Flames (USA, 86 min.) Dir. Zefrey Throwell, Josephine Decker Programme: Artscapes (International Premiere) Just what in blazes is Flames? Is it a drama? A mockumentary? A doc? Or is it just
Keep ReadingStill Tomorrow (China, 88 min.) Dir. Jian Fan Programme: Artscapes (Canadian Premiere) In half of China, things are happening: volcanoes erupt, rivers run dry, political prisoners and displaced workers are abandoned,
Keep ReadingBill Nye: Science Guy (USA, 101 min.) Dir. David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Bill Nye: Science Guy would be a relaxed, amiable film about an eccentric
Keep ReadingPhoton (Poland, 107 min.) Dir. Norman Leto Programme: Nightvisions (North American Premiere) Imagine an elliptical and increasingly dystopian introductory physics lecture delivered by a slightly ornery Aussie version of David Attenborough
Keep ReadingSeveral of the conversations I’ve had about the current state of documentary in Canada at this year’s Hot Docs have turned on issues relating to both the cultural politics and the political
Keep ReadingVancouver: No Fixed Address (Canada, 75 min.) Dir. Charles Wilkinson Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere) Home ownership in Vancouver has become nearly impossible, and in Vancouver: No Fixed Address, director Charles
Keep ReadingDonkeyote (Germany, UK. 86 minutes) Dir. Chico Pereira Programme: Magnificent Obsessions. (Canadian Premiere) A crowd-pleasing tale of an old man with a dream, a dog and a donkey, Chico Pereira’s Donkeyote
Keep ReadingBobbi Jene (Denmark/Sweden, 95 min.) Dir. Elvira Lind Programme: Artscapes (Canadian Premiere) Attendees at last year’s Hot Docs festival might have encountered the rhythmic visual babble of Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin’s
Keep ReadingPre-Crime (Germany, 90 min.) Dir. Matthias Heeder, Monika Hielscher Programme: Special Presentations (World Premiere) Billed as a “chilling and explosive in-depth examination into the modern age of policing,” Pre-Crime looks at
Keep ReadingRat Film (USA, 82 min.) Dir. Theo Anthony Programme: Nightvision (Toronto Premiere) Over Godardian snatches of string quartet music and images of a race car track, an incongruous voice emerges: “Acknowledgment
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