TORONTO -- British filmmaker David Sington's In the Shadow of the Moon, about the astronauts in the Apollo space program, will open this year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 19, organizers said Tuesday.
The British documentary, which looks at nine men who walked on the moon, premiered at Sundance and is among a host of films exploring contemporary America booked for Toronto.
Other titles fitting the theme include the international premiere of Norwegian filmmaker Line Halvorsen's USA vs Al-Arian, about the jailed activist and pro-Palestinian professor Sami Al-Arian; U.S. filmmaker Jennifer Venditti's Billy the Kid, a portrait of a troubled 15-year-old boy in small-town Maine; and fellow U.S. filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky Hear and Now, which follows her deaf parents, Paul and Sally Taylor, going through risky implant surgery as elderly patients.
Also Toronto-bound is a world premiere for British filmmaker Oliver Hodge's Garbage Warrior, a film about a visionary American architect who creates eco-friendly homes from refuse.
"Documentaries that agitate and educate are a big part of the mix, but we also have a range of other films from love stories to the playful," Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel said before outlining his lineup at a Toronto press conference.
The British documentary, which looks at nine men who walked on the moon, premiered at Sundance and is among a host of films exploring contemporary America booked for Toronto.
Other titles fitting the theme include the international premiere of Norwegian filmmaker Line Halvorsen's USA vs Al-Arian, about the jailed activist and pro-Palestinian professor Sami Al-Arian; U.S. filmmaker Jennifer Venditti's Billy the Kid, a portrait of a troubled 15-year-old boy in small-town Maine; and fellow U.S. filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky Hear and Now, which follows her deaf parents, Paul and Sally Taylor, going through risky implant surgery as elderly patients.
Also Toronto-bound is a world premiere for British filmmaker Oliver Hodge's Garbage Warrior, a film about a visionary American architect who creates eco-friendly homes from refuse.
"Documentaries that agitate and educate are a big part of the mix, but we also have a range of other films from love stories to the playful," Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel said before outlining his lineup at a Toronto press conference.
- 3/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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