Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will reopen its doors to audiences on September 10. Following strict health and safety guidelines, the cinema will allow patrons to return to the big screen while
If one factor marked the Hot Docs 2021 more than any previous live or online iteration, it was the weight of industry. On one hand, the festival’s decision to release all 220
he international juries at Hot Docs this year favoured slow cinéma vérité If the feature winner Ostrov – Lost Island exemplifies the limitations of the art form with its lethargic portrait of
A true eye-opener about the human costs that fuel our everyday conveniences, The Gig Is Up leaves audiences with a tough question. Director Shannon Walsh (Illusions of Control) asks how much we’re
Winner of this year’s Best International Feature Documentary Award at Hot Docs, Ostrov – Lost Island is a stark portrait of a community abandoned. The film visits the titular island in the
At what point does flexing the rules bend towards cheating? This question motivates the energetic sports doping doc Nike’s Big Bet. Directed by Paul Kemp, the doc should prove especially engaging for
“I’m ashamed that we weren’t able to stand against the ones who are bullying us,” says Pepper at the end of Dear Future Children. “It really doesn’t matter if we’re smart or
Jeffery Robinson has argued many cases on the road to becoming deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He presents arguably his most significant case in the excellent Who We
As the Cheers theme goes, sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. The ramen shop pictured in Come Back Anytime is such a place to its beloved group of
We all know that way too many people have died from overdosing on supposedly legal drugs, but have you looked at the numbers lately? In Alex Gibney’s brilliant new investigative series The