The Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto is pleased to be teaming with Hot Docs as a Promotional Partner, supporting the Italian films featured in the 31st edition of the festival.
ITALY @ HOT DOCS 2024
OUTPOST
L’avamposto
The Changing Face of Europe Program
Monday, April 29 | 5:45PM
Scotiabank Theatre 5
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | In the Amazon rainforest, Christopher Clark has established a utopian society. Unfortunately, a wildfire threatens to destroy his Outpost and, in a bid to capture the world’s attention about the impending catastrophe, Chris decides to take a bold gamble.
DIRECTOR | Edoardo Morabito
YEAR | 2023
COUNTRY | Italy Brazil
LANGUAGE | Brazilian-Portuguese, English, Italian, w. Parial subtitles
RUNTIME | 84 minutes
PLAYGROUND
Shorts Program 4
Shorts Program 4 will include:
Autism Plays Itself
Home on Every Floor
Sparkle
Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?
Monday, April 29 | 11:45AM
Scotiabank Theatre 5
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
Sunday, May 5 | 10:15AM
TIFF Lightbox 3
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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In this short, Célia plays an online video game with her sister Anna, who is 12 years old. Things get out of hand when we meet “Alex”, another player, who wants to play Truth or Dare. The dares he gives them become insistent and ambiguous. Célia is getting concerned about how to protect her sister from the dangers that can exist in virtual worlds.
DIRECTOR | Andrea Gatopoulos
YEAR | 2023
PROGRAM RUNTIME | 80 minutes
STRAY BODIES
The Changing Face of Europe Program
Tuesday, April 30 | 10:30AM
TIFF Lightbox 1
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | Across the European Union, access to abortion, IVF and euthanasia is unequal. However, with open borders for residents, medical tourism is on the rise giving way to harsh emotional journeys. By meeting with those who experience these travels and many of their opponents, the film opens a reflection on bodily autonomy in a continent where Christian heritage and conservatism are obstacles to the freedom of choice and at a time when scientific knowledge has pushed further humanity’s power over life and death.
DIRECTOR | Elina Psykou
YEAR | 2023
COUNTRY | Greece Switzerland Italy Bulgaria
LANGUAGE | Greek, Maltese, Italian, English, w. Full subtitles
RUNTIME | 100 minutes
FRAGMENTS OF A LIFE LOVED
Fragments d’un Parcours Amoureux
International Competition Program
Tuesday, April 30 | 5:15PM
Scotiabank Theatre 5
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
Thursday, May 2 | 2:00PM
TIFF Lightbox 2
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | This film reconstructs the life of a woman, the director, based solely on interviews of the people who loved her. Intimate first-hand accounts, mixed with old mementos, will reveal the universal path of love.
DIRECTOR | Chloé Barreau
YEAR | 2023
COUNTRY | Italy
LANGUAGE | French, Italian, w. Full subtitles
RUNTIME | 95 minutes
J’ADORE VENISE – ON DISAPPEARING BODIES
Shorts Program 6
Shorts Program 6 will include:
Skate!
The Story of Ne Kuko
Sandcastles
Eternal Father
Wednesday, May 1 | 10:15AM
Scotiabank Theatre 5
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
Sunday, May 5 | 4:45PM
Scotiabank Theatre 6
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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J’adore Venise — On Disappearing Bodies delves into the relationship between Venice, conceived as a spatial body, and its users, focusing on the phenomenon of disappearing bodies resulting from both anthropogenic environmental degradation and the pervasive influence of surveillance capitalism. The filmmaker is the narrator attempting to reconstruct the narrative behind the new surveillance system in Venice and speculating on possible ways of resistance in the Smart Cities 2.0 of the future.
DIRECTOR | Stefano Dealessandri
YEAR | 2023
PROGRAM RUNTIME | 89 minutes