The upcoming edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is returning to cinemas in Toronto from 28 April-8 May, and its official selections will also be streamed across Canada via Hot Docs at Home. After 2,563 films were submitted, this year’s slate will present 226 movies from 63 countries, spanning 15 programmes, and will feature 63 world and 47 international premieres. It should be noted that Hot Docs continues its commitment to gender parity, with a 49% ratio of female directors represented in the official selection.

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The festival opens with the world premiere of Into the Weeds, directed by legendary Toronto-based filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal. This is the second time that Baichwal will open Hot Docs with one of her films – the first time, she presented Act of God in 2009. The new feature tells the powerful David-and-Goliath story of a former groundskeeper who takes on a multinational agrochemical corporation after his terminal cancer diagnosis.

The International Spectrum competitive section includes ten films, which will be competing for the Best International Feature Documentary Award: 5 Dreamers and a Horse [+lee también:
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entrevista: Vahagn Khachatryan y Aren …
ficha de la película] by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan (Armenia/Switzerland/Germany/Denmark), Blue Island by Chan Tze Woon (Hong Kong/Japan/Taiwan), Boylesque by Bogna Kowalczyk (Poland/Czech Republic), Delikado [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Karl Malakunas (USA/Australia/Philippines/UK/Hong Kong), The Killing of a Journalist [+lee también:
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entrevista: Matt Sarnecki
ficha de la película] by Matt Sarnecki (Denmark/Czech Republic/USA), The End of Innocence [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Pauline Beugnies (Belgium), Outside [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Olha Zhurba (Ukraine/Denmark/Netherlands), Sam Now by Reed Harkness (USA), Who We Will Have Been by Erec Brehmer and Angelina Zeidler (Germany), and The Wind Blows the Border by Laura Faerman and Marina Weis (Brazil).

The popular Special Presentations programme is showcasing high-profile films, festival heavy hitters and renowned subjects, and includes, among others, Angels of Sinjar [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Hanna Polak (Poland/Germany), Calendar Girls [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen (Sweden), A House Made of Splinters [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Ukraine/Sweden), Midwives by Hnin Ei Hlaing (Myanmar/Germany/Canada), Million Dollar Pigeons by Gavin Fitzgerald (Ireland) and My Old School [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Jono McLeod (UK). For the full list, please click here.

The World Showcase section features revelatory stories that span the globe, including the world and international premieres of European (co-)productions such as African Moot [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Shameela Seedat (South Africa/Finland), Good Life by Marta Dauliute and Viktorija Šiaulyte (Sweden/Lithuania/Finland), and Lessons for Luca by Salvador Gieling (Netherlands). For the full list, please click here.

The Changing Face of Europe programme, which offers engaging stories and new perspectives on a Europe in an ongoing state of transition, includes the world premieres of Atomic Hope [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Frankie Fenton (Ireland) and Band [+lee también:
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entrevista: Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir
ficha de la película] by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (Iceland), along with the international premiere of Bigger Than Trauma [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Vedrana Pribačić (Croatia). The programme is presented in partnership with European Film Promotion (EFP), and the complete selection can be found here.

The other sections of Hot Docs include Artscapes (homing in on creative minds, artistic pursuits and inventive filmmaking), Nightvision (future cult classics), Persister (voices of strong, inspirational women who are speaking up and being heard), Markers (films that push the boundaries of the documentary form), Deep Dive (compelling series), the Made In programme (focusing on recent works from Chile) and the new themed programme Hidden Histories (bringing buried stories to light).