'...

Hot Docs 2024: 'Seguridad' Considers the Heartache of Family Secrets

Directed by Tamara Segura

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

The nuances of art, humanity and allegiance show themselves throughout 'Seguridad' in its visuals and narrative. The film by Newfoundland...

Hot Docs Programmers Exit Festival En Masse

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2024

Sharing the same prepared statement on social media, 10 Hot Docs programmers have announced their exit from the film festival, 'Screen ...

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...