The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, The Devil's Lair, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, and 12 O'Clock Boys bring new takes on true crime to Hot Docs.
Keep ReadingBà nôi, Alphée of the Stars, and Brand New River showcase Quebecois voices among the Canadian films at Hot Docs 2013.
Keep ReadingA survey of Hot Docs shorts including Just As I Remember, Softening, Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam, and Packing Up the Wagon.
Keep ReadingWith NCR: Not Criminally Responsible at Hot Docs, John Kastner’s films continue to be preoccupied with weightily Dostoyevskian themes.
Keep ReadingDebra Zimmerman has taken the feminist non-profit Women Make Movies from grassroots production facility to the world’s largest distribution outlet of films by and about women.
Keep ReadingDirector Ann Shin recounts her experience making The Defector: Escape from North Korea and learning new ways to see the world.
Keep ReadingA battered yet indefatigable optimism suffuses the work of Alan Zweig, the Toronto filmmaker behind 15 Reasons to Live at Hot Docs 2013.
Keep ReadingSpring & Arnaud follows the esteemed Canadian artists Spring Hurlbut met Arnaud Maggs during the final years of Maggs’s life.
Keep ReadingOil Sands Karaoke offers a humanizing look at a town that has experienced unprecedented growth due to the environmentally dangerous oil industry.
Keep ReadingOccupy: The Movie is a kind of balancing act, and time will tell if its large scope elicits the same impassioned responses Occupy: The Movement did.
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