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Upcoming Special Events

Check out these special events and screenings at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema! Featuring sing-alongs, author talks and more.

Friday, January 17, 9:30 PM

Steve Martin dancing with rows of female dancers

A Weekend with Bob Mackie: Pennies from Heaven

During the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
  • D: Herbert Ross
  • USA
  • 1981
  • 108 min
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Saturday, January 18, 12:00 PM

three men sitting together on a log talking surrounded by grass and bushes

Agent of Happiness Quiet Time: Mindfulness at the Movies

In the country of Bhutan, Amber, an agent of Gross National Happiness, goes from house to house checking the levels of people's well-being. 

Featuring a special pre-film guided meditation by Moustafa Abdelrahman, an Applied Mindfulness Meditation Specialist.

  • D: Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó
  • Bhutan & Hungary
  • 2024
  • 94 min
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Saturday, January 18, 7:00 PM

Bob Mackie sketch of Cher

A Conversation with Bob Mackie

Bob Mackie is coming to Hot Docs Cinema for a weekend of dazzling glamour!

Iconic designer Bob Mackie, famed for award-winning creations, showcases his style in a dazzling new documentary.

Join us for an exclusive conversation with Bob Mackie and his longtime design director Joe McFate.

  • D: Matthew Miele
  • USA
  • 2024
  • 105 min
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Sunday, January 19, 2:00 PM

Bob Mackie sketch of Cher

A Conversation with Bob Mackie

Bob Mackie is coming to Hot Docs Cinema for a weekend of dazzling glamour!

Iconic designer Bob Mackie, famed for award-winning creations, showcases his style in a dazzling new documentary.

Join us for an exclusive conversation with Bob Mackie and his longtime design director Joe McFate.

  • D: Matthew Miele
  • USA
  • 2024
  • 105 min
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Friday, January 24, 7:30 PM

two men playing guitar and singing

It's All Gonna Break

Behind-the-scenes look at the rise of early 2000s Canadian indie icons Broken Social Scene.
  • D: Stephen Chung
  • Canada
  • 2024
  • 89 min
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Saturday, January 25, 3:15 PM

four kittens peeking from underneath a gate

Relaxed Screening: Kedi

Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. This is the story of seven of them.
  • D: Ceyda Torun
  • Turkey
  • 2016
  • 79 min
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Saturday, January 25, 6:00 PM

two men playing guitar and singing

It's All Gonna Break

Behind-the-scenes look at the rise of early 2000s Canadian indie icons Broken Social Scene.
  • D: Stephen Chung
  • Canada
  • 2024
  • 89 min
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Saturday, January 25, 9:00 PM

David Byrne from Talking Heads in an oversized suit and holding microphone

Stop Making Sense – A24 Residency

Immerse yourself at our monthly residency of Jonathan Demme’s iconic Talking Heads concert film in partnership with A24.
  • D: Jonathan Demme
  • USA
  • 1984
  • 88 min
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Sunday, January 26, 2:30 PM

a woman in a leopard dress standing proudly in front of a mansion

The Queen of Versailles

The 2008 crisis jeopardizes the Siegels' fortune as they build a 90,000 sq. ft. Florida mansion.
  • D: Lauren Greenfield
  • USA
  • 2012
  • 103 min
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Sunday, January 26, 5:30 PM

Eugene Levy and a woman sitting together holding a cat

Best in Show Mockumentary

A behind-the-scenes look into the cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.
  • D: Christopher Guest
  • 2000
  • USA
  • 90 min
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Sunday, January 26, 9:00 PM

a group of five men standing together

Service Industry Night: The World's End New Series

20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again.
  • D: Edgar Wright
  • United Kingdom
  • 2013
  • 109 min
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Saturday, February 1, 8:00 PM

a man on stage with a guitar reaching out to a crowd of fans

Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey.
  • D: Dale Heslip
  • Canada
  • 2024
  • 88 min
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Sunday, February 2, 1:30 PM

Bill Murray's face in front of a clock

Groundhog Day

Cynical weatherman relives the same day in small-town Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day report.
  • D: Harold Ramis
  • USA
  • 1993
  • 101 min
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Sunday, February 2, 4:30 PM

a man on stage with a guitar reaching out to a crowd of fans

Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey.
  • D: Dale Heslip
  • Canada
  • 2024
  • 88 min
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Sunday, February 2, 7:30 PM

two people with long hair singing and playing guitar

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

Born Innocent makes the case for Redd Kross as the seminal West Coast band of the last half century.
  • D: Andrew Reich
  • USA
  • 2024
  • 87 min
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Friday, February 7, 7:00 PM

a man looking to the left in the shadows

For Viola: No Other Land Free Screening

Palestinian activist films his community’s destruction by Israeli forces, building an unlikely alliance with a journalist.
  • D: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
  • Palestine & Norway
  • 2024
  • 95 min
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Saturday, February 8, 8:00 PM

a collage of two people playing basketball

Love & Basketball: 25th Anniversary  Black History Month

Join Hey Black Girl! for an evening celebrating Black community, film, love and basketball.
  • D: Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • USA
  • 2000
  • 124 min
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Sunday, February 9, 12:00 PM

a young girl with glasses at a Spelling Bee

Akeelah and the Bee Black History Month | Family Screening

A young girl from South Los Angeles competes in a national spelling bee, overcoming challenges with grit and heart.

12 and under: $7.50

  • D: Doug Atchison
  • USA
  • 2006
  • 112 min
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Sunday, February 9, 3:30 PM

three women in matching dresses and gloves singing

Dreamgirls Sing-Along Black History Month | Let's Sing-Along and Shout-Along Series

Sing along to the iconic songs of Dreamgirls, following a Black female trio’s dazzling rise to stardom in the 1960s.
  • D: Bill Condon
  • USA
  • 2006
  • 130 min
  • OC
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Friday, February 14, 9:30 PM

three women singing and dancing

Mamma Mia! Valentine's Sing-Along Let's Sing-Along and Shout-Along

Celebrate Valentine’s or Galentine’s with a Mamma Mia! sing-along—love, laughter and ABBA hits on a sunny Greek island!
  • D: Phyllida Lloyd
  • Germany, United Kingdom & USA
  • 2008
  • 109 min
  • OC
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Saturday, February 15, 6:00 PM

a man and a woman with elegant hats

A Year of Austen: Sense and Sensibility New Series

Start your Year of Austen with Sense and Sensibility, as the Dashwood sisters navigate love, heartbreak and society’s rules.
  • D: Ang Lee
  • United Kingdom
  • 1995
  • 136 min
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Sunday, February 16, 12:00 PM

a large group of butterflies and moths

Nocturnes Quiet Time: Mindfulness at the Movies

Nocturnes takes us to the Eastern Himalayas, where two observers explore the hidden world of moths under night’s veil.

Featuring a special pre-film guided meditation by Moustafa Abdelrahman, an Applied Mindfulness Meditation Specialist

  • D: Anirban Dutta & Anupama Srinivasan
  • USA & India
  • 2024
  • 83 min
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Sunday, February 16, 6:30 PM

a girl in a red dress and a cat in a top hat standing together

Art of Anime: Whisper of the Heart - 30th Anniversary New Series

A girl discovers love, inspiration, and her path in life through a mysterious cat and a budding romance.
  • D: Yoshifumi Kondo
  • Japan
  • 1995
  • 111 min 
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Friday, February 21, 7:30 PM

two men with sunglasses in a car

Truth or Dare: DIG! XX New Series

Ondi Timoner’s DIG! captures the love-hate rivalry between psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre and poppy The Dandy Warhols.  

Stick around for a post-screening Zoom Q&A with director Ondi Timoner.

  • D: Ondi Timoner
  • USA
  • 2024
  • 146 min
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Saturday, February 22, 12:00 PM

a man on stage with a guitar reaching out to a crowd of fans

Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Encore Screening

Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey.
  • D: Dale Heslip
  • Canada
  • 2024
  • 88 min
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Sunday, February 23, 2:00 PM

two men with sunglasses in a car

Truth and Dare: DIG! XX New Series

Ondi Timoner’s DIG! captures the love-hate rivalry between psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre and poppy The Dandy Warhols.  
  • D: Ondi Timoner
  • USA
  • 2024
  • 146 min
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Saturday, March 1, 7:30 PM

three men in a record shop at the counter

Play it Loud! - How Toronto Got Soul Special Screening

Experience how musician Jay Douglas helped make Jamaican music an essential and unexpected part of Canadian culture.

Stick around after the screening for a lively Q&A with director Graeme Mathieson, musician Jay Douglas and producer Andrew Munger.

  • D: Graeme Mathieson
  • Canada
  • 2024
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Monday, March 3, 7:00 PM

a woman next to a book cover

Curtis Sittenfeld on Show Don't Tell Author Talks

Join the best-selling author of Romantic Comedy for an evening celebrating her new short story collection, Show, Don’t Tell.

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