Endless Cookie – Hot Docs 2025
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April 24 to May 4, 2025
FILM FESTIVAL
Hot Docs
Hot Docs 2025
PROGRAMME
Canadian Spectrum Competition
A Toronto filmmaker makes an animated documentary about his family in Shamattawa, Manitoba, in Endless Cookie. Seth Scriver receives funding to make a documentary animation featuring stories narrated by Seth’s indigenous half-brother Peter. Seth travels from Toronto to the First Nations reserve of Shamattawa in Northern Manitoba to record the stories with Peter. However, this turns difficult by the presence of Peter’s many children, particularly Little Cookie.
Endless Cookie Synopsis
Endless Cookie is a psychedelic hybrid of documentary and animation co-directed by Toronto-based animator Seth Scriver (Asphalt Watches) and his older half-brother Peter. The film, which was produced over nine years, features not only the original premise of animated stories narrated by Peter but also a dramatization of his home life with his many kids. The presence of Peter’s family turns out to be a distraction, as multiple stories start only to be interrupted.
My Thoughts on Endless Cookie
In 2013, Seth Scriver made his mark as the co-director of the highly original animated film Asphalt Watches and over a decade later, he returns with his much more personal second feature, Endless Cookie, in collaboration with his half-brother Peter. It would be a stretch to call Endless Cookie a documentary, even though it is built from hours of audio recordings and caricatures of Seth, Peter, and the rest of the family, based on drawings by Peter’s daughter, Cookie. Ultimately, Endless Cookie is probably not as memorable as Asphalt Watches, though viewers of the film should find enjoyment, especially if they are on certain substances.
Trailer for Endless Cookie – Hot Docs 2025
