Lyd chronicles the history of a city forcibly taken from Palestinians in 1948 and hopes to reclaim it.
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Palestinian documentary pitch project Rehearsal for Justice sparks debate at Hot Docs Forum.
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Mohamed Jabaly captures images from home in Palestine and captures memories of streets that no longer exist in Life Is Beautiful.
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Where does Hot Docs go from here? A look at the situation for Toronto's documentary festival as it kicks off another--and potentially last--season.
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An interview with Life Is Beautiful director Mohamed Jabaly about documenting life in Palestine before the October 2023 escalation.
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An interview with Bye Bye Tiberias director Lina Soualem and star Hiam Abbass about their documentary on family, memory, and finding home.
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Jumana Manna depicts the politics of extinction and occupation in this hybrid film about foragers and their fight to harvest wild herbs.
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Daniel Carsenty and Mohammed Abugeth's The Devil's Drivers is a high-octane human rights thriller with real world stakes thanks to its portrait of an underground taxi service that navigates the Israel/Palestine border.
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The winner of the 2017 Corus-Hot Docs Forum Pitch Prize, Israeli director Michal Weits’ Blue Box links her family story linked to bitter debates about Israel’s founding. The filmmaker’s great-grandfather, Joseph (Yosef)
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For decades, Jason Sherman has been exploring the notion of what it means to uphold the expectations a good Jewish life. He uses his experience growing up in Canada to reflect upon
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