Hot Docs
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Hot Docs 2015: Committed
A documentary 13 years in the making about an aspiring comedy provides very little to laugh at.
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Hot Docs 2015: End of the World
Over a brief 40 minute runtime, End of the World provides a fascinating look into the human condition.
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Chuck Norris vs Communism (Hot Docs Review)
Chuck Norris vs. Communism is a history lesson, decorated in nostalgia, telling the story of people who were...
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Jesus Town USA (Hot Docs Review)
Jesus Town, USA attempts to tell a real-life tale with the quirkiness of a mockumentary, and it simply...
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Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi (Hot Docs Review)
An exceptional documentary about a tragic misidentification that fires on all cylinders and asks necessary questions.
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Joe Berlinger Talks ‘Whitey: The United States of America v. James J. Bulger’
Joe Berlinger has spent over 2 decades creating critically acclaimed documentaries, making him one of America’s leaders in...
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Doug Block Explains What It’s Like To Shoot ‘112 Weddings’
Doug Block isn’t afraid to be open with his audiences. In 2005, Block made 51 Birch Street, a...
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Hot Docs 2014: Top 10 of the Festival
First things first: Let’s congratulate the award winners at Hot Docs this year. The winner of Best Canadian...
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Hot Docs 2014: I Am Big Bird, Private Violence, Mateo, Portrait of Jason
I Am Big Bird I Am Big Bird is, not surprisingly, one of the more popular titles at...
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Jordi Morató tells the astounding story behind ‘The Creator of the Jungle’
The Creator of the Jungle is one of those documentaries that sounds unbelievable at first. Garrell, a middle...
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Helen Simon Describes the Difficulties of Making the Important Doc ‘No Lullaby’
No Lullaby is a difficult film to watch, but that’s precisely why Helen Simon made it. Simon tells...
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Hot Docs 2014: Actress, The Joe Show, E-Team
Actress Robert Greene finds inspiration for his latest documentary in his next-door neighbour Brandy Burre. Burre was an...
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Hot Docs 2014: The Last Season & Self(less) Portrait
The Last Season The Last Season, an engrossing, layered documentary by Berkeley, CA filmmaker Sara Dosa, captures the...
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Hot Docs 2014: Absences, Guidelines, The Engineer
Absences As director Carole Laganière’s mother begins to lose her memory from Alzheimer’s, she turns her camera to...
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Dave Jannetta and Poe Ballentine Talk ‘Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere’
In the small town of Chadron, Nebraska, math professor Steven Haataja vanished without a trace shortly after starting...