Québec documentaries shine in several categories at the Hot Docs festival, the largest international documentary festival in North America.
Opening Night Film
Scripted by: Aaju Peter
Directed by: Lin Alluna
Co-produced by: EyeSteelFilm (Québec),
Red Marrow Media (Canada), Anorak Film (Denmark)
Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Denys Desjardins
Produced by: Centaure Films
Original title: J’ai placé ma mère
Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Khoa Lê
Produced by: Les Films de l’Autre
Original title: Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)
Category: Deep Dive
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Produced by: Trio Orange
Original title: Lac-Mégantic – ceci n’est pas un accident
Category: Shorts
Director: Amélie Hardy
Produced by: Club vidéo
Original title: Notes sur la mémoire et l’oubli
Category: Shorts
Director: Megan Durnford
Produced by: Megan Durnford Productions
Original title: Un dernier hommage
Category: Shorts (Citizen Minutes)
Director: Josiane Blanc
Produced by: Hot Docs
Category: Shorts
Directed and produced by: Raquel Sancinetti
Category: Shorts
Director: Chadi Bennani
Produced by: L’École des médias de l’Université du Québec à Montréal
Category: Shorts (Citizen Minutes)
Director: Sara Ben-Saud
Produced by: Hot Docs
Category: Shorts
Director: Katia Kurtness
Produced by: Wapikoni mobile
Original title: Les Ciseaux
Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Justine Harbonnier
France/Québec minority co-production: Cinquième Maison (Québec), Sister Productions (France)
Category: Human Kind
Director: Ido Mizrahy
Israel/Québec minority co-production: Filmoption International (Québec), Astro Productions (Israel)
A SODEC initiative, as part of a first collaboration with DOC Québec, this initiative allows producers to:
More details: see the call for applications (closed).
