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Hot Docs 2020 - Page 3

The Forbidden Reel: Passion Over Politics

by Victor Stiff
May 31, 2020August 21, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

-Ariel Nasr’s NFB film The Forbidden Reel shares rare excerpts from classic Afghan cinema and images of life pre-Taliban.

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Judy! Judy! Judy!

by Matthew Hays
May 30, 2020October 3, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

Two Canadian institutions collide in Mike Hoolboom’s heartfelt Judy Rebick doc Judy Versus Capitalism

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Don’t Worry, the Doors Will Open’

by Liam Lacey
May 30, 2020December 11, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Don’t Worry: The Doors Will Open (Canada/Ukraine 76 min,) D. Oksana Karpovych Program: Canadian Spectrum “Nothing to do, no one to punch,” says a cigarette-smoking teen-ager, riding on a rattle-trap commuter train,

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Hot Dogs: ‘Stray’ Director Elizabeth Lo Discusses Her Festival Winner

by Pat Mullen
May 29, 2020August 16, 2021
Festivals/Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with Stray director Elizabeth Lo on her exquisitely-shot portrait of dogs in Istanbul, which won the prize for Best International Feature, and is a must for Kedi fans.

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Hot Docs: Successful at a Distance

by Marc Glassman
May 29, 2020August 23, 2021
Festivals/Hot Docs

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

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Nostalgia for City Life: Jean-François Lesage on ‘Prayer for a Lost Mitten’

by Pat Mullen
May 29, 2020August 21, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

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

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Res Creata – Humans and Other Animals’

by Inge Coolsaet
May 29, 2020December 11, 2021
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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

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Reunited’

by Inge Coolsaet
May 29, 2020December 11, 2021
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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

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Always Amber’

by Inge Coolsaet
May 29, 2020December 11, 2021
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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

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Hot Docs Review: ‘I Want You If You Dare’

by Susan G. Cole
May 28, 2020December 11, 2021
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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

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