Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival and runs in late April/early May. It’s fantastic. Go.
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2023
- Time Bomb Y2K
- Coven
- Hebron Relocation
- The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain
- Undertaker For Life!
- Praying For Armageddon
- Soviet Barbara, the Story of Ragnar Kjartansson in Moscow
2022
- Images of a Nordic Drama
- Still Working 9 to 5
- African Moot
- TikTok, Boom
- Band
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die
- Meeting Point
- Corrupted
- Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
2021
- Fanny: The Right to Rock
- The Sparks Brothers
- Come Back Anytime
- La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla
- Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché
- Taming The Garden
- The Gig Is Up
- Bangla Surf Girls
- Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street
2019
- The Pickup Game
- The Wandering Chef
- Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
- Kifaru
- Push
- Gaza
- American Factory
2018
2017
- Living The Game
- Tokyo Idols
- Becoming Bond
- Shiners
- Ramen Heads
- Do Donkeys Act?
- You’re Soaking In It
- A Cambodian Spring
2016
- The Islands And The Whales
- The Crossing
- Lo And Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World
- Migrant Dreams
- Peacemaker
- Diving Into The Unknown
- The Pearl Of Africa
- Aim For The Roses
- After Circus
2015
- How To Change The World
- Seth’s Dominion
- Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
- It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
- Being Canadian
- Pervert Park
- Love Between The Covers
- Danny
- T(ERROR)
- Double Happiness
- On The Bride’s Side
- Magic Island
2014
- Sacro GRA
- The Sheik
- Pipeline
- Happiness
- Return to Homs
- Watchers of the Sky
- What is Left
- The Notorious Mr. Bout
- Songs of Rice
- Doc of the Dead
- Shield and Spear
- Pulp
2013
- The Unbelievers
- Buying Sex
- 12 O’Clock Boys
- Oil Sands Karaoke
- Big Men
- The Great North Korean Picture Show
- The Auctioneer
- Fall and Winter
- The Defector: Escape from North Korea
- Tales from the Organ Trade
- 15 Reasons to Live
- Mistaken for Strangers
- Shooting Bigfoot
2012
- West of Memphis
- United States of Africa
- Shadows of Liberty
- Who Cares?
- The Ambassador
- Myster Mazo De La Roche
- The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock
- We are Legion, the Story of the Hacktivists
- Laura
- Primer
- Boxing Girls of Kabul
- She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column
- The Waiting Room
- Legend of the Warrior
- Charles Bradley – Soul of America
- Downeast
- Dragan Wende – East Berlin
- China Heavyweight
- The Invisible War
2011
- Project Nim
- Fahrenheit 7-11
- Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
- I Am Jesus
- Gnarr
- Castle
- Redemption of General Butt Naked
- Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
- Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
- Magic Was Everywhere Back Then, Magic Trip, Fightville
- Dolphin Boy
- The Hollywood Complex
- El Bulli – Cooking in Progress
- El Sicario
- Memoirs of the Plague
- Weibo’s War
- The Redemption of General Butt Naked
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
- Recessionize! For Fun and Profit!
- National Parks Project
- A Simple Rhythm
2010
- Gary’s Primer (what to watch)
- A small act, Jennifer Arnold
- David wants to fly, David Sieveking
- Feathered Cocaine, Thorkell Hardarsson, Orn Marino Arnarson
- Space Tourists, Christian Frei
- The Mirror, David Christensen
- The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island, Suzanne Raes
- Short Docs
- Neighbors, Rached
- Dr Nakamats, Kaspar Astrop Schroder
- His & Hers, Ken Wardrop
- Enemies of the People, Thet Sambath, Rob Lemkin
- Citizen Boilesen, Chaim Litewski
- Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
- The Parking Lot Movie, Meghan Eckman
- Made in India, Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha
- Autumn Gold, Jan Tenhaven
- Human Terrain, James Der Derian
- Bhutto, Duane Baughman
- Nenette, Nicolas Philibert
- The Socalled Movie, Garry Beitel
- Grace, Milly, Lucy – Child Soldiers, Raymond Provencher
- Dish: Women, Waitressing the Art of Service, Maya Gallas
- The Story of Furious Pete, GI Productions
- Leave Them Laughing, John Zaritsky
- Strange Powers – Stephin Merrit and the Magnetic Fields, Kerthy Fix & Gail O’Hara
2009
- Love at the Twilight Motel, Alison Rose
- Broke – Rosie Dransfeld, 2009
- The Man Behind The Log – John Lehmann, 2009
- Pockets – James Lee, 2009
- Carmen – Larry Young, 2009
- Steel Homes – Eva Weber, 2009
- Ma Bar – Finlay Pretsell, Adrian mcDowall, 2009
- Action Boys – 2009, Byung Gil Jung
- Cat Ladies – 2009, Christie Callan-Jones
- Part of the Weekend Never Dies -2009, Soam Farahmand
- Tiger Next Door – 2009, Camilla Calamandrei
- Roadsworth – Crossing the line, Alan Kohl, 2009
- Jackpot – Alan Black, 2009
- Carmen Meets Borat – Mercedes Stalenhoef, 2008
2008
- Carny – Alison Murray
- 4$ Haircut on Youtube
- White Vans/Carts of Darkness
- Junior – Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault