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‘Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance’ to Lead Hot Docs Lineup, Featuring 35 World Premieres
Hot Docs has revealed a lineup that includes 35 world premieres, 14 international premieres and 26 North American premieres.
Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, will open with the world premiere of “Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance,” directed by Canadian filmmaker Noam Gonick. The International Spectrum Competition, all world premieres, includes “Heritage,” a family snapshot in which two siblings alternate shifts caring for their elderly parents; “I Dreamed His Name,” which follows the filmmaker and her sister on a journey of discovery across Colombia’s painful history, 30 years after their Afro-Colombian father’s forced disappearance; “I, Poppy,” which follows a son’s fight against corrupt officials while his mother tends their poppy farm in India; “King Matt the First,” which takes us on a journey into the inner world of young Polish sisters as they grapple with impending adulthood; and “Unwelcomed,” which examines contrasting perspectives around the migrant crisis in Chile following its most violent anti-immigrant protest in late 2021, sparked by an unprecedented influx of migrants from Venezuela. The Special Presentations program, showcasing high-profile films, festival circuit heavy hitters, and renowned subjects, includes the world premiere of “The Nest,” a personal exploration of memory, identity and intergenerational storytelling by co-directors Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh.
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