In the past decade, online videos and tabloid photos of binge-drinking Brits getting “mortal” during their Easter and summer breaks in Spain have made having fun look alarmingly like the aftermath of a war. Too often, we see half-naked unconscious bodies lying on the streets in the sun and ever popular viral videos of public
Some characters lead lives that demand to be celebrated and commemorated on film and Lorine Padilla, is surely one of them. The Puerto Rican-American “Madrina” (Godmother) of Raquel Cepeda’s La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla (winner of the audience award at last year’s DOC NYC festival), has led a complicated life: A former
Sheona McDonald's Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery a crypto mystery serves as a cautionary tale of the dangers of fast money.
With a world premiere at Hot Docs, award-winning investigative journalist Tanya Talaga has co-directed Spirit to Soar, a film debut, which follows up on the tragic stories in her award-winning non-fiction book Seven Fallen Feathers. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City examined the circumstances and systems that led to
It was the late, great Freddie Mercury who famously asked, “Who wants to live forever?” Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality provocatively tries to answer this quandary and asks questions of her own.
In episode three of the Perspectives podcast series, Aisha Jamal joins filmmakers Maya Gallus, Shane Belcourt, and Maya Annik Bedward to discuss the art of genre in documentary.
This year’s edition of Hot Docs is again virtual, but it looks like the characteristically robust line-up the festival usually offers. With 220 documentaries, the scale of this year’s event isn’t far from the usual line-up. “We weren’t sure going into the process what it would be like,” admits Hot Docs director of programming Shane
Hot Docs series The Changing Face of Europe, presented in partnership with European Film Promotion, spotlights diverse stories from Euro voices.
The list of one-hit wonders in music contains artists with many popular songs. Lou Bega got audiences shaking with “Mambo No. 5” and Donna Lewis dethroned Celine Dion from the top of the charts with “I Love You Always Forever” before fading into obscurity. Perhaps second only to Vanilla Ice in the world of one-hit
Filmmakers Lisa Jackson, Joannie Lafrenière, and Aïcha Diop join host Aisha Jamal in a conversation about finding the right format to tell their stories.
