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SUMMARY:The Art of Adventure
DESCRIPTION:In 1957\, renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster set out on a global expedition in a rugged Land Rover they call “The Grizzly Torque”. Starting in the UK\, their travels take them to the far corners of the earth. From the lush rainforests of the Congo to the vibrant landscapes of India\, Bob paints the wonders they encounter\, while Bristol films on his 16mm Bolex camera. Fifty-seven years later\, the abandoned Grizzly Torque is rediscovered. As its hidden history emerges and a new owner restores it to its former glory\, the tale of their environmental activism through art and science unfolds. \nAn inspiring and deeply human story that weaves together nature\, art and activism to show how two very different men fought to protect the natural world: one thought art\, the other through science. The Art of Adventure invites us to listen\, to learn and to embrace life with curiosity\, courage and heart.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-art-of-adventure/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260515T203600
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SUMMARY:Stop Making Sense
DESCRIPTION:In the immortal words of David Byrne: “Here’s your ticket\, pack your bags\, time for jumping overboard!” \nContinue to burn down the house with Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Immerse yourself in the funky beats and infectious melodies of the band. Sing along to what has been hailed as the Greatest Concert Film of All Time. \nThis is a party! This is a disco! There will be fooling around! \nPlease note: This film will be played loud.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/stop-making-sense-2/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260510T205300
DTSTAMP:20260511T130016Z
CREATED:20260511T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T130016Z
UID:10347450-1778439600-1778446380@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Lumière\, Le Cinéma!
DESCRIPTION:In one of those wonderful coincidences of history\, lumière\, the French word for “light\,” was also the last name of brothers Auguste and Louis\, whose brilliant invention\, the cinematograph\, helped to inaugurate the most beloved art form of the last 130 years. Institute Lumière director and General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes\, Thierry Frémaux uses Lumière\, Le Cinema! to guide the viewer through over a hundred shorts—some famous\, some forgotten\, some never before seen—directed by Lumière and company. In the process\, Frémaux illuminates how the brothers employed the camera as a creative instrument as they (and their operators) mastered framing\, staging\, and subject selection for quotidian and exotic microdocumentaries as well as the first ever fictional motion pictures. The result is not only a glorious re(telling) of the genesis of cinema but a profound meditation on the beautiful world captured—and the mysterious world imagined—by the Lumières.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/lumiere-le-cinema/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260510T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260524T200800
DTSTAMP:20260525T130017Z
CREATED:20260525T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260525T130017Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo
DESCRIPTION:Who was the woman behind the bright colours\, the big brows\, and the floral crowns? Take a vivid journey through the life and art of a true icon in this in-depth look at the real Frida Kahlo. Offering privileged access to key works throughout Kahlo’s career\, Exhibition on Screen unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art to reveals her deepest emotions. Delving deeper than any film has done before\, this definitive portrait highlights the source of her feverish creativity\, her resilience\, and her unmatched lust for life in a feast colour and vibrancy.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/exhibition-on-screen-frida-kahlo/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260509T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260509T172800
DTSTAMP:20260509T130019Z
CREATED:20260509T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T130019Z
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SUMMARY:Nash the Slash Rises Again!
DESCRIPTION:Hot Docs Cinema presents Nash the Slash Rises Again!\, which uncovers the origin story of the sinister\, masked Canadian electronic music innovator who took his name from the killer butler in a 1927 Laurel and Hardy silent film. A classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist\, Nash fused prog rock\, punk\, classic rock\, and psychedelia with techno and industrial – long before those genres even had names. The new film unwinds the bandages of a ground-breaking\, mad musical scientist whose career decomposed before the world caught up.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/nash-the-slash-rises-again/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T130016Z
CREATED:20260509T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T130016Z
UID:10343701-1778265000-1778272200@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:2000 Meters to Andriivka
DESCRIPTION:From the Academy Award–winning director of 20 Days in Mariupol comes an immersive and harrowing look at the mission of one Ukrainian platoon. Mstyslav Chernov’s commitment to documenting the devastation of his homeland and the gruelling efforts of Ukrainian forces to win back their territories is of the highest order; after the premiere of 2000 Meters to Andriivka\, he left the Sundance Film Festival with the Directing Award for World Cinema Documentary in hand. \nDespite the extremely high risk\, Chernov joins soldiers on the front line in eastern Ukraine as they inch forward through a narrow strip of charred forest flanked by minefields in an effort to liberate the strategic village of Andriivka. \nInterlacing first-person footage taken using body cameras with intimate interviews with soldiers—many of them barely past the threshold of adulthood—2000 Meters witnesses the toll this David and Goliath fight is taking on Ukraine. The farther the soldiers and filmmakers move through the destroyed landscape of their homeland\, the more they realize this war is nowhere near its end. A dire and powerful look at the realities and futility of war\, and what it means to fight for one’s nation’s freedom and preserve its memory. Kinga Binkowska\, Hot Docs \nContent Warning: Extreme immersive war scenes.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/2000-meters-to-andriivka/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260502T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T145700
DTSTAMP:20260503T130018Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T130018Z
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SUMMARY:The Oldest Person in the World
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nFor over a decade\, Sam Green has been captivated by the Guinness World Record holders of the title of Oldest Person in the World. As he travels the globe\, meeting the extraordinary individuals who become the ever-changing record holders\, the film reveals that Green’s mission is as much inward as it is outward. Here\, Green\, who is known for his live documentaries\, turns his curiosity—and his camera—on himself. In the process of making the film\, he explores how documentaries are often rooted in the personal: in the stories we pursue\, the questions we carry\, and the truths we hope to uncover. By weaving in experiences and reflections from his own life\, Green adds a sense of wonder and contemplation. With patience\, empathy and a gentle eye\, he invites audiences to reflect on the stories that shape us\, the people we encounter\, and the ways we reckon with the passage of time. Simone Estrin
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-oldest-person-in-the-world/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260502T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T151500
DTSTAMP:20260503T130017Z
CREATED:20260503T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T130017Z
UID:10332536-1777742100-1777821300@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Time and Water
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \nFor Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason\, holding onto memories of the past in order to preserve them for the future comes by way of family history and the landscape that surrounds him. On one hand\, he is mourning the loss of his grandparents and hoping to keep their stories alive. On the other\, he sees the rapid melting of the glacial landscape\, brought on by climate change. These two perspectives start to merge into one\, leading Magnason to contemplate the notion of time and how so much can be lost to future generations. Director Sara Dosa\, an Academy Award nominee and Hot Docs alum\, sketches a portrait of the author’s desire to put a time capsule together. Incredible archival footage\, stunning cinematography\, and fascinating folklore combine to tell a story of embracing history before it vanishes. Gabor Pertic
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/time-and-water/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T180200
DTSTAMP:20260503T130018Z
CREATED:20260503T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T130018Z
UID:10332552-1777667400-1777831320@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:The Tower That Built a City
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nDwarfing the soaring skyscrapers that surround it\, the CN Tower has defined Toronto’s skyline and held the record for world’s tallest free-standing structure for more than half of its existence. Ambitiously erected as a transmission tower to broadcast Toronto’s ever-evolving identity far beyond city limits\, its impact exceeded its practical purpose. Annually\, the 553.33-metre-tall beacon on the waterfront welcomes nearly two million visitors seeking a bird’s eye view over a burgeoning metropolis that has transformed from a blue-collar city into a cultural force in sports and music. Host to many stunts and the inspiration for Drake’s meme-worthy album cover for “Views\,” it’s hard to imagine Canada’s largest city without this concrete wonder. Mixing archival footage with new interviews with the tower’s innovative engineers and many Toronto notables\, this 50th-anniversary celebration beams with civic pride and connects this singular structure to many of the 6ix’s defining moments over the past half-century. Alexander Rogalski
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-tower-that-built-a-city/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260502T161500
DTSTAMP:20260502T130015Z
CREATED:20260502T130015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260502T130015Z
UID:10330611-1777655700-1777738500@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Sentient
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nFor years\, the ethics of animal testing have been a hugely contested topic. Is it just plain cruel or is it beneficial to humanity? A major focal point in this debate is the colossal number of monkeys used around the world in experiments. While some of the research conducted on animals has led to breakthroughs in medicine\, these results come at a high cost—not only for unwitting creatures but also for the researchers who facilitate the testing. Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel has long been one of those researchers\, and she is willing to speak out. After a lauded career working at the noted primate centre of the University of Washington\, she begins to rethink the work she has dedicated herself to. Through some shocking undercover footage taken inside laboratories\, Sentient offers up a difficult but pressing story\, questioning the morality of causing harm\, no matter the broader justification. Gabor Pertic
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/sentient/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260429T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T184200
DTSTAMP:20260503T130018Z
CREATED:20260503T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T130018Z
UID:10332553-1777484700-1777833720@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:When a Witness Recants
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nAuthor Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on and revisits the case of the murder of a young boy inside the walls of a Baltimore middle school. Decades ago\, three teenagers were convicted of the crime\, then incarcerated for 36 years. Upon a deeper look into the incident\, layers start to peel away\, bringing to light how facts were severely skewed—and the truth that these men were convicted of a crime they did not commit. Through coerced false testimonies\, lives were changed forever. The profound impact of that sentencing still shows how unjustly the Black community is treated all too often by the US justice system. Hot Docs alum Dawn Porter (Luther: Never Too Much\, opening night 2024) brings forth a powerful and stirring new film that looks at the trauma cases like this cause\, and the fight for retribution that still goes on today. Gabor Pertic
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/when-a-witness-recants/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260428T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260429T234700
DTSTAMP:20260430T130016Z
CREATED:20260430T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T130016Z
UID:10326790-1777401000-1777506420@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Steal This Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nBig Ideas Screening // Tuesday\, April 28 \n5:00 PM: Big Ideas CocktailMake it a big night out with an exclusive reception before the Big Ideas screening on April 28. Add a cocktail ticket to your Big Ideas screening and connect with friends\, fellow doc-lovers and special guests while supporting Hot Docs. Ticket includes drinks\, canapes and popcorn. \n6:30 PM: Big Ideas Screening & DiscussionJournalist Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) joins Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tia Lessin for a conversation about the importance of independent journalism in a world where media representatives can often be stifled and how those still fighting shine a spotlight on the stories that need to be told. \nAbout the filmWith so much misinformation and bias in media reporting\, one thing that is fundamental to maintain is independent journalism. That’s where people like Amy Goodman and her independent news program Democracy Now! come into play. For decades\, Goodman has worked tirelessly to report unfiltered\, hard-hitting stories\, pressing upon those in power and trying to get to the bottom of some of the most newsworthy stories. Relentless\, brave and ambitious\, Goodman uses her platform to sidestep corporate media interference and discuss topics that polarize people around the world. No subject is off limits in her pursuit of truth. Academy Award nominees Carl Deal and Tia Lessin bring forth an intimate behind-the-scenes look at someone who upholds the highest media standards while eschewing the bias that results from paid-for news time\, and has made a career of trying to amplify accuracy and accountability. Gabor Pertic
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/steal-this-story-please/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260427T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260428T222100
DTSTAMP:20260429T130016Z
CREATED:20260429T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T130016Z
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SUMMARY:Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nEverybody cut footloose! From chart-topping anthems to blockbuster movie soundtracks\, Kenny Loggins has spent decades shaping the sound of US pop. Award-winning director Dori Berinstein’s career-spanning portrait looks back at the songwriter behind hits like “Footloose” and Top Gun’s “Danger Zone\,” tracing a musical journey that has stretched across generations of listeners. Drawing on archival footage of performances and interviews with collaborators\, friends and family\, the film charts how Loggins has continually adapted his sound and persona to stay in step with changing musical eras. Beyond his stadium-filling\, global success are glimpses of the personal life that unfolded alongside it\, revealing a musician balancing creative ambition with the demands of family and fame. For audiences who grew up with Loggins’s music playing on radios\, dance floors and cinema screens\, this nostalgic look at a prolific career celebrates the enduring appeal of songs that helped define the pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s. Carmen Thompson
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/kenny-loggins-conviction-of-the-heart/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260428T235100
DTSTAMP:20260429T130016Z
CREATED:20260429T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T130016Z
UID:10324907-1777314600-1777420260@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Myspace
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nBig Ideas Screening // Monday\, April 27 \n5:00 PM: Big Ideas CocktailMake it a big night out with an exclusive reception before the Big Ideas screening on April 27. Add a cocktail ticket to your Big Ideas screening and connect with friends\, fellow doc-lovers and special guests while supporting Hot Docs. Ticket includes drinks\, canapes and popcorn. \n6:30 PM: Big Ideas Screening & DiscussionJoin director Tommy Avallone for a conversation about Myspace\, the pioneering social media site that became a cultural phenomenon for casual users and upcoming artists alike\, and how it set the stage for the social media landscape that we know today. \nAbout the filmStep back to 2003 to the rise of the pioneering US social network Myspace. What began as a playground of music\, message boards and Top 8 friendships quickly became a cultural force\, embedded in the DNA of all the social media apps we use today. It helped launch careers and fuel movements—from the rise of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift to the grassroots energy of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Meet the personalities responsible for its popularity\, including Dane Cook\, Lil Jon\, Jeffree Star and Tila Tequila. More than a website\, Myspace offered escape\, experimentation and community—it was a place where strangers became friends. But as it reshaped pop culture and laid the ground for the influencer economy\, it also foreshadowed the social media saturation we live with today. What is its true legacy? What led to its downfall? Through candid reflections from those who built it\, used it\, and rose because of it\, this film revisits a pivotal moment in digital history and asks: Where are we headed next? Simone Estrin
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/myspace/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260426T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T160800
DTSTAMP:20260501T130016Z
CREATED:20260501T130016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T130016Z
UID:10328695-1777239000-1777651680@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:The Ballad Of Judas Priest
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nOver the span of 50 years\, Judas Priest pioneered and continues to define the heavy metal genre\, releasing 19 studio albums and performing in sold-out arenas for one of the most dedicated band fan bases. A group of English blokes coming from working-class Birmingham\, the band’s blistering message of rebellion resonated and popularity soared—but so did the voices of detractors\, who falsely accused them of breaking the law and of embedding subliminal messages in their music amid the Satanic panic of the 1980s. Band members are keen to delve into their past\, sharing previously unreleased material from their personal archives\, but it’s frontman Rob Halford’s story of coming out on MTV and being met with acceptance that really showcases the inclusive spirit of metal. Co-director Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine gives the band their flowers in a film featuring rock royalty like Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters\, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett\, Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels\, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and the late great Ozzy Osbourne. Alexander Rogalski
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-ballad-of-judas-priest/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260430T201700
DTSTAMP:20260501T130015Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T130015Z
UID:10328676-1777226400-1777580220@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:A War on Women
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nBig Ideas // Sunday\, April 26 \n4:30 PM: Big Ideas CocktailMake it a big night out with an exclusive reception before the Big Ideas screening on April 26. Add a cocktail ticket to your Big Ideas screening and connect with friends\, fellow doc-lovers and special guests while supporting Hot Docs. Ticket includes drinks\, canapes and popcorn. \n6:00 PM: Big Ideas Screening & DiscussionJoin director Raha Shirazi for an exploration of women’s rights in Iran\, from decades of resistance and activism to the recent rally cry of “Woman\, Life\, Freedom\,” and how A War on Women spotlights well-known members of the community to reframe the global conversation around how these women are changing history. \nAbout the FilmIn 2022\, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in detention after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for violating its law that makes it mandatory for women to cover their heads in public. Following her death\, the rallying cry “Woman\, Life\, Freedom” became the defining slogan of an historic uprising. The demand for gender equality\, the abolition of the compulsory hijab and fundamental human rights did not begin with Amini’s death; Iran’s feminist movement has a long and deep-rooted history. This timely film traces it from the 1960s to the present day through several widely respected Iranian feminist icons\, including former Minister of Women’s Affairs Mahnaz Afkhami\, internationally acclaimed Iranian actor Golshifteh Farahani\, and author and activist Masih Alinejad. A War on Women reveals how Iran’s long fight for equality has often been answered with harsh repression\, and yet it has nevertheless gathered force to become a movement that is not only challenging a regime but resonating far beyond the country’s borders. Aisha Jamal
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/a-war-on-women/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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SUMMARY:Black Zombie
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \nGeorge A. Romero’s iconic Night of the Living Dead spearheaded an entire genre that has spawned hundreds of films and TV shows centred around flesh-eating monsters. Before their cinematic deviation\, the origins of the reanimated dead can be traced back to 17th-century colonial Caribbean sugarcane fields and are connected to Vodou\, a religion in which enslaved West Africans held the belief that death would free them to return to their homeland for their afterlife. If a landowner turned them into a zombie\, however\, their homeward passage would be interrupted and they would labour in plantations forevermore. Director Maya Annik Bedward explores the damaging ongoing appropriation of the undead figure in popular culture to unpack the mythology and reclaim the zombie’s power as a symbol of survival and resilience. Extensive visual research and interviews with filmmakers\, vodou practitioners and anthropologists juxtapose horror-film history with Haitian culture to create a pathway to understand the roots of the zombie in slavery and the spiritual significance of a lost body deprived of its soul. Alexander Rogalski
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/black-zombie/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T210000
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SUMMARY:Hot Docs Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. \nWe’ve announced the remarkable 115 films from 51 countries that will screen during the 2026 Hot Docs Festival. \nTickets are on sale now.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/hot-docs-film-festival/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260426T153900
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SUMMARY:Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions
DESCRIPTION:From April 23 to May 3\, the 2026 Hot Docs Festival will present documentaries from around the world to audiences in Toronto. 115 films from 51 countries will screen during this year’s Festival. Tickets are on sale now. \n \nJoin us on April 23 for our opening night screening of Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions followed by a discussion with special guests! \nIn Toronto’s vibrant music\, art and fashion scene of the 1970s and 1980s\, Carole Pope made her mark with the new wave band Rough Trade\, which produced bold\, boundary-breaking music delivered with a sexy punk edge. “High School Confidential\,” the band’s breakthrough hit\, did something not many had done before: it featured an openly queer performer fearlessly expressing lesbian desire on daytime radio. Now in her 70s\, Pope continues to channel her creativity into new forms. Her latest project is a musical that draws on her life and career with Rough Trade\, as well as the story of her beloved late brother Howard\, himself a celebrated musician and AIDS activist. Told with refreshing candour and drawn in part from Pope’s autobiography\, her story pulses with backstage seductions and on-stage swagger. Featuring interviews with celebrity friends like Peaches\, k.d. Lang\, Jann Arden and Rufus Wainwright\, Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions is a long overdue cinematic tribute to a fierce and talented queer maverick. Aisha Jamal
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/antidiva-the-carole-pope-confessions/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T200600
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SUMMARY:Fairy Creek
DESCRIPTION:A gripping frontline dive into the lives of activists urgently blocking logging roads on Vancouver Island\, Canada\, in a last-ditch attempt to stop old-growth logging in the pristine Fairy Creek valley. \nWhen police begin arresting people for standing in the way of forestry workers\, thousands more protestors flock to the woods to participate in a dramatic and historic stand-off now recognized as Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience. Following a cast of blockaders\, Indigenous land defenders and loggers\, the film takes an insider look at the rise and fall of the contentious Fairy Creek blockade\, creating a searing portrait of contemporary environmental activism. \nPromotional Partner: Planet in Focus
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/fairy-creek/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T173000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130012Z
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SUMMARY:Gilda - 4K Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Midtown Matinees: Join us for an afternoon at the picture palace! A tribute to Hollywood’s Golden Age and our cinema’s historic legacy as the Midtown from 1941-1966\, this series highlights iconic movies and movie stars the way they were meant to be seen: on our glorious big screen. \n“A hardbitten American expatriate who turns out to have had some history with the beautiful woman who’s just made an entrance. A nightclub. A crooked casino. Sinister Germans who act as if they own the joint. A getaway by plane … More than ever\, Charles Vidor’s classic melo-noir Gilda from 1946 looks like the crazy evil twin of Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca. But Gilda has a streak of irrational panic and hysteria alien to Bergman and Bogart. \nGlenn Ford plays Johnny\, a wastrel who fetches up in a quaintly imagined Buenos Aires just before the end of the war. A perennial card-sharp and gambling cheat\, he gets a poacher-turned-gamekeeper job in a casino\, as indispensable assistant to its hardfaced owner Mundson (George Macready) who has just got married to the head-spinningly beautiful and mercurial Gilda\, played by Rita Hayworth. But Gilda got hitched on the rebound from some American guy who broke her heart … and that guy just happened to be Johnny. Their terrible secret festers and itches\, and the erotic tension escalates. \nGilda is satirically woozy with the strange mood of the time: Argentina is preparing to normalize its de facto cordial relations with Germany and its many German emigres; German businessmen are in bed with Mundson\, who sports a livid Germanic scar\, and nurses a bizarrely fascistic plan to “rule the world” with a tungsten-mine monopoly cunningly using his dodgy roulette wheel itself\, covertly to pay off competitors. A real 1940s Hollywood treat.” – Peter Bradshaw\, The Guardian
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/gilda-4k-restoration/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T211200
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SUMMARY:Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
DESCRIPTION:Winner\, DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary \nTop 20 Audience Favourite \nOnce you’ve heard Jackie Shane sing\, you’ll never forget it. Yet\, after shattering barriers as one of pop music’s first Black trans performers\, this trail-blazing icon vanished from the spotlight at the height of her fame. From modest beginnings in Nashville\, Shane soon recognized her talents and\, in her late teens\, made her way to Boston and Montreal\, working the nightclub circuit while taking the stage with Frank Motley\, a musician known for playing two trumpets at once. Her arrival in Toronto during its 1960s music explosion made her a highly sought-after headlining act who seemed destined to take her place among the R&B stars of the era. Blending her music with never-released phone conversations and soulful animated re-enactments\, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story brings Shane back to life in her own words\, finally providing the recognition she so rightly deserves and introducing her to a generation fighting for their right to be their true selves. \n \nJukedocs curator Niko Stratis on Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story: \nThere is a world where Jackie Shane is a superstar\, her very name the reason for marquees and bright lights\, and all you need is to hear her voice and understand the why of all creation. This is not the whole truth of our world\, but it is the dream explored in Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. This woman who thrived at the spotlight of creation\, a Black trans woman and soul pioneer whose presence can be felt in all that came after\, who had to hide so much of herself that she disappeared from the stage just as quickly as she found it. As Miss Jackie Shane herself says in an unearthed note “I was born\, but never lived.” I love that this documentary exists\, that it allows her to live now and forever\, and tells a story that everyone needs to hear.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/any-other-way-the-jackie-shane-story/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T175500
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SUMMARY:Welfare
DESCRIPTION:“His masterpiece” – The Guardian \nWidely recognized as one of the greatest and most accomplished documentary filmmakers of all time\, Frederick Wiseman created an unprecedented body of work over the course six decades\, releasing 45 films up until his recent passing in February at the age of 96. \nWith so many highly regarded films to his name\, Welfare is considered to be one his finest\, if not his ultimate masterpiece. \nWelfare shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing\, unemployment\, divorce\, medical and psychiatric problems\, abandoned and abused children\, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life. \nIn English and Spanish\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/welfare/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T194900
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SUMMARY:Free Screening // Citizen Minutes: Series 1 & 2
DESCRIPTION:In honour of Citizenship Week\, we screening 15 short documentaries highlighting ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things to improve their communities. \nAt a time when citizen engagement is needed more than ever\, these short doc collections\, commissioned by Hot Docs\, showcase Canadians who are making extraordinary impacts in their communities. Our mission is to inspire engagement in Canadian democracy by celebrating stories of civic participation across the country. \nMore about the films & the project: citizenminutes.ca \nTickets: FREE \nFilms in the Citizen Minutes collection are commissioned by Hot Docs. The Citizen Minutes project is made possible through support by The Rossy Foundation.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/free-screening-citizen-minutes-series-1-2/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T130015Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Tayari Jones on Kin
DESCRIPTION:“Kin is the kind of all-encompassing reading experience I’m always hoping to find: smart and funny and deftly profound. This is Tayari Jones’s very best work.” —Ann Patchett \n“Beautifully written and powerfully compelling. . . . Tayari Jones interrogates social injustice through the lens of personal relationships while exploring the ways in which it shapes those relationships\, and she does this in language that is intimate\, conversational\, and musical all at once.” —Kirkus (starred review) \nA magnificent new novel from the bestselling\, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy. \nVernice and Annie\, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle\, Louisiana\, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood\, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death\, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College\, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and marries into an affluent family. Annie\, abandoned by her dissolute mother as a child\, and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence\, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity\, as well as love and adventure\, and culminate in a battle for her life. \nA novel about mothers and daughters\, about friendship and sisterhood\, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South\, Kin is an exuberant\, emotionally rich\, unforgettable work from one of the brightest and most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction. \nTayari Jonesis the author of four novels\, most recently An American Marriage\, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection and also appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list and his year-end roundup. It won the Women’s Prize for Fiction\, the Aspen Words Literary Prize\, and an NAACP Image Award and has been published in two dozen countries. Jones is the C.H. Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University and lives in Atlanta. \nJoin Tayari Jones for a conversation about her new book Kin as well as a post-event book signing. \nBooks are available online (follow the prompts when purchasing your ticket) or in-person at the event. \nDoors will open 45 minutes prior to the screening.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/author-talk-tayari-jones-on-kin/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Talks & Panels
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260412T210000
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SUMMARY:A Married Couple - with a pre-recorded intro by Chandler Levack
DESCRIPTION:Stories We Told takes us back to 1969 with a celebrated work from one of Canada’s most beloved filmmakers. \nOne of the most celebrated works from one of Canada’s most beloved directors\, 1969’s A Married Couple from filmmaker Allan King reveals a romantic relationship on the verge of unraveling. Set in Toronto and filmed in an intimate\, observational manner\, the documentary is more akin to a fiction film with its larger-than-life performances and volatile representation of marriage. By embedding his crew in the Edwards household for seven weeks\, King was able to capture intermarital dramas as they unfolded\, raw and unfiltered. Uncomfortable moments linger\, revealing how mismatched expectations and power shaped the dynamic between Billy and his wife Antoinette. Uniquely capturing Canadian life in the late 60s\, A Married Couple is a fascinating look at a once-bohemian couple straining under the weight of their now middle-class existence with its financial stresses and inflexible gender roles. Following on the heels of King’s breakout hit\, Warrendale\, A Married Couple cemented the director as a lead figure in North America’s direct cinema movement. \nFeaturing a pre-recorded intro by Canadian writer/director Chandler Levack. \nPresented as part of National Canadian Film Day. \nPresented in partnership with Reel Canada.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/a-married-couple-with-a-pre-recorded-intro-by-chandler-levack/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260411T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260411T163000
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SUMMARY:The Power of the Pin: Stories of the Moose Hide Campaign
DESCRIPTION:The Power of the Pin: Stories of the Moose Hide Campaign \nFilm Screening of 2 Short Documentaries & Post-Film Q&A’s  \nDetails: Saturday\, April 11 at 2:30pm – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.\, Toronto\, ON) \nTickets: $25 – can be purchased on the Hot Docs website HERE  \nFor too long\, the burden of not only experiencing Intimate Partner Violence but also advocating to end it has rested on the shoulders of women. When the Moose Hide Campaign began fifteen years ago\, it started with a simple but powerful question: Where are all the men in this vital work? \nThe Moose Hide Campaign invites men and boys – and all Canadians – into conversation about ending violence against women\, children and all those along the gender continuum. Setting aside shame and blame\, the movement calls people to healing journeys grounded in respect\, responsibility\, and care for one another. \nAt the heart of the campaign is the gifting of land-based medicine in the form of the moose hide pin. Gifted freely\, the pin represents a personal commitment to honour\, respect\, and protect women and children. Over the past fifteen years\, millions of pins have been shared across the country\, sparking countless conversations about how individuals and communities can work together to create safety. \nLast summer\, a film crew travelled through Ontario to explore what has happened when this land-based medicine meets people in their everyday lives. In two powerful short documentaries\, they gathered the stories of two men whose lives were changed after encountering the moose hide pin at critical moments in their journeys. These films reveal deeply personal reflections on responsibility\, healing\, and the courage it takes to walk a different path. Together\, their stories explore how something as simple as a piece of moose hide can open the door to transformation and accountability. \nThis special event premieres A Bridge Across and A Tree Remains in the home province where these stories take place. The afternoon brings together the men featured in the films\, the filmmakers who captured their journeys\, and members of the Moose Hide Campaign family. \nThe gathering will include a screening of both films\, followed by a conversation with the documentary subjects and the creative team. The event will also feature a ceremonial moment honouring the leadership and courage of the men whose stories are shared. All are invited to join this afternoon of storytelling\, reflection\, and community as the films explore the power of land-based medicine and the role each person can play in creating a future free from violence. \nThe Hot Docs Cinema is wheelchair accessible. For additional accessibility inquiries\, please reach out to skoenig@mokwateh.com. 
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-power-of-the-pin-stories-of-the-moose-hide-campaign/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Film & Media,Indigenous
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260408T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T130011Z
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SUMMARY:Doc Soup: The Art of Adventure
DESCRIPTION:In 1957\, renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster set out on a global expedition in a rugged Land Rover they call “The Grizzly Torque”. Starting in the UK\, their travels take them to the far corners of the earth. From the lush rainforests of the Congo to the vibrant landscapes of India\, Bob paints the wonders they encounter\, while Bristol films on his 16mm Bolex camera. Fifty-seven years later\, the abandoned Grizzly Torque is rediscovered. As its hidden history emerges and a new owner restores it to its former glory\, the tale of their environmental activism through art and science unfolds. \nAn inspiring and deeply human story that weaves together nature\, art and activism to show how two very different men fought to protect the natural world: one thought art\, the other through science. The Art of Adventure invites us to listen\, to learn and to embrace life with curiosity\, courage and heart. \nIncludes a post-screening discussion with director Alison Reid\, film subjects Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/doc-soup-the-art-of-adventure/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260405T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260412T174800
DTSTAMP:20260412T130015Z
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SUMMARY:Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
DESCRIPTION:4 stars “excellent…a powerful insight into a life shared by two charismatic creatives” – The Guardian \nWhen artist Maggie Barrett (75) breaks her femur\, her husband Joel Meyerowitz (84)\, a world-famous photographer\, becomes her caregiver. In the shadow of mortality\, each with a long and dramatic life behind them\, the hard truths of life together provoke in Maggie and Joel an attempt to find a shared inner-peace while there is still time.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/two-strangers-trying-not-to-kill-each-other/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260411T203000
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SUMMARY:Agatha's Alamanac
DESCRIPTION:Winner\, Best Canadian Feature Documentary\, Hot Docs 2025 \nCanada’s Top Ten \n“You can have a life with joy and hope and love\, but it’s not always easy.” This is one of many nuggets of wisdom 90-year-old Agatha Bock offers from her solitary slice of paradise in southern Manitoba. Her aging ailments are reflected in the sprawling maples and rustic buildings on her 54-acre family farm\, which requires constant maintenance. Meanwhile\, abundant crops\, pickles and jellies signal optimistic preparations for the future. Efficiently cultivating a garden with heirloom seeds\, methodical processes of sowing\, harvesting and preserving by hand easily fill her days. In 16mm detail\, delicious pops of red and green showcase seasons of simple living sprinkled with tips on planting potatoes and picking watermelons. With a handcrafted aesthetic perfectly matching its subject\, Amalie Atkins’s marvellous debut documentary honours her aunt with a guide to living in harmony with nature through honest work\, where nothing’s wasted and self-sufficiency is a necessity. Alexander Rogalski\, Hot Docs
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/agathas-alamanac/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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