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.

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.

Driven to create amidst war and chaos, Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema. Taliban extremists set out to torch that legacy.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Inspired by the cult following, Hail to the Deadites is a documentary about the fans of the Evil Dead franchise. This heartfelt documentary puts the spotlight on the fans that cultivated and spread this groovy pop-culture infection.

When General Motors announces that the company will be shutting down operations after 100 years of manufacturing vehicles in Oshawa, Canada, the union is forced to fight to save their members’ jobs.