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Danielle Edwards Shawn Bath is shown in a handout photo from the documentary, "Hell or Clean Water." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Crockwell MANDATORY CREDIT April 29, 2021 - 4:49 AM HALIFAX - Shawn Bath says he was only looking for a 30-second commercial about his efforts to clean up the harbours of Newfoundland and Labrador when he approached filmmaker Cody Westman in 2019. But after Bath told Westman he had removed more than 15,000 pounds of garbage out of the water hi...

Daniel Berish was going through old photographs with his grandmother one day when they came across one of her as a young woman in the forest, wrapped in a towel and beaming at the camera.

Hot Docs ’21: Paul Kemp and Cream’s David Brady on investigating “Nike’s Big Bet” After news broke that American track and field coach Alberto Salazar was banned from the sport, one piece of the story specifically caught the attention of filmmaker Paul Kemp. Salazar (pictured) ... April 29, 2021 After news broke that American tra...

Rising Spanish Cineaste Miguel Angel Blanca Preps New Projects, Premieres Magaluf at Hot Docs (EXCLUSIVE) Christopher Vourlias, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Miguel Ángel Blanca, selected by Variety earlier this year as one of Spain’s 10 rising talents, has two new projects in development. His latest documentary, “Magaluf Ghost Town,” premieres in the International Spectrum competition at Hot Docs. Both films will be produced by Barcelona’s Boogaloo Films (“Tolyatti Adrift,” �...

The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 28-May 2 The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 28-May 2 Including Austra at Roy Thomson Hall, Hot Docs, the May Day Rally and the Storytelling Festival By Kevin Ritchie Our picks for the top things to do in Toronto on the weekend of April 29-May 2 including Austra at Roy Thomson Hall, Hot Docs, the May Day Rally and the Storytelling Festival. Hot Docs The annual film festival for non-fiction lovers kicks off today but ...

A.rtificial I.mmortality Director Ann Shin Aims for the Horizon (EXCLUSIVE) Jennie Punter, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The Toronto-based Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival opens Thursday with the world premiere of “A.rtificial I.mmortality,” which explores advancements in AI, robotics, and biotech through close encounters with neuroscientists, AI developers, transhumanists, robot-creators, and visionaries who are pointing the way toward post-biological life....

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Acts Of Love Co-director Isidore Bethels documentary offers up a bold, brave look at intimacy, honesty and power dynamics By Glenn Sumi NNNN When his relationship with an older man in Mexico City fizzles out, co-director Bethel returns to Chicago and begins an intriguing project. He chats with hundreds of men on hookup apps, interviews a dozen in real life and, with his subjects’ consent, makes fictional short films with them inspired by their conversati...

Daybreak North.  "I think anybody at that age is just trying to figure out who they are but I think to have a spotlight on someone in a time like that just felt really intense." Mathurin was also born in Haiti but moved to Calgary during her pre-teenage years. She said she grew up close to Wilsons family and stayed in touch through Facebook — which is where Mathurin first found out about Wilsons story. But it took a long time for Wilson to open up and share his thoughts about the experience....

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Set! Scott Gawliks film about competitive table-setting aims for Best In Show eccentricity, but its filled with some genuine monsters By Norman Wilner NNN  How much do you know about the world of competitive table-setting? Not a lot, I’m guessing, and Set! is here to correct that. Tablescaping is a very big deal for the people in Gawlik’s chirpy doc, which aims for the cheerful eccentricity of Christopher Guest’s beloved Best In Show, following a gr...

Hot Docs 2021: Dressing down to chronicle Canada’s oldest nudist camp Filmmakers Danny Berish and Ryan Mah got naked to make the short documentary Nude To Me By Charlie Smith Shimon Karmel Director Danny Berish and cinematographer and producer Ryan Mah (left) stripped off all their clothes while filming Nude To Me at the Van Tan Club. NUDE TO ME (Daniel Berish) as part of CANADIAN SPECTRUM SHORTS: BODIES RELEASE. 20 minutes. Available now. hotdocs.ca. Filmmaker Danny Berish compares...