Hope and community certainly ruled the night as SBIFF Board Chairman Jeffrey Barbakow welcomed the sold out crowd of the opening night film at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre. He then introduced the renowned mayor of Santa Barbara, Helene Schneider, who spoke of the importance of SBIFF and its ability to bring together people from […]
World Premiere of Ava DuVernay’s THE 13th This galvanizing nonfiction film about mass criminalization and the legacy of slavery is the first documentary to ever open NYFF. Chronicling the history of racial inequality in the U.S., The 13th examines how the US has produced the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with the majority […]
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 […]
Opening Night of the 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival will take place on Thursday, April 28th. The press conference took place at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on March 22nd.
Hot Docs is pleased to announce the 19 projects that will be presented during this year’s Hot Docs Forum. Recognized as North America’s essential market for the international documentary community, the Hot Docs Forum will take place the mornings of Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 4, during the 2016 edition of Hot Docs, April […]
Hot Docs is honoured to welcome a number of special guests, including former Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti, American sports journalist Robert Lipsyte, activist Gil Won-Ok and Director of Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Slavery Meehyang Yoon, renowned graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, Zabuli Education Center founder Razia Jan, director of the Innocence […]
First Festival Screening – November 5, 2015 @ 7:00 PM at The JCC Manhattan Last Festival Screening – November 7, 2015 @ 7:00PM at The Cinema Village One week after the 1967 ‘Six-Day War’, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning […]
First Festival Screening – October 22, 2015 @ 1:10 PM at Toho Cinemas Last Festival Screening – October 22, 2015 @ 1:30 PM at Toho Cinemas Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man – Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the […]
First Festival Screening – October 8, 2015 @ 6:30 PM at The Rafael Second Festival Screening – October 8, 2015 @ 6:45 PM at The Rafael Third Festival Screening – October 8, 2015 @ 7:00 PM at The Century Larkspur Last Festival Screening – October 8, 2015 @ 7:15 PM at The Century Larkspur Marvelously […]
First Festival Screening – October 1, 2015 @ 8:00 PM at The Busan Cinema Center BIFF Theater Second Festival Screening – October 2, 2015 @ 4:30 PM at The Sohyang Theater Centum City Last Festival Screening – October 8, 2015 @ 2:00 PM at The CGV Centum City Starium Zubaan depicts a young man who […]
