After the screening of STRAD STYLE @ Hot Docs 17 w/ director Stefan Avalos & subject Danny Houck in a Q&A moderated by Senior Programmer Sarafina De Filice on April 28, 2017.
The Q&A for the Canadian premiere of co-directors Rudi Dolezal & Nick Bloomfield’s WHITNEY – ‘CAN I BE ME’ at Hot Docs on April 29, 2017 in Toronto, ON.
The Q&A for the Canadian premiere of director Everardo González DEVIL’S FREEDOM at Hot Docs on April 28, 2017 in Toronto, ON.
The Interview with Stefan Avalos the Director of the Award Winning Film Strad Style took place on April 25, 2017 by interviewer Shael Stolberg.
Synopsis A backwoods dreamer, living in rural Ohio with an obsession for ‘Stradivari’ and all things violin, through the magic of social-media, convinces a famous European concert violinist that he can make a copy of the most famous and valuable violin in the world. Fighting time, poverty, and most of all – himself – Danny […]
2017 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Award Winner for Best Doc Fri, Apr 28th @ 5:30 PM Sun, Apr 30th @ 1:00 PM Fri, May 5th @ 6:00 PM Sun, May 7th @ 6:30 PM Danny Houck, a self-described “nobody” living in a ramshackle farmhouse in the sticks, pours all his time and energy into […]
Hot Docs is pleased to announce 16 additional documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects. Notable subjects featured as part of the […]
Toronto – Hot Docs is pleased to announce the addition of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary to the slate of awards it will present at its upcoming festival, April 27 to May 7. Generously established by the Rogers Group of Funds, the award comes with a $50,000 cash prize for the director(s) […]
Burlesque stars shine again en route to Las Vegas’ Burlesque Hall of Fame In award-winning Rama Rau’s touching, funny and evocative Back when the G-string was the point-of-no-return, live sexual entertainment was a formalized affair, with choreography, costumes and women with larger-than-life personalities and attributes. They were burlesque queens, with stage-names that could be out […]
– Originally Posted April 29, 2016
