I Am Samuel (Kenya/USA/Canada, 70 min.) Dir. Pete Murimi Program: World Showcase (World Premiere) I Am Samuel is a work of true bravery. This verité-style feature directorial debut from Pete Murimi offers an
Keep ReadingTales from a Prison Cell (Hungary/Croatia/UK, 80 min.) Dir. Ábel Visky Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) A Hungarian prison might not be the place one expects to encounter uplifting children’s stories. However, Tales from
Keep ReadingBare (Belgium, 94 min.) Dir. Aleksandr M. Vinogradov Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) Editions of Hot Docs in the post-#MeToo era might lead cinephiles to believe that all men are dicks. This year,
Keep ReadingFirst We Eat Canada, 101 min.) Dir. Suzanne Crocker Program: To Serve & Protect A force of nature blocks access to the general store in a remote area of the Yukon and
Keep ReadingThe 8th (USA, 94 min.) Dir. Aideen Kane, Maeve O’Boyle & Lucy Kennedy Program: Persister (World Premiere) Documentaries have a bum rap for being kind of grim, focused as so many of
Keep ReadingThe World Is Bright (Canada,116 min.) Dir. Ying Wang Ying Wang’s movie about a Chinese couple doing everything in their power to find out how their son died in Canada is ostensibly
Keep Reading
Hot Docs' 2020 opening night film Softie by director Sam Soko and EyeSteelFilm is a portrait of photojournalist and activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi.
Keep ReadingHer Mothers (Hungary, 75 min) Dir. Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics Program: Persister (World Premiere) This portrait of a lesbian couple adopting a child is intimate and raw. On the surface, it’s
Keep Reading
Mira Burt-Wintonick discusses her new film Wintopia, a moving and personal reflection about her late father, Peter Wintonick -- filmmaker, former POV editor, and Canada's documentary ambassador.
Keep ReadingInfluence (Canada/South Africa, 106 minutes) Dir. Richard Poplak and Diana Neille Hot Docs Program: Special Presentations Sometimes having all the right elements for a documentary isn’t enough. Influence, about the changing impact on
Keep Reading