There is something to be said for documetaries that bring out the audience’s imagination. Director Jay Cheel accomplishes this and more in his film How To Make A Time Machine, which premiered at Hot Docs this past May.
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We are down to the last couple of days of Hot Docs. It’s been an excellent festival thus far… but there are still many films worth checking out this weekend. How about some suggestions? READ MORE
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Artscapes
The film follows famed Mexican photographer Enrique Metinides, who has spent his life documenting death, tragedy, and violence. At the age of 9, he acquired his first camera. At that time, he became curiously fixated on capturing crime scenes and accidents. This curiosity led him to a role as an unpaid assistant at a Mexican tabloid when he was 13. Being a fan of American and Mexican cinema, the visuals on-screen shaped his way of seeing the world around him. READ MORE
The story begins like this: “Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction”. READ MORE
Out of the hundreds of documentaries screening at Hot Docs this year, it can be difficult to narrow down one’s choice. To help simplify your efforts, I give you volume 2 of my recommendations for this year’s festival. READ MORE
On the eve of the opening of Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, I give you the first of two personally curated list of films to see at the festival.
Canadian Music Week (CMW) joins partner Hot Docs to present Music Docs at Hot Docs. Featuring twelve outstanding docs from across the festival’s programs, these films featuring compelling stories for music fans, ranging from illicit raves in Iran to the comeback of eighties electro-pop pioneer Gary Numan, and from an immersive tour of the American south, birthplace of the Blues, to Senegal where hip hop stars merge artistry and activism to mobilize a citizens movement during the country’s presidential campaign. READ MORE
Last Friday, at a reception hosted by Garvia Bailey, host of Good Morning Toronto! on Jazz.FM91, at the Shangri-La Hotel, 12 awards and $61,000 in cash and prizes were presented to Canadian and international filmmakers, including awards for Hot Docs festival films in competition and those recognizing emerging and established filmmakers. READ MORE
This year Hot Docs Board of Directors chose Patricio Guzmán as the recipient of its 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award. As part of the honour, Hot Docs held a retrospective during the festival celebrating Patricio Guzmán’s distinguished career as a director and writer. The Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award is presented annually by the Hot Docs Board of Directors in recognition of a filmmaker’s enduring contribution to the documentary form. READ MORE
Continuing with my Hot Docs coverage, I had the pleasure of speaking with Daughter Of The Lake director Ernesto Cabellos Damián, along with Nélida Ayay Chilón, the central subject of this film. READ MORE
