Hard to believe we are now at the last days of Hot Docs. As always, it has been an excellent festival thus far. In case you need more reasons to catch a documentary or two, here are five of my faves at this year’s festival. READ MORE
Writer, director and producer Toru Tokikawa’s film is the story of how a Canadian craftsman and an American designer collaborate across the world to revive the ancient Japanese woodcut (Ukiyo-e) using pop-culture icons from video game characters and franchises like Super Mario and Pokémon, just to name two. READ MORE
Director Charles Officer‘s Unarmed Verses follows Francine Valentine, an intelligent and very observant 12-year-old who lives in Villaways, one of Toronto’s Community Housing complexes. READ MORE
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 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.
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
