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HotDocs Festival 2026
Review: Scarlet Girls (2026)– When Autonomy Becomes a Crime
A restrained documentary about abortion, forced motherhood, and the quiet violence of a system that still controls women’s bodies.
May 11
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Radek Velicka
Hot Docs 2026 Has Wrapped: American Doctor Wins the Audience Award, Nekai Walks Takes the Canadian Prize
The festival closed its 2026 edition with audience favourites spanning medicine, justice, music, Indigenous stories, technology, war, sport, and…
May 7
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Radek Velicka
Review: Code of Misconduct (2026) – The Scandal That Shook Canadian Hockey
A court case involving former junior national team players becomes a look at a system that protected its own image for too long.
May 7
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Radek Velicka
Review: #WhileBlack (2026) — Who Pays the Price for the Video the Whole World Saw?
A powerful documentary from Hot Docs shows that a viral recording can change history, while often taking away the person behind the camera’s chance to…
May 5
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Radek Velicka
Hot Docs 2026 Announces Winners: Saigon Story and House of Hope Take Top Prizes
Festival recognized 12 films and filmmakers, highlighting stories of war memory, Indigenous resilience, political resistance, Canadian hockey, and hope…
May 3
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Radek Velicka
Review: The Delivery Line: Midwives on the Frontlines (2026) – A Documentary That Should Be Shown in Schools
A powerful Hot Docs documentary following midwives in Mexico, Afghanistan, Colombia, Nigeria, and Canada.
May 3
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Radek Velicka
Review: Paikar (2026) – When Home Is Split Between Several Countries
Dawood Hilmandi returns to his father, and through their difficult attempt to reconnect, tells a story of a family marked by war, exile, and faith.
May 1
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Radek Velicka
Review: Parasisi (2026) – Colonialism That Never Ended
A quiet yet devastating film about mercury in the river, poison in the body, and how home disappears without a single war
Apr 24
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Radek Velicka
Introducing: Hot Docs 2026 – One of North America’s Key Documentary Festivals Returns
This year’s edition brings 115 films from 51 countries, once again highlighting the breadth and international reach of documentary cinema.
Apr 22
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Radek Velicka
Review: Ceremony (2026) – a painful documentary about landscape and a lost connection
After its success at SXSW, the filmmakers bring to Hot Docs a story from Bella Coola, where ecological collapse intertwines with cultural memory.
Apr 7
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Radek Velicka
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