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 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 More details Saturday, January 18, 12:00 PM 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 More details Saturday, January 18, 7:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, January 19, 2:00 PM 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 More details Friday, January 24, 7:30 PM 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 More details Saturday, January 25, 3:15 PM 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 More details Saturday, January 25, 6:00 PM 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 More details Saturday, January 25, 9:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, January 26, 2:30 PM 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 More details Sunday, January 26, 5:30 PM 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 More details Sunday, January 26, 9:00 PM 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 More details Saturday, February 1, 8:00 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details Sunday, February 2, 1:30 PM Groundhog Day Cynical weatherman relives the same day in small-town Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day report. D: Harold Ramis USA 1993 101 min More details Sunday, February 2, 4:30 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details Sunday, February 2, 7:30 PM 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 More details Friday, February 7, 7:00 PM 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 More details Saturday, February 8, 8:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, February 9, 12:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, February 9, 3:30 PM 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 More details Friday, February 14, 9:30 PM 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 More details Saturday, February 15, 6:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, February 16, 12:00 PM 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 More details Sunday, February 16, 6:30 PM 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 More details Friday, February 21, 7:30 PM 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 More details Saturday, February 22, 12:00 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Encore Screening Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details Sunday, February 23, 2:00 PM 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 More details Saturday, March 1, 7:30 PM 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 More details Monday, March 3, 7:00 PM 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. 60 min More details
Friday, January 17, 9:30 PM 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 More details
Saturday, January 18, 12:00 PM 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 More details
Saturday, January 18, 7:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, January 19, 2:00 PM 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 More details
Friday, January 24, 7:30 PM 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 More details
Saturday, January 25, 3:15 PM 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 More details
Saturday, January 25, 6:00 PM 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 More details
Saturday, January 25, 9:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, January 26, 2:30 PM 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 More details
Sunday, January 26, 5:30 PM 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 More details
Sunday, January 26, 9:00 PM 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 More details
Saturday, February 1, 8:00 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details
Sunday, February 2, 1:30 PM Groundhog Day Cynical weatherman relives the same day in small-town Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day report. D: Harold Ramis USA 1993 101 min More details
Sunday, February 2, 4:30 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details
Sunday, February 2, 7:30 PM 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 More details
Friday, February 7, 7:00 PM 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 More details
Saturday, February 8, 8:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, February 9, 12:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, February 9, 3:30 PM 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 More details
Friday, February 14, 9:30 PM 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 More details
Saturday, February 15, 6:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, February 16, 12:00 PM 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 More details
Sunday, February 16, 6:30 PM 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 More details
Friday, February 21, 7:30 PM 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 More details
Saturday, February 22, 12:00 PM Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Encore Screening Lost Together tells the story of Blue Rodeo’s musical journey. D: Dale Heslip Canada 2024 88 min More details
Sunday, February 23, 2:00 PM 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 More details
Saturday, March 1, 7:30 PM 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 More details
Monday, March 3, 7:00 PM 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. 60 min More details
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