Canada’s coolest documentary film festival – Hot Docs – is about to get underway in Toronto from April 30-May 10, 2009. The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America’s largest documentary film festival and this year there are more than 171 documentaries from 39 different countries.
There are a number of eco-films creating pre-festival buzz including H2Oil, The Cove, The Act of God, Fierce Light: Where Spirit Meets Action, The Beekeepers and Waterlife.
H2Oil, directed by Shannon Walsh, shows the devastating consequences of Alberta’s oil sands, including how it takes nearly four barrels of glacier fed spring water to produce just one barrel of oil.
The Cove, directed by Louie Psihoyos, documents how each year in the fishing village of Taiji, Japan, thousands of dolphins are captured and slaughtered. The documentary follows a group of trainers, activists and divers who secretly film the dolphin capture.
The Act of God, directed by Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), looks at the effects, spiritual and metaphysical, on people who have been struck by lightening.
Fierce Light: Where Spirit Meets Action is a documentary look at the global spiritual activism movement that is revolutionizing the way we work for change. Sparked by what Gandhi called "soul force," and Martin Luther King called "love in action”, director Velcrow Ripper travels the globe to discover what moves people to activism.
The Beekeepers, directed by Richard Knox Robinson, is a poetic, black and white exploration of Colony Collapse Disorder and what may be causing the death of global bee populations.
Waterlife, described as “a stunning ode to the last great supply of fresh water on earth”, explores how the Great Lakes are under constant assault from industry and pollution. Directed by Kevin McMahon.
Visit: www.hotdocs.ca
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