One of Ours and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, director of
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, have emerged as award-winners at this year’s Hot Docs Festival.
The Hot Docs Awards Presentation, held virtually May 7, saw 11 awards and CA$67,000 in cash and prizes presented to Canadian and international filmmakers.
Zo reken (pictured), directed and produced by Licha, won the best Canadian feature documentary award, which includes a $10,000 cash prize.
The film sees humanitarian aid workers in Port-au-Prince share candid thoughts about the grim realities of colonialism, international aid and “11 years of unkept promises.”
The $5,000 special jury prize for a Canadian feature documentary was presented to Mathurin’s
Dead Man s Switch: a crypto mystery
Gerald Cotten was the CEO of Canada s cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, responsible for over $200 million in assets. While on his honeymoon in India, he died suddenly under mysterious circumstances, leaving investors empty-handed and with a lot of questions. This riveting 21st century crime caper explores human nature, greed and the pitfalls of navigating the Wild West of the unregulated cryptocurrency world.
Was Gerald Cotten s death the last of his many scams? - Dead Man s Switch: A Crypto Mystery
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A thirty-year-old CEO, responsible for hundreds of millions worth of cryptocurrency, dies unexpectedly, unleashing speculation that his exit was only one of many scams.2:11
Josiah Wilson(Laura Perlmutter)
Josiah Wilson was adopted as a baby in Haiti and raised by an Indigenous family in Calgary. His personal journey becomes news when he is refused the right to play basketball a sport he loves deeply at an Indigenous tournament. With the support of loved ones, Wilson deals with this hurtful rejection while examining his own identity, and the complex web of relationships within his family and community.
Portrayal
For years, filmmaker Roman Lapshin has been captivated by the mystery surrounding the thousands of paintings created by his grandfather, Vladimir Dvorkin. Going against the wishes of his family, and obsessed with redeeming Dvorkin s name and artistic legacy, Lapshin travels across three continents to confront a powerful man at the centre of this secret.
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There is little sign that the corporate revolt following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has done any real damage to Republican fundraising.