An interview with filmmaker Amreen Kullar about her poetic documentary I See Myself in You and depicting Brampton's South Asian community authentically when anti-immigrant sentiments are on the rise.
Concrete Turned to Sand directors Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora discuss their process of documenting oyster farmers and intertidal life off Cortes Island, B.C.
Hot Docs 2026 report: Toronto's documentary festival continues to rebound with well-attended screenings and audiences eager to engage with challenging films.
Citizen journalists capture the 2024 protests in South Korea inThe Seoul Guardians while looking to a 1980 massacre as inspiration to fight for democracy.
American Doctor wins the 2026 Hot Docs Audience Award as the overall festival favourite, while Nekai Walks wins $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Canadian film.
Qwaxw visits the gravesite at Nusq’lst Village, confronting the legacy of smallpox and dispossession that reshaped Nuxalkulmc (Nuxalk Territory). | Smayaykila Films
At the Documentary Is Ceremony session during the Hot Docs Industry Conference, filmmaker Banchi Hanuse and story participants shared their collaborative process.
A filmmaker explores his family story in Paikar and inspires his father to open up about life in Afghanistan and then Iran, while navigating the COVID pandemic.