The first documentary from Costa Rica to premiere at Hot Docs, ERNESTO, GRACIAS by Laura Ángel Córdoba is an intimate and poetic family portrait. Córdoba’s film unmasks the stereotypes and misconceptions around autism that have surrounded her family as they fight to create a safe and joyful space for her brother, Ernesto.
READ MOREThis year, Hot Docs sheds a spotlight on documentaries from Chile. The Chiledoc selections include Daniel Díaz‘s ON SUSPICION: ZOKUNENTU (BAJO SOSPECHA: ZOKUNENTU).
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Sharing more of my personal picks and recommendations of films screening at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
Listing more features documentaries that address various themes, personalities and topics from across the world. I hope you are able to see some of these films.
READ MORESharing more of my personal picks and recommendations of films screening at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival.
Listing some features documentaries directed by womxn filmmakers that I hope you will add to your lists as well.
READ MORESharing some of my personal picks and recommendations of films screening at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
Listing some features documentaries from Latinamerica or by Latinamerican filmmakers that I think you will find interesting and worth watching.
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Earlier this week, I attended the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF) 2022’s announcement of its official screening venues across the city. This year’s venues will include TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, and the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
TIFF aims to kick off September 8, 2022 for 11 days of international and Canadian cinema, press and industry screenings, special events, and red carpets featuring some of the biggest names in film.
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Uno Helmersson is an award-winning Swedish composer and multi-instrumentalist whose credits include the worldwide hit TV series The Bridge, which was broadcast in more than 100 territories and won him a Golden FIPA Award.
Awarded and nominated for his music, with over 70 composer credits on IMDB and more than 800 registered compositions on his rights society, he is among the top composers for film in the northern part of Europe.
Uno’s latest work includes the Sundance 2021 animated documentary FLEE, the BBC documentary Riots, and the awarded documentary The Painter and the Thief.
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Faran Moradi is an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, born and raised in Ontario. He is best known as a Telefilm Talent to Watch recipient for his feature film, Tehranto.
Tehranto is an unlikely story of love and family where Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival is available virtually through the USA, with some content available freely without geographical restrictions.
Below I list some of my picks at this year’s festival, which runs until January 30, 2022.
