Sharing more of my personal picks and recommendations of films screening at this year’s Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival.
Listing some features and short documentaries that I think you will find interesting and worth watching.
Feature Documentaries
Apenas El Sol (Nothing But The Sun)
Director Arami Ullón
WORLD SHOWCASE | 75 MINUTES | 2020 | SWITZERLAND PARAGUAY
Generation Utoya
Directors Aslaug Holm, Sigve Endresen
SYSTEMS DOWN | 99 MINUTES | 2021 | NORWAY
Dropstones
Director Caitlin Durlak
CANADIAN SPECTRUM | 57 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Misha and the Wolves
Director Sam Hobkinson
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | 88 MINUTES | 2020 | UK BELGIUM
Philly D.A.
Directors Ted Passon, Yoni Brook
DEEP DIVE | 470 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
Between Fire and Water (Entre Fuego y Agua)
Directors Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Anton Wenzel
MADE IN COLOMBIA | 92 MINUTES | 2020 | COLOMBIA
Users
Director Natalia Almada
MARKERS | 81 MINUTES | 2021 | USA MEXICO
La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla
Director Raquel Cepeda
PERSISTER | 82 MINUTES | 2020 | USA
Only the Ocean Between Us (Solo el Mar Nos Separa)
Directors Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb, Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Christy Cauper Silvano
PERSISTER | 82 MINUTES | 2021 | USA PERU JORDAN
Short Documentary Films
Last Night at the Strip Club
Director Nicole Bazuin
SHORTS | 12 MINUTES | 2020 | CANADA
Into Light
Director Sheona McDonald
SHORTS | 19 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Body Politics
Director Aisha Fairclough
SHORTS | 8 MINUTES | 2021 | CANADA
Audible
Director Matt Ogens
SHORTS | 39 MINUTES | 2021 | USA
For full festival details, please visit hotdocs.ca.
