Hot Docs 2018 features
Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners
The documentary festival hands out 13 prizes including best Canadian feature Read more
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Five things we learned from M.I.A.'s Hot Docs Q&A
The British-Tamil musician talked Netflix, Ghomeshi and Chinese investment in Sri Lanka at the Canadian premiere of her documentary Read more
Mike Ford
M.I.A. enters Canada after border ordeal
The British-Tamil musician encountered a few hiccups en route to her Hot Docs appearance in Toronto Read more
Mike Ford
M.I.A. unable to board plane to Canada
British-Sri Lankan musician is scheduled to attend Hot Docs screening in Toronto on May 2 Read more
Hot Docs 2018: directory of reviews
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has arrived. We've reviewed more than 65 documentaries so far – and there's more to come. Read more
Samuel Engelking
Mandi Gray revisits her rape trial and terror in Slut Or Nut
The Toronto activist says collaborating on the film with director Kelly Showker "gave me my power back" Read more
Samuel Engelking
Women chefs step up to the plate in Hot Docs opener The Heat
Director Maya Gallus’s timely film shows how gifted women are transforming kitchen culture and grappling with its hierarchies and misogyny Read more
Ten of the buzziest festival films coming to Hot Docs
United Skates, Bisbee '17, Red Roll Red and Of Fathers And Sons have been making waves at Sundance and other film fests ahead their Toronto premieres Read more
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Ten must-see Hot Docs films focusing on women's stories
From the opening night film, The Heat, to features about activists Mandi Gray, Nadia Murad and Madonna Thunder Hawk, this year's slate is full of strong female portraits Read more
Twenty-five facts about Hot Docs' first 25 years
A look back at the landmark films and guests on the festival's quarter-century anniversary Read more
Eight Hot Docs movies coming out after the festival
If you can’t score tickets to these films at Hot Docs, fear not – catch them in theatres or online in the coming months Read more
Ten must-see films about politics at Hot Docs
From Donald Trump and the alt-right movement to police brutality and cyber-bullying, these much-anticipated films promise to examine hot-button Read more