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10/05/2021 - The fight for water continues in Mohamed El Aboudi’s Hot Docs Special Jury Prize winner, leaving its audience parched Awarded the Special Jury Prize for Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs 2021 (see the news), Mohamed El Aboudi’s School of Hope is actually a relatively easy watch. There is some humour here and some smiles, too, even though it shows Morocco’s Oulad Boukais tribe, suffering from the drought that has been going on for what already feels like for...

film profile], making one ache to be young and Goth again. Watching three good friends, Josephine, Nightmare and Jay, play around with makeup, wigs and DIY tattoos is a delight in itself, and Fri’s background in music videos is put to very good use here. She seems to embrace the theatrics and the mad visuals, with their final creations proudly showcased on social media as well. Yet ultimately, it’s a story as old as they come, with a new love interest immediately endangering a bond that ha...

‘Ostrov – Lost Island,’ ‘Zo Reken’ Win Hot Docs’ Top Jury Awards Variety 3 hrs ago Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop’s “Ostrov — Lost Island” and Emanuel Licha’s “Zo Reken” took the top Hot Docs jury awards at a special online ceremony webcast from Toronto Friday night. Eleven awards and $67,000 CAD ($55,200) in cash and prizes were presented to emerging and established Canadian and international filmmakers. More from Variety Best International Feature Documentary Aw...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs 2021: Zo Reken, One Of Ours claim top prizes Emanuel Licha, Yasmine Mathurin and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers won honours at the annual doc fest By Kevin Ritchie Courtesy of Hot Docs Emanuel Lichas Zo Reken looks at the long aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Directors Emanuel Licha, Yasmine Mathurin and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers have won the top Canadian film awards at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival. At a livestreamed ceremony earlier this evening, Montreal...

Louise Detlefsen’s film It Is Not Over Yet, showing a small nursing home in Denmark where employees can actually take their time getting to know each resident, goes back and forth between a dream scenario and your biggest nightmare. For all its pastel colours and perfectly arranged snacks, it still shows people with dementia being forced to leave their own homes and taken to another place by their exhausted families, who are no longer able to care for them. “It must have been prepared,” ...

Hot Docs review: The Gig Is Up Hot Docs review: The Gig Is Up Shannnon Walsh paints a clear picture of the price gig workers are forced to pay for the convenience of digital platforms like Uber and Amazon By Julia Mastroianni NNNN The Gig Is Up makes both an emotional and practical plea for viewers to take a closer look at the price of convenience offered to them through ride-sharing, food delivery and other on-demand digital platforms. The documentary follows workers in Nigeria, Cali...

Hot Docs Title You Are Not a Soldier Delves into the Horrors of War (EXCLUSIVE) Anna Marie de la Fuente, provided by May 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Elo Company’s “You Are Not a Soldier,” which had its world premiere this week in Hot Docs’ Systems Down sidebar, is not just an ode to survival. It is also about coping with grief, about parenthood and the horrors of war. For Brazilian docu filmmaker, Maria Carolina Telles, it was by delving into war photojournalist Andre Liohn’s forays...

film profile], making one ache to be young and Goth again. Watching three good friends, Josephine, Nightmare and Jay, play around with makeup, wigs and DIY tattoos is a delight in itself, and Fri’s background in music videos is put to very good use here. She seems to embrace the theatrics and the mad visuals, with their final creations proudly showcased on social media as well. Yet ultimately, it’s a story as old as they come, with a new love interest immediately endangering a bond that ha...

Fruits of Labor Review: A Mexican American Familys Struggles in Central California Fruits of Labor Review: A Mexican American Familys Struggles in Central California Emily Cohen Ibanezs documentary is an intriguing look at the heavily responsibilities borne by an undocumented immigrants teen daughter. Dennis Harvey, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 77 MIN. Gabriella Garcia-Pardo Those who complain “immigrants are stealing our jobs” hardly seem likely applicants ...

The Big Scary "S" Word Review: Defanging Socialism as Capitalism Trumps Democracy The Big Scary "S" Word Review: Defanging Socialism as Capitalism Trumps Democracy A lively, engaging overview of what a much-demonized concept might have to offer our era of escalating economic inequality. Dennis Harvey, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Yael Bridge With: Kate Aronoff, Nicole Aschoff, Eric Blanc, Lee J. Carter, Vivek Chibber, Eric Foner, Donna Haverty-Stacke, Mike Jacobs, Dicarlo Johnson...