What is there to see at the revamped Hot Docs? To put it simply, a lot of major documentary films, which you can relish on your own or perhaps with a life or working partner, who fits in your reduced social bubble.
Prayer for a Lost Mitten director Jean-François Lesage discusses his winner for Hot Docs’ Best Canadian Feature Award and the forgotten pleasures of urban life, told through the stories of items lost and found in the Montreal metro.
Res Creata – Humans and Other Animals (Italy, 80 min.) Dir. Alessandro Cattaneo Program: The Changing Face of Europe Absolutely unique, Res Creata is a scientific and philosophical marvel asking us to ponder the bigger picture. By meandering from religious processions to pagan rituals, and from visiting acrobatic horsemen in Sardinia to learning whale speak with a
Reunited (Denmark, 78 min.) Dir. Mira Jargil Program: The Changing Face of Europe The opening of Reunited is bleak. Just moments earlier, Rana was rescued from a lifeboat on the Mediterranean sea. In the harshness of a camera light, she tries to hold back her tears, but it is in vain. This is the first time she’s
Always Amber (Sweden, 75 min.) Dir. Hannah Reinikainen Bergeman & Lia Hietala Program: The Changing Face of Europe Enhanced Snapchat portraits, Instagram profiles and grainy selfie-videos of the titular protagonist Amber move at a steady pace across the screen. While the opening credits of Always Amber show joyful home videos of a happy child and loving parents,
I Want You If You Dare (Czech Republic, 89 min.) Dir. Dagmar Smržová Program: International Spectrum This compelling film tracks the loving relationship between Jana, an adult woman severely disabled by cerebral palsy, and Martina, her mercurial alcoholic mother. Jana wants two things: to exchange her home environment for residence in a facility, even though