Hot Docs will commemorate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation with the commissioning of In the Name of All Canadians, a compilation of six short documentaries inspired by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. From Indigenous rights to multiculturalism to the controversial ‘notwithstanding clause,’ participating filmmakers have each selected a specific aspect of the Charter to explore, looking at how it resonates in the stories of their fellow Canadians.
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
It is taking decades for Canada to come to terms with its history in the Arctic, and with its relati...
This lively satire uses animation and a pseudo-documentary style to depict Canada's search for a nat...
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United St...
An indie film crew throw caution to the wind when they attempt to shoot a completely improvised dram...
The life and times of Leilani Muir, the first person to file a lawsuit against the Alberta provincia...
This documentary short is a portrait of Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and 13th prime ...
For ten years Canadian Paraglider pilot Benjamin Jordan had dreamt of flying like an eagle, across t...
Fly along as Benjamin Jordan sets a new World Distance Record (10,000 km) as he crosses Canada by Po...
As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the Na...
After their success climbing the world’s hardest offwidth, the Wide Boyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Ran...
This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian po...
This short film retraces the life of Herman Smith Johannsen – the man who introduced the sport of cr...
This feature documentary offers a complete record of the 1939 Royal Tour of Canada by King George VI...
A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and...