The Hot Dox Documentary Festival recognized its winners
The animated documentary “Eternal Spring” won the first prize for the best film in the eyes of the audience of the Canadian International Hot Dox Festival.
Theater News Base: Jason Laftes’ documentary “Eternal Spring” is about a group of Chinese activists who run a state-run television station to control the media’s messages.
The second prize for best film in the eyes of the audience at the Hot Dox Documentary Festival went to “Mark Okay” by Mark Boone, which is about a band of four talented musicians preparing for their first live performance.
The third prize for the best work from the point of view of the audience of Hot Dox 2022 Festival also went to the family documentary “Unlovable: The Lost Children of Huronia”, a film that deals with the story of abuse in the oldest public care center for children with disabilities in Ontario, Canada.
Jimmy Ross’ “Daddy Can Dance” also won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the festival.
Also, the short film “Do not touch me” written and directed by Avazeh Shahnavaz, an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker who participated in the special section of the 28th Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival, will win the annual “Lindley Tracy” award.
The Lindley Tracy Award is a Canadian filmmaker who died of cancer at the age of forty. The award is one of the prizes in the Hot Dox Festival, which, along with a $ 5,000 cash prize, is awarded annually to an emerging Canadian filmmaker.
The young film director Shahnavaz, while receiving the award, recited a poem by Rumi and presented his award to Iranian women filmmakers, citing a protest statement against violence and sexual harassment in cinema.
Payam Ahmadinia, Nika Shahbazzadeh, Abolfazl Abhar, Raha Bakhtiari, Hilda Kordbacheh are the actors of the short film “Do not touch me”.
The 28th HotDox Documentary Film Festival was held in Toronto from May 28 to May 8.