‘Prince’s Tale’ Ousts Mr. Rogers in Hot Docs Audience Award Race
Prince’s Tale
By Pat Mullen
A Canadian short doc has kicked Oscar winner Morgan Neville from the top of the podium! Jamie Miller’s Prince’s Tale took the lead in the race for the Hot Docs Audience Award. Oddly, the film did not make the top five for the Rgers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film, which must be reserved for features. The film is an empowering story of a burn survivor who channels his experience into art. The short screens with the feature Rezo.
Mr. Rogers remained in the hunt at #2, while On Her Shoulders joins the pack at #3. Audiences were evidently more forgiving of the film than we were. Surprisingly falling off the list was Mexican doc Mamacita, which played very well to the crowd at the Isabel Bader yesterday while being at #2 in the previous rankings. Transformer continued to hold the top spot in the Canadian race with The Accountant of Auschwitz close behind.
The top 20 films in the Audience Award race as of May 2 are:
- Prince’s Tale
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
- On Her Shoulders
- Transformer
- A Woman Captured
- The Accountant of Auschwitz
- The Game Changers
- The Silver Branch
- This Mountain Life
- Bathtubs over Broadway
- The Silence of Others
- Letter from Masanjia
- Exit Music
- Warrior Women
- The Oslo Diaries
- Don’t Be Nice
- Grit
- Laila at the Bridge
- Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep End
- McQueen
Hot Docs runs April 26 to May 6. Please visit hotdocs.ca for more info.
