“ANY GIVEN DAY is a multi-year film that follows the experiences of three people, Angela, Daniel, and Dimitar, as they navigate receiving mental health treatment in a specialized probation program. The film also reveals my personal struggles with mental illness, and shows just how uncertain life with mental illness can be.” Filmmaker Margaret Byrne on […]

“GREY ROADS follows me as I return to my hometown to document its steady decline while also reconnecting with my only family left in town, my father and grandfather.” Filmmaker Jesse McCracken on GREY ROADS which is screening at HotDocs Online. So you’re back at HotDocs this year! Tell me about your previous visit here […]

“The Kid Lukas Forchammer grew up in a hippie commune, where he writes a song called 7 Years that he believes to be a hit. His record label doesn’t agree and won’t release it. Lukas proves them wrong as the song becomes a massive world hit and earns him 3 Grammy nominations. A victory like […]

“NOTHING BUT THE SUN is about the loss of home by force, and the impossibility of getting it back. The story is told through the experience of the indigenous Ayoreo people of Paraguay, who used to live their original way of living, free, nomadic and without any contact with white civilization, until religious missionaries forced […]

“Artist and filmmaker couple print their own money in an abandoned bank, sell it as art and use the proceeds to literally blow up £1.2m of high interest debt.” Filmmaker Daniel Edelstyn on BANK JOB which is now streaming at HotDocs Online.  Welcome to HotDocs! Is this your first HotDocs experience and what are you […]

“WUHAN WUHAN goes beyond salacious headlines and mis-information, to show the human dimension of the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of COVID-19 by telling the stories of five characters: a couple expecting a baby, a quarantined mother and son in a byzantine shelter, a dedicated nurse and ER doctor, and a psychologist facing her own […]