Directors Fisher Stevens and Morgan Venville discuss their TIFF 2019 premiere And We Go Green, the world of environmentally-friendly auto racing, and working with Leonardo Di Caprio.
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Sanctuary director Álvaro Longoria discusses his new doc, which follows Javier Bardem and Carlos Bardem on a Greenpeace campaign for Antarctic marine sanctuaries, and how the power of celebrity can help a
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There’s Something in the Water (Canada, 73 min.) Dir. Elliot Page, Ian Daniel Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) It’s not unusual for stars to lend their celebrity to worthy causes. Just look at TIFF eco docs
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And We Go Green (USA, 99 min.) Dir. Fisher Stevens, Malcolm Venville Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) “It’s lights out and away we go!” is one line that audiences might hear at the beginning
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Directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov discuss their acclaimed doc Honeyland, which poetically observes a lone beekeeper, Hatidze, in Macedonia as she strives to preserve a way of life.
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As viewership of nature documentary series continues to soar, it’s clear that these types of shows are resonating with audiences and have the ability to change conversations around their subject matter. Take
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Keep ReadingKifaru (USA/Kenya, 79 min.) Dir. David Hambridge Programme: Animal Magnetism (International Premiere) This year’s edition of Hot Docs features a great theme programme called Animal Magnetism. It’s a series of docs that allows
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