#HOTDOCS: 2024 HOT DOCS FESTIVAL SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Hot Docs is excited to announce the full lineup of new documentary features that will screen in this year’s Festival’s Special Presentations program, a stellar lineup of films that promise to inspire, inform, and entertain Festival audiences. Titles in this program feature visionary filmmakers, intriguing subjects, and riveting storytelling. The 2024 Hot Docs Festival will take place April 25 to May 5, 2024 in cinemas across Toronto. The 2024 Special Presentations program will delve ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “BORN HUNGRY” TO PREMIERE AT HOT DOCS 2024

Barry Avrich's BORN HUNGRY is poised for a Canadian debut at this year's HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL April 26, 2024. SYNOPSIS:He went looking for his family … and found himself. An inspiring true story brought to life, BORN HUNGRY is a gritty yet life-affirming human drama about a young Indian boy who finds himself abandoned by his family, lost on trains and thousands of miles from home. Now, Sash, a celebrity chef who once survived alone on the streets of Chennai eating from ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: 2023 HOT DOCS ROGERS AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Hot Docs Festival 2023 came to its close last night, bringing 214 films from 72 countries to audiences in Toronto cinemas. The 11-day festival featured 308 live screenings on nine screens at four venues across the city, with 235 live filmmaker Q&As, and five special extended discussions with filmmakers and special guests as part of the Big Ideas Series, presented by Scotia Wealth Management. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Hot Docs presented the Podcast Festival Showcase, featuring ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: 2023 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Hot Docs announced this morning the winning documentaries in this year’s official competition and the recipients of additional awards honouring Canadian and international filmmakers. The awards were revealed at the Hot Docs 2023 Awards Presentation at TIFF Bell Lightbox, hosted by arts journalist and co-founder of Media Girlfriends, Garvia Bailey. 15 awards in total were given out, including 11 awards for Festival films in competition – of which four were won by female filmmakers –and ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX STORY”

Review by Amanda Gilmore No matter what generation you’re from, you know the name, Michael J. Fox. Director Davis Guggenheim delivers an incredible film, which is told as a Documentary through archived and scripted elements. It celebrates the charming, witty, and optimistic Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words. Guggenheim follows two narrative storylines in STILL. In doing so, STILL is a Documentary that tells two stories about the same man. One tells the story of Fox’s rise, ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED”

By Amanda Gilmore Who would’ve thought that one of the year's most inspirational underdog stories would come from one of the most prominent Point Guards in the NBA? If you’re like me and only know Steph Curry post-NBA Draft and as the star player of the Golden State Warriors, then you probably wouldn’t have seen this one coming either. Director Peter Nicks tracks the Basketball star’s rise from his passion for the sport, to his time on the Davidson College basketball team, to the ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “JACKIE THE WOLF”

By Mr. Will Wong Directed by her Filmmaker son Tuki Jencquel, JACKIE THE WOLF certainly is more thought-provoking than it is an easy watch. Combining family videos and candid interviews with his mother, Author and Activist Jacqueline Jencquel, we try to get the why behind her choice to want to end her life. Jacqueline isn't ill, nor is she dependent on the care of others. She simply refuses to live beyond a certain age and has lost the will to live, yet appearing sound of mind. She ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: 2023 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Now in its 30th edition, the HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is back on again and running April 27 to May 7, 2023. Over 200 films from 72 countries will be screening at the Festival this year with several special guests in attendance, including Lilly Singh, members of July Talk, Moby, Kara Swisher, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls and Canada’s first female Jewish Supreme Court Judge Rosalie Abella, among others. The Festival kicks off with Opening Night selection TWICE COLONIZED, ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: SPECIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2023 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

HOT DOCS today have announced special guests to appear at the Festival this year! From Hot Docs:We're delighted to welcome noteworthy guests and fascinating subjects to our 2023 Festival, taking place in Toronto April 27 to May 7. Special guests include Canada’s first female Jewish Supreme Court Judge Rosalie Abella; Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers; Canadian YouTube pioneer, comedian, author, and television host Lilly Singh; bestselling author Gretchen Rubin; pioneering Black model and ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: NEW PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR APRIL 2023

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is pleased to announce its program for the month of April, which includes an exciting selection of premiere titles covering a wide range of topics, from the ground-breaking storytelling of Judy Blume to the dystopian moment experienced in Brazil under the Jair Bolsonaro government. A range of April premieres and special events will feature inspired Q&As that are sure to spark lively conversations, featuring special guest appearances, including Barenaked Ladies’ ... Read more