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Two partners embrace in bed. They are viewed from above. Their bed has white sheets and the image has a pink hue.

Hot Docs Audience Award Rankings Shake-Up Heading into Last Weekend

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2025
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Hot Docs Audience Award rankings see some drama as Deaf President Now! debuts in the runner-up spot, while former #2 9-Month Contract falls off list.

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To Catch a Predator: On Shamed, Outrage, and Empathy

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2025
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Shamed director Matt Gallagher and producer Cornelia Principe explore the true crime tale of an online vigilante who exposed "predators" with tragic consequences.

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An aging Iranian family poses for a portrait. Two elderly parents sit on screen left with the father in a wheelchair and the mother seated beside her daughter and son-in-law. The son stands behind the father with his arms crossed.

Heritage Review: Finding Beauty in Sacrifice

by Rachel Ho
May 2, 2025
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Heritage, a portrait of two Iranian siblings caring for their ailing parents, makes the ordinary extraordinary.

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Three actors appear on a black stage. They have spotlights on them and are interacting.

The Secret Lives of My Three Men Review: A Family Act

by Barbara Goslawski
May 2, 2025
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A filmmaker explores layers of family history and Brazilian history through performance, vérité documentary, photos, and animation in The Secret Lives of My Three Men.

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Two nude men stand on a mountainside with their backsides to the camera. They are looking at a mountain and the man on the right has his hand on the other's buttocks.

My Boyfriend, the Fascist Review: Do Political Opposites Attract?

by Pat Mullen
May 1, 2025
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Matthias Lintner puts his relationship with his boyfriend Sadiel under the microscope to see how politics fare in the game of love in My Boyfriend, the Fascist.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses with a gold feathered headpiece atop his head. He is standing in a costuming department closet and wearing a black t-shirt. He has a bushy grey beard.

Ai Weiwei’s Turandot Review: Puccini in Times of War and COVID

by Marc Glassman
May 1, 2025May 6, 2025
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Chinese artist, philosopher, and dissident Ai Weiwei stages Puccini's opera Turandot with nods to COVID-19, the migration crisis, and the war in Ukraine.

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A punk band of four members performs on stage while a camera is in the foreground filming them. The musicians are dressed completely in green suits with their bodies and faces fully covered.

Queer as Punk Review: Music as Resistance in Malaysia

by Barbara Goslawski
May 1, 2025
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The members of the Malaysian punk band Shh...Diam! create a powerful sound of resistance for LGBTQ rights in Queer as Punk.

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Higher than Acidic Clouds Review: Defying Censorship, One Frame at a Time

by Jason Gorber
May 1, 2025
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Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari defies censorship with Higher than Acidic Clouds a metaphorical film about silence, dreams, and freedom.

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My Missing Aunt Review: Confronting Family Secrets and Cultural Norms

by Rachel Ho
May 1, 2025
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A filmmaker explores a family secret above a relative whose existence was long hidden from her, and the culture of silence behind the loss, in My Missing Aunt.

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A pixelated image of an elderly Indigenous man's face. Only his nose, eyes, cheeks, and ears are visible with the line of a blue hat at the top of the frame.

#skoden Review: The Man Behind the Meme

by Marc Glassman
May 1, 2025
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In #skoden, Damien Eagle Bear explores the human story behind a viral internet meme about an Indigenous man putting his dukes up.

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