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This filmmaker went through years of family videos looking for clues why his father would take his own life
His journey has been turned into the new documentary My Dad's Tapes, which is world premiering at Hot Docs. Rob Viscardis and Kurtis Watsonwrote this essay about their experiences making the film.
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It wasn't until my dad died that I was finally able to understand his secret
To truly heal from the trauma of her father's alcoholism, Tamara Segura decided she needed to make a film about it. That film is called Seguirdad, and it's having its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs.
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Born Hungry tells the remarkable story of Sash Simpson, a street kid from India who became a Canadian top chef
Filmmaker Barry Avrich on making a documentary about Simpson's wildly inspiring journey. The film is having its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs.
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Making a documentary about a teen girls' curling team completely changed my life
Josephine Anderson on how her film Curl Power became a celebration of our shared connections as humans.
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Buffalo deserve an epic film about their history so I decided to give it to them
Tasha Hubbard on why making her new documentary Singing Back The Buffalo was so important to her. The film is having its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs this week.
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To bring our ballet film Swan Song to life, we had to become part of the dance
Chelsea McMullan's new film follows Karen Kain's final production at the National Ballet of Canada. It world premieres at TIFF 2023 before coming to the CBC as a mini-series in November.
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I was afraid to criticize the Iranian regime in my films until my friend's mysterious death
Atefeh Khademolreza made her film Meteor, part of TIFF 2023's Short Cuts Programme 01, after witnessing her fellow Iranians fighting for their rights.
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Making Summer Qamp connected me with the queer youth I wish I'd had
Jen Markowitz's new documentary world premiering at TIFF 2023 follows queer, trans, and non-binary teens at Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta.
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My film wasn't turning out how I imagined so I went back to something I'd shot 12 years earlier
Fawzia Mirza had originally filmed a completely different opening for her debut feature The Queen of My Dreams, world premiering at TIFF 2023.
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Sophie Dupuis wasn't ready to call herself queer but making her film Solo changed everything
Assembling a cast and crew of "queer fairy godmothers" created a space for everyone to flourish on the set of Solo, world premiering at TIFF 2023.
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We snuck in without permission to shoot our film's climax and then everything went black
M.H. Murray knew exactly what he needed for his debut feature I Don't Know Who You Are, world premiering at TIFF 2023. There was just one problem: he wasn't allowed to be there.
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Why I went from wanting to hide my reproductive condition to sharing my story in a movie at TIFF
Molly McGlynn's new film Fitting In draws inspiration from her real-life experience being diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome as a teenager.
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Cinema helped me understand myself as a queer Asian person. I want my first movie to do the same
Jason Karman's Golden Delicious reveals the trials and the humour of discovering who you are. The film screens at Inside Out 2023.
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This organization changed Toronto queer history and a new film shows us how we can learn from them
The documentary Supporting Our Selves chronicles the impact of the Community One Foundation, looking back into the past for lessons about the future. The film premieres at Inside Out 2023.
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We made an entire movie without ever revealing our main character's gender
Trevor Anderson didn't want to make a coming-of-age film until his writing partner suggested a twist. Before I Change My Mind premieres at Inside Out 2023.
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How our documentary imagines a safer world for queer folks in religious communities
Ari Conrad Birch and Michal Heuston's film A Queer's Guide to Spiritual Living, premiering at Inside Out 2023, follows four LGBTQ people on their respective spiritual journeys.
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How we captured the magic of July Talk's pandemic drive-in shows in a documentary
Staging a concert during early lockdown was hard enough turning it into a movie was even more complicated. Brittany Farhat's July Talk: Love Lives Here premieres at Hot Docs 2023.
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Every Vancouverite has a story about the Vancouver 2011 riot. This film is ours
Filmmakers Kay Jayme and Asia Youngman wanted to understand what they witnessed that day. Their documentary I'm Just Here for the Riot premieres at Hot Docs 2023.
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The Lebanese Burger Mafia: The meaty saga and surprising drama behind Alberta's cult-favourite burger
Omar Mouallem grew up in his parents' Burger Baron restaurant. But as he unravelled its history, the mysteries began to stack like a double patty. His documentary premieres at Hot Docs 2023.
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How it felt to put my mom in care and lose her right after
Denys Desjardins had his camera by his side the whole time including the moment the pandemic hit. His documentary I Lost My Mom premieres at Hot Docs 2023.
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Why I made 'a feel-good movie about death'
Georges Hannan, whose grandfather "stuffed" the dead, finds the heart and humour in our end-of-life rituals in Undertaker for Life!, premiering at Hot Docs 2023.
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I never thought I'd make a documentary then I met Toronto's 'tiny shelter' carpenter
Zack Russell knew he had to capture Khaleel Seivwright's mission to help those experiencing homelessness. His documentary Someone Lives Here premieres at Hot Docs 2023.
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Cinema became a 'new home' for filmmaker Lina Rodrguez to find her place as an immigrant
So Much Tenderness, premiering at this year's TIFF, explores the "Latine-Canadian" experience in Rodrguez's favourite language: Spanglish.
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How everything changed for Carly Stone as she became a mother while working on her film North of Normal
The director had no children when she started adapting Cea Sunrise Person's memoir; by the time they filmed, she was pregnant with her second.
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Bones of Crows is a striking cinematic response to Canada's 'reign of terror against Indigenous people'
Marie Clements' new film, premiering at this year's TIFF, is the largest production about the residential school experience written, directed, and produced by an Indigenous creator.
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