Our 4 films in competition at the 30th edition of Hot Docs Festival:

 

 CANADIAN SPECTRUM COMPETITION

CAITI BLUES

(Documentary | 84 min | Québec, Canada / France)

 

Caiti Lord has a beautiful voice that she plans to use to do more than sell cherry cocktails. As madness surges in the United States, in a most disturbing absurd manner, Caiti is overtaken by a growing sense of suffocation. So Caiti sings. The blues.

 

Direction : Justine Harbonnier | Production : Cinquième Maison and Sister Productions – Nellie Carrier and Julie Paratian

 

MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON)

(Documentary | 100 min | Québec, Canada)

 

Má Sài Gòn is a love letter – a bittersweet ode to a comforting yet disturbing mother, to a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive.

 

Direction : Khoa Lê | Production : Les Films de l’Autre – Khoa Lê

 

I LOST MY MOM

(Documentary | 75 min | Québec, Canada)

 

In the form of a filmed journal, filmmaker Denys Desjardins documents the extraordinary sequence of events that drove him to place his mother in a CSHLD (long-term care home).

 

Direction : Denys Desjardins | Production : Centaure Films – Denys Desjardins

 

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / AUDIENCE AWARD

NICOLE

(Documentary | 23 min | Québec, Canada)

 

In this touching documentary, filmmaker Chadi Bennani accompanies his mother, Dominique, as she sets out to empty Nicole’s apartment, her mother who passed two years prior. Through their discoveries, Dominique and Chadi share their memories of Nicole, as well as their apprehensions of a future without her.

 

Direction : Chadi Bennani | Production : L’École des médias de l’Université du Québec à Montréal – Romane Gagnon