Toronto/CMEDIA: Three new release docs and a new Sept series reportedly announced by Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will join the growing lineup of exciting films, series and events coming soon to the historic cinema in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
A wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, Zodiac Killer Project (D: Charlie Shackleton | UK, USA | 92 minutes | 2025) in which the filmmaker Charlie Shackleton tells the story of his abandoned documentary by putting the true crime boom under the microscope as about the infamous Zodiac Killer, describing beat-by-beat how he imagined it playing out.
His voiceover evokes the unrealized project over vacant Bay Area landscapes, his reenactments and clips from recent true crime hits in real time, offering an object lesson in creative frustration—and a hilarious critique of a genre.
The spellbinding new documentary film from visionary director Albert Serra (Pacification), Afternoons of Solitude (D: Albert Serra | Spain, France, Portugal | 125 minutes | 2024) turns its gaze on the splendor and brutality of bullfighting in Spain.
Serra intensely follows famed matador Andrés Roca Rey, from the solitude of his hotel room and his preparations to the charged spectacle of the arena and reveals Rey’s profound physical, spiritual, and aesthetic commitment to a centuries-old ritual—one that demands he take part in a timeless duel between man and beast.
Collective Monologue (D: Jessica Sarah Rinland | Argentina, UK | 104 minutes | 2024), unfold the intimate and fragmented moments in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina.
As their histories unveil, dedicated workers are seen commiting both day and night to caring for the remaining enclosed animals, fostering a mutual bond that transcends imagined boundaries between human and animal.
The above documentaries join Ghosts of the Sea (D: Virginia Tangvald| Canada | 97 minutes | 2025), The Dating Game (D: Violet Du Feng | USA, UK, Norway| 88 minutes | 2025), Writing Hawa (D: Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori | France, Netherlands, Qatar, Afghanistan | 84 minutes | 2024), Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (D: Elegance Bratton | USA | 92 minutes | 2025), Shari & Lamb Chop (D: Lisa D’Apolito | USA | 92 minutes | 2023) and Sudan, Remember Us (D: Hind Meddeb| France, Tunisia, Qatar | 76 minutes | 2024) as recently announced new release documentaries coming soon to our cinema screen.
As part of the limited series Shakespeare, Sorta three teen movies with takes on Shakespeare will screen at the cinema in Sept .
Spanning the 90s and early 2000s, these classic teen movie genre entries offer back to school season nostalgia and a rare chance to see these Bard backed titles on the big screen.
The second screening in its series will be 2007’s Paranormal Activity which announces New series Pillow Fright! a minimalist masterclass in atmosphere and dread that proves that less is often more when it comes to horror films.
This sleepover-themed screening hosted by Pillow Fright! curators Emily Gagne and Danita Steinberg. Come early for karaoke, Ouija Board sessions, and a ghost story competition invites you and your bravest friends are invited.
To view the Hot Docs Cinema calendar, please visit www.hotdocs.ca
All newly announced screenings and events appear below with dates and times.
NEW RELEASES
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
D: Albert Serra | Spain, France, Portugal | 125 minutes | 2024
This spellbinding, critically acclaimed new documentary from Albert Serra turns its gaze on the bullfighting in Spain.
Friday, September 19 / 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 27 / 3:30 PM
COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE
D: Jessica Sarah Rinland | Argentina, UK | 104 minutes | 2024
Intimate and fragmented moments unfold in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina.
Saturday, September 20 / 3:30 PM
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
D: Charlie Shackleton | UK, USA | 92 minutes | 2025
This original and hilarious doc turns a failed Zodiac Killer film project into a tantalizing true crime genre critique.
Friday, November 21 / 6:00 PM
Sunday, November 23 / 4:00 PM
Saturday, November 29 / 4:00 PM
CURATED SERIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Pillow Fright!
PILLOW FRIGHT! PRESENTS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
D: Oren Peli | USA | 86 minutes | 2009
You and your bravest friends are invited to a sleepover-themed screening of Paranormal Activity hosted by Pillow Fright!
Saturday, September 27 / 8:00 PM
SHAKESPEARE, SORTA
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
D: Gil Junger | USA | 97 minutes | 1999
A serenading Heath Ledger and riot-girly Julia Stiles can’t shake each other in this Shakespeare meets 90s Seattle teen dream.
Friday, September 12 / 9:00 PM
ROMEO + JULIET
D: Baz Luhrmann | USA | 120 minutes | 1996
Baz Luhrmann’s sun-soaked, alternative-soundtracked, hyper-stylized teen fever dream is the ultimate 90s experience.
Friday, September 19 / 9:00 PM
SHE’S THE MAN
D: Andy Fickman | USA | 105 minutes | 2006
A mid-2000s mashup of classic Shakespeare and a dialed-up Amanda Bynes, with a dashing dash of Channing Tatum.
Friday, September 5 / 8:30 PM
STAGE ON SCREEN
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
D: Benedict Andrews | UK | 180 minutes | 2014
Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece gets star treatment with Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Ben Foster.
Saturday, August 30 / 4:00 PM
Sunday, August 31 / 3:00 PM
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
9 LIVES OF BARBARA DANE
D: Maureen Gosling | USA | 107 minutes | 2023
The underground history of an oft-overlooked singer-agitator and committed troublemaker with a 5” thick FBI file.
Saturday, August 30 / 1:00 PM
EXAMINED LIFE
D: Astra Taylor | Canada | 90 minutes | 2008
With Slavoj Žižek coming to town a few days later, what better time to revisit this Canadian doc classic.
Saturday, October 18 / 4:30 PM
HAPPY CLOTHES: A FILM ABOUT PATRICIA FIELD
D: Michael Selditch | USA | 100 minutes | 2023
Carrie Bradshaw owes it all to this Oscar-nominated designer who defied the odds to build an iconic 50+ year career.
Saturday, September 6 / 4:00 PM
JANIS IAN: BREAKING SILENCE
D: Varda Bar-Kar | USA | 114 minutes |2025
This audience favourite from the festival circuit shares the remarkable life and career of songwriter Janis Ian.
Friday, September 12 / 6:00 PM
LITTLE, BIG AND FAR
D: Jem Cohen | Austria, USA | 121 minutes | 2024
This critically acclaimed film blends fiction and non to tell the story of an astronomer reconnecting with the stars.
Saturday, September 13 / 4:00 PM
ZODIAC
D: David Fincher | USA | 157 minutes |2007
Get ready for Zodiac Killer Project with this screening of David Fincher’s 2007 classic thriller.
Saturday, November 22 / 7:00 PM
THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD
STOP MAKING SENSE
D: Jonathan Demme | USA | 88 minutes |1984
Continue to burn down the house with Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1984 Talking Heads concert film.
Saturday, August 30 / 8:00 PM
BACK TO THE BLOOR
DIRTY DANCING
D: Emile Ardolino | USA | 100 minutes | 1987
This summer may be coming to an end, but it’s not too late to have the time of your life.
Saturday, August 23 / 7:00 PM
FAMILY SCREENING
MOANA SING-ALONG
D: John Musker, Ron Clements | USA | 107 minutes | 2016
It’s the perfect time for a summer family sing along! Shout, sing, and dance along to Disney’s modern animated classic.
Sunday, August 24 / 1:00 PM
