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Women Filmmakers Score at HOT DOCS 2021- Barbara Goslawski reports

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 Barbara Goslawski Annabel Verbeke, documentaries, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Four Seasons in a Day, hot docs. gender parity, Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, Ostrov – Lost Island, Shane Smith, Svetlana Rodina, women directors

In its second pandemic digital edition, the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival generated a lot of healthy, happy buzz, especially for women filmmakers. With a slate that presented 222 films from all over the world, 50 per cent of the directors in the festival program were female. But not only were women present in equal numbers; their films dominated the conversation, showing that women helmers are digging deep into the real struggles that affect us all. That is perhaps the most fascinating thing about gender parity at the Hot Docs Canadian International or any other festival.