The 2026 Hot Docs film festival, celebrating the best in documentary cinema from around the world has come to a close. We discuss eight films that played including The Seoul Guardians, My Foreign Land, Replica, Gimme Truth, The Ballad of Judas Priest, Whispers in May, Public Access and Myspace. Joining Dakota Arsenault and Jeff Bulmer is Pedro Lima and Rach Epstein.
Read Jeff’s review of The Ballad of Judas Priest.
Read Pedro’s reviews of My Foreign Land and Whispers in May.
Read Dakota’s review of Myspace.
Check out Jeff and Pedro’s Hot Docs short round up on Shortstick.
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