Love and Relationships at HotDocs 2008

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival. Each year, the festival presents a selection of more than 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programmes, the Festival also provides a full range of professional development, marketing, and networking opportunities for documentary professionals. Below are the remaining (April 23-27)show times and locations for documentaries related to love and relationships. Happy viewing!

Cyanosis
D: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami / Iran / 32 min
A stylistically-told tale of a love-sick Iranian street artist brought to life with brilliant animated sequences.
INNIS Thu Apr 24 7:15 PM
INNIS Sat Apr 26 7:15 PM

Mechanical Love
D: Phie Ambo / Denmark / 79 min
The intimate and complex relationships between therapeutic robots and humans are explored, raising some very provocative questions. Can robots offer a substitute for human affection? Meet Paro, a needy robotic baby seal, and believe that it's possible.
Screening with: Peter and Ben
D: Pinny Grylls / UK / 10 min
CUMBERLAND Thu Apr 24 7:00 PM
ROYAL Sat Apr 26 2:00 PM

Vesterbro
D: Michael Noer / Denmark / 78 min
Twenty-something do-nothings Julie and Martin take us into their hearts and under their covers in this honest, and often uncomfortably funny, look at their tumultuous relationship. Real love struggles against real life in this most modern love story.
ROYAL Wed Apr 23 9:30 PM
BLOOR Thu Apr 24 11:59 PM

Venues:
- The Scene Screening Room at the Isabel Bader Theatre: 93 Charles Street West
- The Al Green Theatre: Inside the Miles Nadal JCC – 750 Spadina Avenue
- The Winter Garden Theatre: 189 Yonge Street
- The Bloor Cinema: 506 Bloor St West
- Cumberland Cinemas: 159 Cumberland Street
- The Royal Cinema: 608 College Street
- The Rom Theatre: 100 Queen’s Park
- Innis Town Hall: 2 Sussex Avenue

Ticket info:
Daytime Screenings Tickets (before 6 pm) are $10, evening screenings (between 6 pm-11 pm) are $12 and Late Night Screenings (after 11PM) are $5. Order advance tickets and pass sales at the DOCUMENTARY Box Office (87 Avenue Road, 2 Blocks North of Bloor, upper level of Hazelton Lanes), online at www.hotdocs.ca, or by phone at 416-637-5150. ALL DAYTIME screenings (before 6pm) are FREE FOR STUDENTS and seniors. Students that want to take advantage of this great offer MUST have a valid student ID. Students and Seniors can ONLY obtain tickets at the screening venue on the day of the screening, subject to availability. FREE TICKETS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE DOCUMENTARY BOX OFFICE.

Visit www.hotdocs.ca for further information and detailed film descriptions.