Valérie Carrier

Torch singer Marie Madeleine must come to terms with the uncompromising vision of director Marina Michelli.

In an age of social media, where the boundaries between private and public are constantly being redrawn, 50 people come together to reveal some of their most intimate thoughts. Director Danic Champoux (Mom and Me) returns to Hot Docs to bring us this inventive story that bends the boundaries of documentary cinema. The ensemble cast appears to bare all for the camera, openly discussing a multitude of subjects, from the funny to the heartbreaking, in this unique portrait that celebrates the diversity of human existence.

When socially awkward teen Belle gets a family heirloom from her Jamaican Granny, it sparks unexpected courage to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. But as Belle’s world transforms, she discovers that the price of her new life will cost her old one.

A man tries to reconcile with his wife after cheating on her.

Facing the pressures to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards, a young Black ballerina finds a powerful source of pride and confidence, in Alicia K. Harris' inspiring and visually stunning short.

The daily lives of the personnel of the St-Vincent hospital in Montréal.