🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs MAY 12-18:
FRIDAY:
🎸 STOP MAKING SENSE 🕺 7:00 PM
SATURDAY:
🚙 THE ART OF ADVENTURE 🎨4:00 PM
🎤 ANONYMOUS CLUB 🎙️7:00 PM
SUNDAY:
🗽 DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE 🗳️ 4:00 PM
🐍 THE PYTHON HUNT 🐊 7:00pm
🎤 THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI 🇲🇱
The world’s most celebrated African duo, Amadou & Mariam prepare their final album and a homecoming concert in Mali.
📅 Screening:
Friday, May 29, 7:00 PM
📚 Author Talks Returns in June ✍️
Author Myra Bloom joins award-winning journalist Rachel Giese rachelagiese to discuss her new book Evasive Manoeuvres: Canadian Women's Confessional Writing
Focusing on the work of Tanya Tagaq, Nelly Arcan, Sheila Heti, and Sina Queyras, Myra Bloom offers a dynamic exploration of women’s confessional writing in Canadian autofiction and poetry.
As Canadian literature becomes increasingly confessional in its texts, institutions, and discourse, Evasive Manoeuvres provides an exciting in-depth study of an overlooked force driving literary innovation in Canada.
📅 Wednesday, June 17 7:00 PM
🎨 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD 👑
In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends with Andy Warhol.
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to the iconoclastic artist in this examination of a brilliant life cut short.
Featuring an introduction by Odessa Paloma Parker. @odessapaloma
📅 Screening:
Saturday, May 23, 4:00 PM
The @imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival returns from June 2-7, 2026 (Toronto) and June 8-14, 2026 (online). We’re excited to be a co-presenter of AANIKOOBIJIGAN, Screening at TIFF Lightbox.
AANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR/GREAT-GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDCHILD]
Directors: Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway)
Denmark/USA | 2026 | 80 min
English | Documentary Feature
Content Warning: Flashing/Strobing Lights
Ancestors trapped in museum archives demand a reckoning, and it’s time we listen. Guided by defiant Indigenous voices—past, present and future—and shaped with a bold artistic vision, this urgent film confronts entrenched practices and calls for the rightful return of Indigenous human remains to their community.
Preceded by
All My Love Thanks
Director: Blackhorse Lowe (Navajo)
USA | 2026 | 3 min
English | Music Video
A Laura Ortman music video.
Learn more at imagineNATIVE.org
🎤 ANONYMOUS CLUB 🎙️
May's Jukedocs is here! Recording her deepest insecurities into a Dictaphone, Grammy-nominated Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett finds her true power lies in her own vulnerability.
Curated by Niko Stratis @nikostratis .
📅 Screening:
Saturday, May 16, 7:00 PM
We’ve reached the final frame of #HotDocs26. 📸
Days 10 and 11 were the perfect conclusion to an unforgettable 11 days. We are so grateful to the filmmakers, guests, and audiences who filled our theaters with so much passion and conversation.
A heartfelt thank you to all of our generous Festival partners and supporters for making this festival possible. We are in awe of the incredible support we received this year!
See you all next year!
🗽 DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE 🗳️
See Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes in Democracy Under Siege.
Sharp wit and insightful art are used to explore the challenges facing U.S. democracy leading up to the 2024 election.
📅 Screenings:
Sunday, May 17, 4:00 PM
Saturday, May 30, 7:00 PM
🐍 THE PYTHON HUNT 🐊
Back by popular demand! This SXSW Special Jury Award winner is an “irresistible cocktail of vigilantism, competition and nature conservation.”
📅 Screening:
Sunday, May 17, 6:30 PM
Modern Wh🌼re comes to Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema May 22 & 30!
🌼 May 22 Post screening Q&A with Andrea Werhun, Nicole Bazuin moderated by Diney CEO, Stripper News @dineydoeslife
🌼 May 30 Post screening Q&A with Andrea Werhun, Nicole Bazuin, Lauren Grant moderated by author Téa Mutonji @teamutonji
🌼 Andrea Werhun’s memoir available for purchase from Another Story Bookshop @anotherstorybookshop
🌼 Community Partner: Trans Pride Toronto @transpridetorontott
🌼 Exclusive merch for sale - totes, shirts, stickers & more ✨
🎟️ Tickets on Sale Now! 🎟️
Guest attendance supported by @ontariocreates
This Saturday at @hotdocs_ we’re showing Anonymous Club, a documentary about Courtney Barnett, for my monthly screening series Jukedocs and I think you should come check it out. Ticket on the hot docs website or found in my bio!
🐍 THE PYTHON HUNT 🐊
This SXSW Special Jury Award winner is an “irresistible cocktail of vigilantism, competition and nature conservation.”
Competitive python hunting in the Florida Everglades takes the stage in this exhilarating and hilarious doc; in which a group of memorable participants compete in an annual Invasive Python Removal Contest.
📅 Screening:
Sunday, May 17, 6:30 PM
![The @imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival returns from June 2-7, 2026 (Toronto) and June 8-14, 2026 (online). We’re excited to be a co-presenter of AANIKOOBIJIGAN, Screening at TIFF Lightbox.AANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR/GREAT-GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDCHILD]Directors: Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway)Denmark/USA | 2026 | 80 minEnglish | Documentary FeatureContent Warning: Flashing/Strobing LightsAncestors trapped in museum archives demand a reckoning, and it’s time we listen. Guided by defiant Indigenous voices—past, present and future—and shaped with a bold artistic vision, this urgent film confronts entrenched practices and calls for the rightful return of Indigenous human remains to their community.Preceded byAll My Love ThanksDirector: Blackhorse Lowe (Navajo)USA | 2026 | 3 minEnglish | Music VideoA Laura Ortman music video.Learn more at imagineNATIVE.org](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6727393470681615335561_0_d693b6a30cd2d95b79c7a40f7c1b335b.jpg?o=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&h=f1e6362cb358fdd3c592acfc8099378f)
