ILLUSTRATOR: NIK DUDUKOVIC Presenting Platinum Partner Presenting Partners Get Creative. Your dream in focus New Bachelor of Film and Television Sheridan has been a leader in the Canadian fi lm industry for decades, educating the next generation of fi lmmakers, directors, animators and cinematographers, and our grads work on acclaimed projects worldwide. Now, our degree in Film & TV, o ers students an even greater opportunity to hone their craft, learn the business and be prepared to succeed. docs.sheridancollege.ca WELCOME TO HOT DOCS 2014 PHOTO: T. ANDREW Morton Find Your Films Tickets Choose your films from this schedule or visitwww.hotdocs.ca for more SINGLE TICKETS: $14.60 detailed film descriptions. LATE-NIGHT SCREENINGS (AFTER 11 PM): $6.20 With this schedule you can browse films by program, or search for films SPECIAL EVENTS: $19.25 using the subject and title indexes on pages 33 and 35. Ticket Packages A schedule-at-a-glance can be found starting on page 26, including a map of Festival venues. Ticket packages allow you to share tickets with friends and redeem tickets in advance. Buy Your Tickets FESTIVAL 10-PACK: $125 • 10 tickets to regular Festival screenings + one ticket to each ADVANCE Tickets late-night screening ONLINE: WWW.HOTDOCS.CA BY PHONE: 416.637.5150 FESTIVAL 20-PACK: $215 Get IN PERSON: T he documentary Box Office • 20 tickets to regular Festival screenings + two tickets to each 2 Bloor Street West New Location! late-night screening (Cumberland Terrace—Lower Level) STUDENT 6-PACK: $70 • Six tickets to regular Festival screenings (max two per screening) BY PUBLIC TRANSIT: Between the Bay and Bloor-Yonge + one ticket to each late-night screening stations on the lower concourse of Cumberland Terrace. Ticket package holders can redeem their tickets by phone, in person at FROM StREET LEVEL: Enter door marked Shops of 2 Bloor the documentary Box Office or( new!) online at www.hotdocs.ca. West. Take the escalator to the lower level, then turn left. Passes Creative. HOURS Passes offer access to screenings without having to select films in Monday–Friday: 11am–7pm advance. Simply show your pass at the screening venue to obtain your Your dream in focus Saturday–Sunday: 11am–5pm ticket. Passes are non-transferrable. Thursday, April 24–Sunday, May 4: 11am–9pm BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA ALL-ACCESS: $130—onlY 75 available! SAME DAY and RUSH Tickets • Access to all Festival screenings at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, plus New Bachelor of Film and Television On the day of the screening, tickets can only be purchased at the screening two large popcorns on us! venue’s box office. A screening venue’s box office opens one hour before the ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT LATE-NIGHT PASS: $12.40—onlY 150 available! Sheridan has been a leader in the Canadian fi lm industry for decades, educating the next venue’s first screening of the day (refer to schedule-at-a-glance on page 26). • Access to each of the nine late-night Hot Docs screenings generation of fi lmmakers, directors, animators and cinematographers, and our grads work If advance tickets have sold out for a screening, a limited number of rush Passholders can visit the screening venue’s box office on the day. A on acclaimed projects worldwide. Now, our degree in Film & TV, o ers students an even tickets may be available at the screening venue’s box office 10 minutes block of tickets will be held for these passholders, subject to availability. before the start time. Line ups for rush tickets form roughly one hour before * All prices exclude HST. greater opportunity to hone their craft, learn the business and be prepared to succeed. the start time. Screening venue box offices accept cash only. FREE Daytime Screenings Seniors (60+) and students with valid ID can take advantage of free daytime screenings (starting before 5pm). Pick up your same day tickets at the docs.sheridancollege.ca Hot Docs was established in 1993 as an initiative of the Documentary organization of Canada/Documentaristes screening venue’s box office on the day of the screening, subject to availability. du Canada, and was separately incorporated as an independent, charitable organization in 1996. 416.637.5150 : hotdocs.ca : 3 HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL : APRIL 24–MAY 4, 2014 SPECIAL EVENTS THE SCOTIABANK BIG IDEAS SERIES Additional support by the Government of Ontario and Canada Arts Presentation Fund at Canadian Heritage MISSION BLUE Featuring Sylvia Earle The Canadian premiere of Mission Blue (p. 8) is followed by a conversation with the film’s subject, renowned oceanographer and passionate environmental activist Dr. Sylvia Earle, who has been at the forefront of efforts to safeguard our largest and most essential ecosystems and to educate the public about the dire consequences of their loss. FRI, APR 25 6:30 PM BLOOR TO BE TAKEI Featuring George Takei Following the international premiere of To Be Takei (p. 9), pop culture icon and impassioned activist George Takei joins us for a discussion of his fascinating career, from Star Trek’s Sulu to surprising Internet super-stardom, and the formative experiences in Japanese-American internment camps that spurred his later battles against homophobia and for equal rights. SAT, APR 26 6:00 PM BLOOR I AM BIG BIRD: THE CAROLL SPINNEY StORY Featuring Caroll Spinney Join Caroll Spinney (and a grouchy special guest) after the world premiere of I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (p. 7) and hear firsthand from the man behind two of Sesame Street’s most iconic characters as he discusses his more than 40 years at the centre of this revolutionary educational program. Moderated by Lisa de Wilde, CEO of TVO. SUN, APR 27 6:00 PM BLOOR THE CASE AgAINST 8 Featuring Ted Olson, Paul Katami, Jeff Zarrillo, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier The Canadian premiere of The Case Against 8 (p. 20) is followed by a live discussion with the brave couples in the film who took their fight for marriage equality to the US Supreme Court, and how their attorneys, David Boies and Ted Olson, former adversaries in Bush v. Gore, joined forces to triumph in this historic case. TUE, APR 29 6:30 PM BLOOR THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE StORY OF AARON SWARTZ Featuring Cory Doctorow, Gabriella Coleman and Lawrence Lessig After The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (p. 6), join best-selling author Cory Doctorow, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig and hacker-culture expert Gabriella Coleman—close confidants and mentors of the late Internet activist—for a live conversation about the film’s critical issues of free speech, copyright and ownership in the Internet age. WED, APR 30 6:30 PM BLOOR 4 : 416.637.5150 : hotdocs.ca APRIL 24–MAY 4, 2014 : HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS SUPER DUPER ALICE COOPER THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS Featuring Alice Cooper LIVE DOCUMENTARY D: Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn | Canada | 86 min D: Sam Green | USA | 65 min Join Alice Cooper, the ultimate rock star of the twisted and bizarre, after the Inspired by the most curious, wonderful and shocking stories Canadian premiere of Super Duper Alice Cooper (p. 9), as he and filmmakers from the Guinness World Records book, The Measure of Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn answer audience questions All Things weaves together portraits, interviews and archival about of this long-anticipated look at his life and celebrated career. footage of its most memorable characters with live narration by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green and a stirring live Hot Docs Live! is presented in partnership with eOne Films. Front Row soundtrack by the New York band The Quavers. Centre will simulcast this special event into 45 Cineplex theatres coast to coast. Visit www.cineplex.com/events for other venues. SAT, APR 26 7:30 PM BADER MON, APR 28 9:00 PM SCOTIA ONE NIGHT ONLY! Special Events are $19.25 + HST. A limited block of tickets are reserved for redemption by Ticket Package holders. FREE EVENTS HOT DOCS TALK: Docs Change People. People Change the World. Films, especially documentaries, can have an immense impact on a viewer’s knowledge and beliefs. How does this really work? Imagine if we could measure how our opinions and actions are being influenced by DOCS at DUSK AVATAR SECRETS what we watch. Social science experts and filmmakers present stories and eye-opening D: Ramona Pringle Come join us for an outdoor screening analysis of how audiences are reacting to An interactive hybrid of documentary, graphic of Harmontown (p. 24) in Burwash Quad, agenda-focused documentaries. Presented novel and fine art, Avatar Secrets is a new next to the Victoria College building on the in partnership with the Inspirit Foundation. format of storytelling designed for the iPad, University of Toronto campus. The evening exploring human connection, empathy starts at 8pm with live music followed FRI, APR 25 4:00 PM TBLB and love in a networked world. Experience an by a fantastic film. Refreshments available. exclusive large-scale touch-screen version of Weather permitting. Avatar Secrets, on display in the main lobby of THU, MAY 1 9:00 PM QUAD the TIFF Bell Lightbox from April 25–May 4. No advance tickets for free events. First-come first-serve at the venue. 416.637.5150 : hotdocs.ca : 5 HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL : APRIL 24–MAY 4, 2014 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS HAPPINESS OPENING NIGHT FILM–INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE CONCERNING VIOLENCE E-TEAM THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: D: Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, USA, Denmark, D: Ross Kauffman, Katy Chevigny | USA | 89 min THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ Finland | 84 min Imagine your job is witnessing war crimes, D: Brian Knappenberger | USA | 105 min Following the success of The Black Power genocide and acts of terrorism.