Hot Docs 2016: Wrap Up

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Another edition of Hot Docs has come to an end. This was a record-breaking year for the festival, with the estimated audience reaching 211,000. As always, this was an incredibly busy festival for me and I am happy to putting my coverage to rest until next year.

1. How to Build a Time Machine
2. Tower
3. Life, Animated
4. The Apology
5. O.J.: Made in America
6. Chasing Asylum
7. Spirit Unforgettable
8. Tickled
9. My Scientology Movie
10. Mattress Men

Honourable Mentions

• Brothers
• Under the Gun
• Beware the Slenderman
• Angry Inuk
• Inside the Box of Kurios (DocX)

Least Favourite Film

• Fear Itself

Wish I’d Seen

• City 40

Number of Films Seen

• 51
• 22 – Screeners and Press Screenings
• 28 – Festival Screenings
• 1 – Retrospective Screening

Review Split

• Sean Kelly on Movies – 48
• Toronto Film Scene – 2

Interviews Conducted

• 4

Theatre Tally

• TIFF Bell Lightbox – 12
• Isabel Bader – 7
• Bloor Hot Docs Cinema –  5
• Hart House Theatre – 4
• Scotiabank Theatre – 1

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Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.