The 2021 Hot Docs Festival will be available for audiences across Canada to stream April 29 to May 9, with 219 films from 66 countries, including 14 German productions and co-productions:

• BEHIND THE HEADLINES by Daniel Andreas Sager, 90min,  P: bauderfilm . [SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
• A BLACK JESUS by Luca Lucchesi, 90min, P: Road Movies GmbH, [THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE]
• COURAGE by Aliaksei Paluyan, 90min, P: LPP Living Pictures Production, WS: RISE AND SHINE , [ARTSCAPES] 
• DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm, 89min, WS: MAGNETFILM GmbH .[WORLD SHOW CASE]
• DON’T GO TELLIN’ YOUR MOMMA by Simon Davis, Jason Sondock, Topaz Jones, 36min,  [ARTSCAPES]
• DYING TO DIVORCE by Chloe Fairweather, 81min, P: Elisabeth Kleppe, Norway [PERSISTER]
• THE NEW PLASTIC ROAD by Myrto Papadopoulos, Angelos Tsaousis, 66min, [THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE] is a Greece documentary production, coproduced with ZDF/arte
• RIFT FINFINNEE by Daniel Kötter, 79min, P: Blinker Filmproduktion [MARKERS]
• ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW by Roser Corella, P: Moving Mountains films, 73min, [SYSTEMS DOWN]
• THE STORY WON’T DIE by David Henry Gerson, 83min [ARTSCAPES]
• TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi, 91min coP: CORSO Film, Mira Film Basel, Sadoc Film, WS: Syndicado Distribution, [THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE]
• TERMS AND CONDITIONS | DIE ALLGEMEINEN GESCHÄFTSBEDINGUNGEN by Amelie Befeldt, 20min, P: worklights media production GmbH . [PERSISTER]
• VIRAL by Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, 75min, P: Gebrüder Beetz Media, udiVsagi [SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
• ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS by Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt, 89min, P: CORSO film, [WORLD SHOW CASE]

HOT DOCS FORUM

with 36 projects — including 3 german productions — participating in #HotDocs21's Deal Maker pitch program. This year’s selection, which includes 20 BIPOC directors, 23 projects directed or co-directed by women, and seven projects directed by first-time filmmakers, will pitch to over 90 international decision makers during virtual meetings held online from May 6 to 19

• THE EYES OF DANTE by Adolfo Conti
  Production Companies: Doc Art srl (Italy), Leonardo Film (Germany)
  Producers: Amalia Carandini, Ilaria Sbarigia, Elmar Bartlmae
• LIFE IS ABOUT LOSING EVERYTHING by Stefan Ramírez Pérez, Benjamin Ramírez Pérez
  Production Company: Schalten und Walten GbR (Germany)
  Producers: Miriam Gossing, Lina Sieckmann
• NO MERCY – THE FEMALE GAZE by Isa Willinger
  Production Company: Tondowski Films GbR (Germany)
  Producers: Alex Tondowski, Ira Tondowsk

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• 28 Hot Docs 2021
• 27 Hot Docs 2020
• 26 Hot Docs 2019 .
• 25 Hot Docs 2018.

REPORT by Björn Jensen _German only June 7, 2021_