Hot Docs is fully underway virtually available across Canada. I have put together an initial list of my own personal picks and recommendations for you.
Take a look below and hope you add some of these documentaries to your list!
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Directors Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 117 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Director Marilyn Agrelo
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 107 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
Directors Wayne Blair, Nel Minchin
ARTSCAPES | 96 MINUTES | 2020 | AUSTRALIA
The Sparks Brothers
Director Edgar Wright
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 140 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
Fruits of Labor
Director Emily Cohen Ibañez
PERSISTER | 76 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
A.rtificial I.mmortality
Director Ann Shin
CANADIAN SPECTRUM | 74 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Dead Man’s Switch a crypto mystery
Director Sheona McDonald
SYSTEMS DOWN | 78 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
The Face of Anonymous
Director Gary Lang
SYSTEMS DOWN | 87 MINUTES | 2020
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
CANADIAN SPECTRUM | 125 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Gaucho Americano
Director Nicolás Molina
INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM | 75 MINUTES | 2021 | CHILE
Any Given Day
Director Margaret Byrne
INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM | 93 MINUTES | 2021
The Taste of Desire
Director Willemiek Kluijfhout
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 87 MINUTES | 2021 | NETHERLANDS
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest
Director Mads Hedegaard
NIGHTVISION | 97 MINUTES | 2021 | DENMARK
Magaluf Ghost Town
Director Miguel Ángel Blanca
INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM | 90 MINUTES | 2021 | SPAIN FRANCE
Wuhan Wuhan
Director Yung Chang
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 90 MINUTES | 2021 | USA CANADA
Spirit to Soar
Directors Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier
CANADIAN SPECTRUM | 46 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Subjects of Desire
Director Jennifer Holness
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 103 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
7 Years of Lukas Graham
Director René Sascha Johannsen
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 77 MINUTES | 2020 | DENMARK
For full festival details, please visit hotdocs.ca.
