The 30th edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, takes place from 27 April-7 May and includes 214 films from 72 countries across 13 programmes. It will boast 70 world and 33 international premieres.

The festival will open with Lin Alluna's Twice Colonized [+lire aussi :
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interview : Lin Alluna
fiche film] (Denmark/Greenland/Canada), which also opened CPH:DOX in March. The film is part of the Special Presentations programme, which showcases high-profile films, festival-circuit heavy hitters and renowned subjects, and also includes the world premieres of Joe Piscatella's Who's Afraid of Nathan Law? (USA/Hong Kong/UK) and Benoît Bringer's The Rise of Wagner (France), as well as North American premieres of Jialing Zhao's Total Trust [+lire aussi :
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International Spectrum, a competitive programme offering engaging stories from around the globe, includes eight European (co-)productions among the total of ten entries. These include world premieres of Marianna Kaat's The Last Relic [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (France/Burkina Faso/Benin), San San F Young's Hong Kong Mixtape (UK), Christian Einshøj's The Mountains [+lire aussi :
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The World Showcase line-up features revelatory stories that span the globe, including 22 documentary features, and seven short and mid-length films. Among these, three European (co-)productions will enjoy their world premieres: Davide Rizzo and Marzia Toscano's After the Bridge (Italy), Kordo Doski's Allihopa: The Dalkurd Story (Canada/Iraq/USA/Sweden) and Tuki Jencquel's Jackie the Wolf (Germany). Other European titles in the selection include Martín Benchimol's The Castle [+lire aussi :
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interview : Pau Faus et Sergi Cameron
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A showcase of recent works from Ukraine will make up the Made In programme, highlighting stories being captured on the ground by filmmakers since the war began, including Mila Teshaieva and Marcus Lenz's When Spring Came to Bucha (Ukraine/Germany), Alisa Kovalenko's We Will Not Fade Away [+lire aussi :
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Partnering with European Film Promotion for the sixth year running, Hot Docs will present The Changing Face of Europe programme, which includes world premieres of Sona G Lutherová's A Happy Man [+lire aussi :
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interview : Soňa G. Lutherová
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interview : Elena Kairytė
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Once again, Hot Docs will show many other intriguing films in its Artscapes, Deep Dive, Markers, Nightvision, Human Kind, Persister and Canadian Spectrum sections.