Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster Eliassi uses the Israel-Palestine conflict as the basis for her one woman show in Coexistence, My Ass. Noam Shuster Eliassi is a Jewish woman of Romanian and Persian descent who grew up in the Israeli village of Neve Shalom, or the Oasis of Peace, where Jews and Arabs live …
Documentary film
Filmmaker Eleanor Mortimer joins a team of taxonomists from the Natural History Museum in London on a research mission studying deep-sea creatures and the effect that proposed mining operations may have on them in How Deep is Your Love?. The deepest depths of the oceans are one of the last frontiers of human discovery, with …
A family’s existence within a fallout shelter is disrupted by the arrival of an outsider in The End. Following an apocalyptic event, a former Energy Tycoon (Michael Shannon) and his Wife (Tilda Swinton), descend into an underground bunker along with their Butler (Tim McInnerny), Doctor (Lennie James) and Friend (Bronagh Gallagher). The couple’s Son (George …
The final year of Ontario Place before redevelopment is observed in Your Tomorrow. When it opened in 1972, the provincial park Ontario Place was envisioned as a mirror for Ontario’s people. However, due to mismanagement by the Ontario Government, the amusement park that operated on the site closed after the 2012 season. It is now …
The life and career of tenor Andrea Bocelli is revisited in Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe. Andrea Bocelli was born in the Tuscan village of La Sterza and has been completely blind since the age of 12. However, this hasn’t stopped him from enjoying a three-decade music career that encompasses pop, rock, and opera. Framed …
With the news of the mass exodus of ten programming team members still fresh on everyone’s might, and later updated to include news of the departure of Artistic director Hussain Currimbhoy, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced its 2024. At the start of this morning’s Hot Docs 2024 Press Conference, the film festival’s …