Hot Docs

• 

  The Defector: Escape from North Korea

  Ann Shin

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  In northern China, freedom is a booming business. After fleeing from the inhumane conditions of North Korea himself in 2001, Dragon now mak...

• 

  15 Reasons to Live

  Alan Zweig

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  As evidenced by the rather ambitious and indirectly presumptive title, Alan Zweig's documentary, 15 Reasons to Live, attempts to deconstruc...

• 

  Forest of the Dancing Spirits

  Linda Vastrik

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  In a pocket of virgin rainforest located within the Congo Basin, the Oka people carry on a way of life that has remained almost entirely fr...

• 

  Northern Light

  Nick Bentgen & Lisa Kjerulff

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  Prior to the release of the laughably bad MTV teen drama, Varsity Blues, the increasingly trashy music network featured a promotional campa...

• 

  The Ghosts in Our Machine

  Liz Marshall

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  Regardless of your position on whether or not being omnivorous is morally defensible, the ethical treatment of animals is a subject that ne...

• 

  Downloaded

  Alex Winter

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  Like most actors or musicians turned documentarians, Alex Winter—the less triumphant Wyld Stallyn—doesn't exactly reinvent or e...

• 

  The Manor

  Shawney Cohen

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013

  Guelph, Ontario's well-known strip club, "The Manor", is a place known for titillation, libations and sexually charged entertainment. For...

• 

  The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

  Matthew Pond and Kirk Marcolina

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2013

  Some people are so good at lying that they can make you buy a fib even when you know it's an outright falsehood. Graceful, composed and con...