Screenings & Events During our limited reopening, we’re please to host these third-party events and select partner screenings. Hot Docs programming will resume at the Cinema starting in December with the Doc Soup screening series. December cinema programming is announced, including buzzy premieres, The Hottest Docs of 2024, holiday classics and more. Please subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date. Thursday, December 5, 7:00 PM CFC Conversations: Black Excellence with Karen Chapman Third Party Event CFC Conversations: Black Excellence presents award-winning artist Karen Chapman in conversation with maxine bailey, Executive Director of the Canadian Film Centre. More details Friday, December 6, 7:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details Saturday, December 7, 2:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Separated Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. D: Errol Morris USA, Mexico 2024 93 min More details Saturday, December 7, 5:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details Saturday, December 7, 8:00 PM Doc Soup: Play it Loud! – How Toronto Got Soul The little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Graeme Mathieson. D: Graeme Mathieson Canada 2024 More details Sunday, December 8, 12:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details Sunday, December 8, 3:15 PM Rent Sing-Along In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. D: Chris Columbus USA 2005 135 min More details Sunday, December 8, 7:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Separated Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. D: Errol Morris USA, Mexico 2024 93 min More details Thursday, December 12, 4:30 PM Toronto Premiere of Gabor Maté doc Physician, Heal Thyself Third Party Event Toronto Premiere of a new documentary about Dr. Gabor Maté. D: Asher Penn Canada 2024 More details Thursday, December 12, 7:00 PM Toronto Premiere of Gabor Maté doc Physician, Heal Thyself Third Party Event Toronto Premiere of a new documentary about Dr. Gabor Maté. Join Gabor Maté and director Asher Penn for a Zoom Q&A (2nd screening only). Moderated by Ethan Vestby of Bleeding Edge. D: Asher Penn Canada 2024 More details Friday, December 13, 7:00 PM For Viola // Free Screening: Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. D: Jazmin Jones USA 2023 102 min More details Saturday, December 14, 12:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Daughters Daughters follows the lives of four young girls who prepare for the first ever father/daughter dance in a jail in Washington, DC. What unfolds is an intimate portrayal of childhood that is both heartbreaking and inspiring. D: Angela Patton, Natalie Rae USA 2024 108 min More details Saturday, December 14, 3:15 PM Festive Favourites: White Christmas A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. D: Michael Curtiz USA 1954 120 min More details Saturday, December 14, 6:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Zurawski v Texas A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures—not only for themselves but millions of others. D: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault USA 2024 98 min More details Sunday, December 15, 12:00 PM Festive Favourites: The Muppet Christmas Carol The Muppets' rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale puts a unique twist on that fateful Christmas Eve, when Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. D: Brian Henson USA 1992 85 min G More details Sunday, December 15, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Will & Harper When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self. D: Josh Greenbaum USA 2024 114 min More details Sunday, December 15, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Zurawski v Texas A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures—not only for themselves but millions of others. D: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault USA 2024 98 min More details Friday, December 20, 6:30 PM Festive Favourites // The Polar Express: Pajama Party When a doubting young boy takes a train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. D: Robert Zemeckis USA 2004 99 min More details Friday, December 20, 9:15 PM The Hottest Docs: Hollywoodgate Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime. D: Ibrahim Nash’at Germany, USA 2024 91 min More details Saturday, December 21, 2:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Saturday, December 21, 5:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Black Box Diaries Journalist Shiori Ito takes on one of the most powerful institutions in Japan to prosecute her high-profile sexual assailant in a landmark legal case. Using personal footage and hidden cameras, Ito puts it all on the line for justice. D: Shiori Ito Japan, UK, USA 2024 104 min More details Saturday, December 21, 9:00 PM Festive Favourities: Die Hard Die Hard is an iconic 1980s action movie starring Bruce Willis as a rogue cop who must save a building full of hostages shortly before Christmas. D: John Mctiernan USA 1988 131 min 18A More details Sunday, December 22, 12:00 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Sunday, December 22, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Hollywoodgate Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime. D: Ibrahim Nash’at Germany, USA 2024 91 min More details Sunday, December 22, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Black Box Diaries Journalist Shiori Ito takes on one of the most powerful institutions in Japan to prosecute her high-profile sexual assailant in a landmark legal case. Using personal footage and hidden cameras, Ito puts it all on the line for justice. D: Shiori Ito Japan, UK, USA 2024 104 min More details Friday, December 27, 5:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Porcelain War Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone? Three Ukrainians, fighting as both soldiers and artists, offer up an unexpected dispatch from the front lines. Creativity combats destruction in this gorgeous Sundance Best US Documentary award-winner. D: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev Ukraine, USA, Australia 2024 87 min More details Friday, December 27, 9:00 PM RM: Right People, Wrong Place Special Screening A candid documentary that delves into the life of BTS' leader RM as he navigates global stardom while working on his second solo album, offering an intimate glimpse into his creative journey across multiple cities. D: Seok-jun Lee South Korea 2024 80 min More details Saturday, December 28, 2:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Saturday, December 28, 5:30 PM Stop Making Sense - A24 Residency This is a party! This is a disco! There will be fooling around! Immerse yourself at our monthly residency of Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1984 Talking Heads concert film. More details Saturday, December 28, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart. D: Edgar Wright USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan 2010 112 min More details Sunday, December 29, 12:00 PM Back to the Bloor: School of Rock After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band. D: Richard Linklater USA 2003 108 min More details Sunday, December 29, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Porcelain War Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone? Three Ukrainians, fighting as both soldiers and artists, offer up an unexpected dispatch from the front lines. Creativity combats destruction in this gorgeous Sundance Best US Documentary award-winner. D: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev Ukraine, USA, Australia 2024 87 min More details Sunday, December 29, 5:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Tuesday, December 31, 8:00 PM The Big Lebowski: The Dude's New Year Join us for one of our most hallowed and wildest cinema traditions: the eight annual Dude's New Year's event featuring The Big Lebowski! D: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen USA & United Kingdom 1998 More details Friday, January 3, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Ernest Cole Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience. Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream. D: Raoul Peck France, USA 2024 105 min More details Friday, January 3, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. D: Sharon Maguire United Kingdom 2001 More details Saturday, January 4, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Queendom In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary. D: Agniia Galdanova USA & France 2024 More details Saturday, January 4, 5:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Saturday, January 4, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Godzilla Underwater hydrogen bomb testing awakens a fire-breathing monster from its centuries-long sleep, and it soon starts to terrorise Japan. D: Ishiro Honda Japan 1954 98 min More details Sunday, January 5, 1:00 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details Sunday, January 5, 3:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Ernest Cole Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience. Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream. D: Raoul Peck France, USA 2024 105 min More details Sunday, January 5, 6:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Queendom In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary. D: Agniia Galdanova USA & France 2024 More details Wednesday, January 8, 6:30 PM Doc Soup: The Cowboy and the Queen An iconic British monarch with a lifelong love of horses and a renegade California cowboy forge the most unlikely friendship—and fulfill shared goals of finding a better way to be with animals, and a kinder way to be in the world—in the eloquent, enlightening documentary from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Andrea Nevins. D: Andrea Nevins USA 2023 More details Friday, January 10, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: A New Kind of Wilderness On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. D: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway 2024 84 min More details Saturday, January 11, 5:00 PM The Hottest Docs: A New Kind of Wilderness On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. D: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway 2024 84 min More details Saturday, January 11, 8:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Union The Amazon Labor Union (ALU)—a group of current and former Amazon workers on New York City’s Staten Island—takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize. D: Brett Story, Stephen Maing USA 2024 104 min More details Sunday, January 12, 12:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Union The Amazon Labor Union (ALU)—a group of current and former Amazon workers on New York City’s Staten Island—takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize. D: Brett Story, Stephen Maing USA 2024 104 min More details Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 PM Doc Soup: Igualada In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez — a Black Colombian rural activist — challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that inspires a nation to dream. D: Juan Mejía Botero Colombia, USA & Mexico 2024 More details
Thursday, December 5, 7:00 PM CFC Conversations: Black Excellence with Karen Chapman Third Party Event CFC Conversations: Black Excellence presents award-winning artist Karen Chapman in conversation with maxine bailey, Executive Director of the Canadian Film Centre. More details
Friday, December 6, 7:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details
Saturday, December 7, 2:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Separated Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. D: Errol Morris USA, Mexico 2024 93 min More details
Saturday, December 7, 5:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details
Saturday, December 7, 8:00 PM Doc Soup: Play it Loud! – How Toronto Got Soul The little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Graeme Mathieson. D: Graeme Mathieson Canada 2024 More details
Sunday, December 8, 12:00 PM Your Tomorrow With Toronto’s iconic modernist waterfront park, Ontario Place, set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its last year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. D: Ali Weinstein Canada 2024 96 min More details
Sunday, December 8, 3:15 PM Rent Sing-Along In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. D: Chris Columbus USA 2005 135 min More details
Sunday, December 8, 7:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Separated Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. D: Errol Morris USA, Mexico 2024 93 min More details
Thursday, December 12, 4:30 PM Toronto Premiere of Gabor Maté doc Physician, Heal Thyself Third Party Event Toronto Premiere of a new documentary about Dr. Gabor Maté. D: Asher Penn Canada 2024 More details
Thursday, December 12, 7:00 PM Toronto Premiere of Gabor Maté doc Physician, Heal Thyself Third Party Event Toronto Premiere of a new documentary about Dr. Gabor Maté. Join Gabor Maté and director Asher Penn for a Zoom Q&A (2nd screening only). Moderated by Ethan Vestby of Bleeding Edge. D: Asher Penn Canada 2024 More details
Friday, December 13, 7:00 PM For Viola // Free Screening: Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. D: Jazmin Jones USA 2023 102 min More details
Saturday, December 14, 12:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Daughters Daughters follows the lives of four young girls who prepare for the first ever father/daughter dance in a jail in Washington, DC. What unfolds is an intimate portrayal of childhood that is both heartbreaking and inspiring. D: Angela Patton, Natalie Rae USA 2024 108 min More details
Saturday, December 14, 3:15 PM Festive Favourites: White Christmas A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. D: Michael Curtiz USA 1954 120 min More details
Saturday, December 14, 6:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Zurawski v Texas A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures—not only for themselves but millions of others. D: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault USA 2024 98 min More details
Sunday, December 15, 12:00 PM Festive Favourites: The Muppet Christmas Carol The Muppets' rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale puts a unique twist on that fateful Christmas Eve, when Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. D: Brian Henson USA 1992 85 min G More details
Sunday, December 15, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Will & Harper When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self. D: Josh Greenbaum USA 2024 114 min More details
Sunday, December 15, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Zurawski v Texas A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures—not only for themselves but millions of others. D: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault USA 2024 98 min More details
Friday, December 20, 6:30 PM Festive Favourites // The Polar Express: Pajama Party When a doubting young boy takes a train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. D: Robert Zemeckis USA 2004 99 min More details
Friday, December 20, 9:15 PM The Hottest Docs: Hollywoodgate Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime. D: Ibrahim Nash’at Germany, USA 2024 91 min More details
Saturday, December 21, 2:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Saturday, December 21, 5:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Black Box Diaries Journalist Shiori Ito takes on one of the most powerful institutions in Japan to prosecute her high-profile sexual assailant in a landmark legal case. Using personal footage and hidden cameras, Ito puts it all on the line for justice. D: Shiori Ito Japan, UK, USA 2024 104 min More details
Saturday, December 21, 9:00 PM Festive Favourities: Die Hard Die Hard is an iconic 1980s action movie starring Bruce Willis as a rogue cop who must save a building full of hostages shortly before Christmas. D: John Mctiernan USA 1988 131 min 18A More details
Sunday, December 22, 12:00 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Sunday, December 22, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Hollywoodgate Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime. D: Ibrahim Nash’at Germany, USA 2024 91 min More details
Sunday, December 22, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Black Box Diaries Journalist Shiori Ito takes on one of the most powerful institutions in Japan to prosecute her high-profile sexual assailant in a landmark legal case. Using personal footage and hidden cameras, Ito puts it all on the line for justice. D: Shiori Ito Japan, UK, USA 2024 104 min More details
Friday, December 27, 5:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Porcelain War Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone? Three Ukrainians, fighting as both soldiers and artists, offer up an unexpected dispatch from the front lines. Creativity combats destruction in this gorgeous Sundance Best US Documentary award-winner. D: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev Ukraine, USA, Australia 2024 87 min More details
Friday, December 27, 9:00 PM RM: Right People, Wrong Place Special Screening A candid documentary that delves into the life of BTS' leader RM as he navigates global stardom while working on his second solo album, offering an intimate glimpse into his creative journey across multiple cities. D: Seok-jun Lee South Korea 2024 80 min More details
Saturday, December 28, 2:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Saturday, December 28, 5:30 PM Stop Making Sense - A24 Residency This is a party! This is a disco! There will be fooling around! Immerse yourself at our monthly residency of Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1984 Talking Heads concert film. More details
Saturday, December 28, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart. D: Edgar Wright USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan 2010 112 min More details
Sunday, December 29, 12:00 PM Back to the Bloor: School of Rock After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band. D: Richard Linklater USA 2003 108 min More details
Sunday, December 29, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Porcelain War Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone? Three Ukrainians, fighting as both soldiers and artists, offer up an unexpected dispatch from the front lines. Creativity combats destruction in this gorgeous Sundance Best US Documentary award-winner. D: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev Ukraine, USA, Australia 2024 87 min More details
Sunday, December 29, 5:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Tuesday, December 31, 8:00 PM The Big Lebowski: The Dude's New Year Join us for one of our most hallowed and wildest cinema traditions: the eight annual Dude's New Year's event featuring The Big Lebowski! D: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen USA & United Kingdom 1998 More details
Friday, January 3, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Ernest Cole Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience. Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream. D: Raoul Peck France, USA 2024 105 min More details
Friday, January 3, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. D: Sharon Maguire United Kingdom 2001 More details
Saturday, January 4, 3:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Queendom In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary. D: Agniia Galdanova USA & France 2024 More details
Saturday, January 4, 5:30 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Saturday, January 4, 9:00 PM Back to the Bloor: Godzilla Underwater hydrogen bomb testing awakens a fire-breathing monster from its centuries-long sleep, and it soon starts to terrorise Japan. D: Ishiro Honda Japan 1954 98 min More details
Sunday, January 5, 1:00 PM Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 Ads are art, and these ones will knock your socks off. Check out the best of the best of the 2024 Cannes Lions festival. Prepare to be persuaded! More details
Sunday, January 5, 3:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Ernest Cole Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience. Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream. D: Raoul Peck France, USA 2024 105 min More details
Sunday, January 5, 6:30 PM The Hottest Docs: Queendom In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary. D: Agniia Galdanova USA & France 2024 More details
Wednesday, January 8, 6:30 PM Doc Soup: The Cowboy and the Queen An iconic British monarch with a lifelong love of horses and a renegade California cowboy forge the most unlikely friendship—and fulfill shared goals of finding a better way to be with animals, and a kinder way to be in the world—in the eloquent, enlightening documentary from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Andrea Nevins. D: Andrea Nevins USA 2023 More details
Friday, January 10, 6:00 PM The Hottest Docs: A New Kind of Wilderness On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. D: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway 2024 84 min More details
Saturday, January 11, 5:00 PM The Hottest Docs: A New Kind of Wilderness On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. D: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Norway 2024 84 min More details
Saturday, January 11, 8:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Union The Amazon Labor Union (ALU)—a group of current and former Amazon workers on New York City’s Staten Island—takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize. D: Brett Story, Stephen Maing USA 2024 104 min More details
Sunday, January 12, 12:00 PM The Hottest Docs: Union The Amazon Labor Union (ALU)—a group of current and former Amazon workers on New York City’s Staten Island—takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize. D: Brett Story, Stephen Maing USA 2024 104 min More details
Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 PM Doc Soup: Igualada In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez — a Black Colombian rural activist — challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that inspires a nation to dream. D: Juan Mejía Botero Colombia, USA & Mexico 2024 More details
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