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Every year during the Hot Docs Festival, Docs For Schools offers free screenings of Festival films, just for Docs For Schools audiences. This is an exciting program, with opportunities to talk to filmmakers and subjects, and catch some of the most talked-about docs from the fest!

Dates, films, and booking information for the 2024 Festival In-Cinema program will be announced at the end of March 2024.

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2023 Films


April 28, 10:00am // Periodical**

April 28, 10:00am // Periodical**

  • D: Lina Lyte Plioplyte
  • USA
  • English
  • Captioned
  • 2023
  • 95 min
  • International Premiere
Recommended for Grades 7-12
May 1, 10:00am // Invisible Beauty

May 1, 10:00am // Invisible Beauty

  • D: Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng
  • USA
  • English
  • Captioned
  • 2023
  • 115 min
  • Canadian Premiere
Recommended for Grades 9-12
May 2, 10:00am // Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?

May 2, 10:00am // Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?

  • D: Joe Piscatella
  • USA, Hong Kong, UK
  • English, Cantonese
  • Partially Subtitled
  • 2023
  • 90 min
  • World Premiere
Recommended for Grades 9-12
May 2, 1:00pm // Name Me Lawand

May 2, 1:00pm // Name Me Lawand

  • D: Edward Lovelace
  • UK
  • English, British Sign Language, Kurdish
  • Captioned
  • 2022
  • 84 min
  • International Premiere
Recommended for Grades 7-12
May 3, 10:00am // Rejeito**

May 3, 10:00am // Rejeito**

  • D: Pedro de Filippis
  • Brazil, USA
  • Portugese
  • Captioned
  • 2023
  • 75 min
  • North American Premiere
Recommended for Grades 9-12
May 3, 1:00pm // Someone Lives Here**

May 3, 1:00pm // Someone Lives Here**

  • D: Zack Russell
  • Canada
  • English
  • Captioned
  • 2022
  • 75 min
  • World Premiere
Recommended for Grades 9-12
May 4, 10:00am // Citizen Minutes – Series 2

May 4, 10:00am // Citizen Minutes – Series 2

  • D: Sean Stiller, Cat Mills, Kelly Zemnickis, Cass Gardiner, Josiane Blanc, Ian Keteku, Sara Ben-Saud, Farhiya Ahmed
  • Canada
  • English, French
  • Captioned and Subtitled
  • 2023
  • 58 min
  • World Premiere
Recommended for Grades 7-12
May 5, 10:00am // Stephen Curry: Underrated

May 5, 10:00am // Stephen Curry: Underrated

  • D: Peter Nicks
  • USA
  • English
  • Captioned
  • 2023
  • 110 min
  • International Premiere
Recommended for Grades 7-12

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