Interview: Kevin Drew on Broken Social Scene Doc It’s All Gonna Break
Kevin Drew talks friendship, music, and more with new Broken Social Scene documentary It's All Gonna Break, directed by Stephen Chung.
Hot Docs
2024 Rendezvous With Madness Festival Line-Up Includes Docs, Fiction, Alan Cumming, Pete Doherty and much more
Rendezvous With Madness Festival is back for its 32nd year, kicking things off with the opening night screening of the documentary WaaPaKe by director Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Review
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story remembers a trailblazing trans R&B singer who suddenly walked away from the industry in 1971.
Contra Zoom Pod Episode 276: Hot Docs 2024
Six films from Hot Docs 2024 are discussed on Contra Zoom Pod
Metro Morning: Hot Docs 2024 Marches On
Film columnist Jason Gorber stops by CBC's Metro Morning to discuss this year's beleaguered Hot Docs festival.
Beyond Paper Review
Oana Suteu Khintirian's new documentary reflects on the value of the written word and the sense of knowledge and culture that is lost through digitization.
Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun Review
Before the Sun follows a young Indigenous woman as she tries to break out in the tough world of Indian Relay Racing.
Hot Docs 2023: Coven Review
Documentary fans will be truly entranced by Canadian filmmaker Rama Rau's latest — a captivating tale of three women re-claiming and channelling their innate and natural power.
Hot Docs 2023: The Castle Review
Martín Benchmol’s The Castle offers a whimsical look at a mother and daughter living in a lavish mansion that the mother inherited from her former employer.
Hot Docs 2023: July Talk — Love Lives Here Review
When the Covid pandemic hit the world, July Talk got creative in order to promote their latest album; they played at a drive-in theatre. July Talk: Love Lives Here captures the process of putting on these shows.
Hot Docs 2023: The Mountains Review
The Mountains finds director Christian Einshøj exploring the men in his Scandinavian family and their inability to connect after a tragedy.
Satan Wants You Review
Satan Wants You, making its Canadian premiere during Hot Docs 2023, revisits Michelle Remembers-a lurid memoir that helped set off the Satanic Panic of the '80s
Shelf Pick: Inspiring Eco-Doc Hell or Clean Water Hits Digital
Hell or Clean Water tells the story of Shawn Bath, a former fisherman from Newfoundland who undergoes a life-changing experience that transforms him into an environmental crusader.
Hot Docs: This is Endometriosis Review
An image of a shadow on a wall—moving slowly with the light across the room—speaks deeply to a feeling of lost hours and days that most, if not all, those suffering from endometriosis can relate to. I know I do. Short film This is Endometriosis, playing as a part of this year’s Hot Docs slate, […]
Hot Docs Podcast Festival 2022: The Highlights
The pandemic hasn't slowed down the Hot Docs Podcast Festival, the annual celebration of all-things audio storytelling. Here are the 2022 highlights.
