THE BODY FIGHTS BACK
The Body Fights Back is a feature documentary about five people navigating the paradoxes of diet culture. Personal stories from vastly different backgrounds quickly merge into a shockingly similar experience of battling one’s body.
RED HEAVEN
In preparation for the first human mission to Mars, six volunteers take part in the ultimate dress rehearsal, living inside a year-long NASA simulation to understand the effects of isolation on the human mind.
HELL OR CLEAN WATER
Hell or Clean Water is the story of Shawn Bath, a former commercial diver on his quest to rid the coast of the bottles, tires, boat parts, and other assorted debris littering the harbours of Newfoundland.
#7 in Hot Docs Top 20, Winner of the Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award 2021
WE ARE CONJOLA
On New Year’s Eve 2019, Ash Brennan lost his house in the Conjola Park bushfire which nearly killed those who dared to fight the blaze, including his brother. While the traumatized community waited for help, a group of local artists came together in an attempt to give the community hope.
OPERATION WOLF PATROL
Operation Wolf Patrol is about eco-activist Rod Coronado and his attempt to end wolf hunting in the United States in the face of stricter hunter harassment laws.
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
Photo Credit: Bobbi Jo Hart
Director Bobbi Jo Hart presents Fanny: The Right to Rock, the untold story of the Filipina-American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, the first all-female rock band to be signed to a major label.
#3 in Hot Docs Top 20, Winner of the Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award 2021
WILD THINGS
Against a backdrop of drought, fire, and floods, Wild Things gives us insight into how today’s environmentalists are making a difference.
THE LAST VILLAINS: MAD DOG AND THE BUTCHER
The Last Villains: Mad Dog & The Butcher is the larger-than-life story of the legendary professional wrestling Vachon family, as recounted by the only surviving family member, Paul “The Butcher” Vachon.
WHITE NOISE
As white-nationalist violence surges across the world, White Noise represents an urgent warning about the power of extremism and where it’s going next.
VINYL NATION
A documentary about the resurgence of vinyl records, the diversification of vinyl fans, and what this all means for North America today.
END OF THE LINE: THE WOMAN OF STANDING ROCK
End of the Line is the story of a small group of Indigenous women who risked their lives to stop the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, a project which would threaten their land, water, and existence.
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who arrive in Brooks County, Texas, to look for their loved ones, a place where thousands of immigrants have gone missing or died over the past decade.
NO ROSES ON A SAILOR'S GRAVE
In No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave, fate brings together a Royal Navy veteran and last living survivor of a ship that vanished during World War II with an archaeologist who promises to find the long-lost vessel.
SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION & ISLAM
Today, Seyran Ateş—a Turkish-German lawyer, feminist, and one of the first female imams in Europe—is fighting for sexual revolution within Islam.
SOMEONE LIKE ME
Someone Like Me follows the parallel journeys of Drake, a gay asylum seeker from Uganda, and a group of strangers from Vancouver’s queer community who are tasked with supporting his resettlement in Canada.
#5 in Hot Docs Top 20, Winner of the Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award 2021
OPHIR
Ophir tells the story of an extraordinary Indigenous revolution for life, land, and culture —opening up the path for creating the world’s newest nation in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
THE LINE
Inside the world-renowned waste management centre located in Edmonton, Alberta, a company called Quality One is hiring people with barriers to employment to help tackle the crucial work of reducing the city’s ecological footprint.
SAPELO
As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, Cornelia works to preserve what remains of this unique community established by her ancestors.
STATELESS
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary uncovers the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
WUHAN WUHAN
With unprecedented access during the peak of the pandemic lockdown, Wuhan Wuhan goes beyond the statistics and salacious headlines to showcase the human experience during the early days of COVID-19.
LOVE, ORAN
A secret letter hidden in a wall for seventy years sets off a miraculous chain of events that would change a family forever. Love, Oran is sure to be a timely, well-needed escape for audiences.
NOT GOING QUIETLY
After an ALS diagnosis, Ady Barkan travels the U.S. to protest a bill that will cut into the healthcare programs he needs, using all of his will to fight for healthcare justice.
NOT ABOUT ME
Not About Me follows teenager Morgan Wienberg’s 10-year journey from a naïve orphanage volunteer in Haiti to a meaningful partner working within the Haitian community to build a better future.
TO WHICH WE BELONG
To Which We Belong highlights the farmers and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices that are no longer profitable or sustainable. These unsung heroes are improving the health of our soil and our seas.
BLEEDING AUDIO
From inspiring triumphs to heartbreaking setbacks, Bleeding Audio relives the career of the Matches and explores what it means to succeed in the digital age of music.
THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS
Jennifer Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things merges stories from the frontlines of climate change with recollections of the loss of her sister, drawing intimate parallels between personal and planetary grief.
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
Let The People Decide is a documentary film chronicling the contentious history of voting in the United States, from the early 1960s until today.
THE FORBIDDEN REEL
Driven to create amidst war and chaos, Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema. Taliban extremists set out to torch that legacy.
THE PAPER MAN
The Paper Man captures the last two years of French-Canadian children’s entertainer Claude Lafortune’s life before he passed away from Covid in April of 2020. This documentary examines his body of work, revealing the depths of his art and continuing legacy.
FOREVERMOORE: THE ANGELO PROJECT
Angelo Moore, lead singer and saxophonist of FIshbone, devotes his life to crafting art through spoken word, music, and fashion —making beauty out of darkness.