Bulletproof (USA, 85 minutes) D. Todd Chandler Program: International Spectrum “Let’s end the year with a BANG,” says a Bristol board poster on the wall of Woodland Middle School. A few minutes later,
Keep ReadingLove & Stuff (USA, 80 min.) Dir: Judith Helfand Program: Revisionaries Navel-gazing and contemplating motherhood have an obvious affinity: we’re all linked on a chain of umbilical cords to mothers back through
Keep ReadingEddy’s Kingdom (Canada, 85 minutes) D. Greg Compton Program: Canadian Spectrum A story about Canadian provincial government abuse and terrorism that made international headlines in Canada in the 1970s and eighties gets
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Hot Docs' 2020 opening night film Softie by director Sam Soko and EyeSteelFilm is a portrait of photojournalist and activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi.
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Unfinished films, lost masterpieces, and stillborn projects assume new lives in documentary form. How The Other Side of the Wind, Shirkers, and Dune endure as non-fiction.
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Once Were Brothers tells the story of Robbie Robertson and The Band in Daniel Roher's music doc that salutes a Canadian icon.
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Keep ReadingCavebirds (Canada, 81 minute.) Dir Emily Gan Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere) Montreal-based Emily Gan’s debut feature is a first-person essay film around an unusual subject: bird spit. To be more specific,
Keep ReadingPrey (Canada, 85 min) Dir. Matt Gallagher Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere) The subject of Prey is a civil lawsuit against the Basilian Fathers of Toronto, which took place last year, over their part
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