Hot Docs 2009 Picks

Posted: April 24th, 2009 | Author: Will | Filed under: Toronto | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival

The 2009 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival starts next week in Toronto. Showcasing the best in documentary filmmaking from Canada and around the world, Hot Docs is playing some truly great stuff this year. Dork Shelf has compiled a list of the films that we’re planning to see at this years festival and the picks are suitably dorky. These are merely our humble picks, Hot Docs is playing even more amazing documentary films and we encourage you to check out the full Hot Docs Film Fest Schedule.

Dork Shelf’s Hot Docs 2009 Picks after the jump.

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Free Screening of Comic Book Confidential

Posted: April 23rd, 2009 | Author: Will | Filed under: Toronto | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The cover for the documentary Comic Book ConfidentialTo kick off Free Comic Book Day on May 2nd, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, The Beguiling and the Hot Docs Film Festival have teamed up to present a free screening of Comic Book Confidential.  The documentary by Toronto film maker Ron Mann traces the history of comic books from their early origins through the golden age of superheroes and beyond to today.  The free screening will also kick off the Hot Docs Film Festival’s Ron Mann Program, a retrospective of the director’s work.

Comic Book Confidential is a great documentary and I highly recommend it to anyone with a love of comic books.  Hell, even if you don’t like comic books the film provides a very entertaining history of the medium.

Comic Book Confidential, with an introduction by director Ron Mann, is on Saturday, May 2nd, at 11:59 PM at Innis College Town Hall. That’s 2 Sussex Ave., one block south of Bloor and St. George.

via CINSSU – Free Friday Films and TorontoComics.com.