Toronto, ON – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is excited to unveil a dynamic lineup of screenings, series and special events running from May 23 to June 21. New release Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance traces the resistance of Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ movement over the course of several decades and returns to the cinema following its world premiere at Hot Docs as Opening Night Film for the 2025 Festival. The film joins several other films and special events making up Pride Projected, a series of stories of chosen family, queer art and activism, identity and understanding, to mark pride month in Toronto. Additional series will bring films both new and classic, including the For Viola screening of The Encampments, the Art of Anime screening of Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky, and the A Year of Austen screening of Kandukondain Kandukondain.
To view the full list of titles and events making up the Pride Projected series, please visit hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/pride-projected
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To view a list of Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema film series, please visit hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series
All newly announced screenings and events appear below with dates and times. For ticket prices and information, visit hotdocs.ca/whats-on/watch-cinema
NEW RELEASES
New Release / Pride Projected
PARADE: QUEER ACTS OF LOVE & RESISTANCE
D: Noam Gonick | Canada | 96 min | 2025
Unflinching, bold and hopeful, this new chapter in the queer canon traces the resistance of Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ movement.
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with the film team and special guests on Saturday, June 14.
Saturday, June 14 / 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 21 / 1:00 PM
PRIDE PROJECTED
The films and events below join Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance and previously announced Sabbath Queen and Curious Minds Author Talks event Harrison and Rachel Browne on Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes in the lineup of the Pride Projected series.
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
D: Stephan Elliott | Australia | 104 min | 1994
A queer classic! Two drag queens and a trans woman board the eponymous pink bus and take a road trip across Australia.
Friday, June 6 / 9:15 PM
WICKED SING-ALONG
D: Jon M. Chu | USA | 160 min | 2024
Come sing along as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good become unlikely friends.
Sunday, June 8 / 3:00 PM
PARIS IS BURNING: 2K RESTORATION
D: Jennie Livingston | USA | 78 min | 1990
A landmark portrait of Harlem’s drag ball scene in the 1980s, a time rife with homophobia, transphobia, racism and AIDS.
Sunday, June 8 / 7:15 PM
SHE SAID BOOM: THE STORY OF FIFTH COLUMN
D: Kevin Hegge | Canada, USA | 64 min | 2012
Toronto, 1980. Four young women form Fifth Column, a post-punk band that will influence art and politics worldwide.
Saturday, June 14 / 1:00 PM
P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE
D: Michael Seligman & Jennifer Tiexiera | USA | 100 min | 2020
A box of letters from the 1950s is the key to unlocking a vital, yet previously untold, part of New York’s 2SLGBTQI+ history.
Sunday, June 15 / 1:30 PM
BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER
D: Jamie Babbit | USA | 85 min | 1999
Celebrate Pride with this candy-coloured queer teen romance starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall and RuPaul.
Sunday, June 15 / 4:30 PM
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
D: Jim Sharman | United Kingdom, USA | 100 min | 1975
Come do the “Time Warp” again with this cult classic, presented with Toronto’s own Shadow Cast who perform their satirical version during the screening.
Friday, June 20 / 9:30 PM
Toronto’s own shadow cast, Excited Mental State, will be performing their own satirical, comedic version of the film for audiences.
SERIES & SPECIAL EVENTS
For Viola
THE ENCAMPMENTS *FREE SCREENING*
D: Michael T. Workman, Kei Pritsker | USA | 82 min | 2025
An intimate eyewitness account of the student protests at Columbia University, this urgent documentary engages in salient conversations around free speech and protest.
Friday, May 23 / 7:00 PM
Includes a post-screening discussion between the filmmakers and For Viola programmer Julian Carrington.
For Viola is supported by the Donner Canadian Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council.
Art of Anime
CASTLE IN THE SKY
D: Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | 124 min | 1986
Celebrate Studio Ghibli’s 40th anniversary with its first film—a captivatingly beautiful adventure epic.
The English dubbed version of the film will be presented.
Saturday, May 24 / 4:00 PM
A Year of Austen
KANDUKONDAIN KANDUKONDAIN
D: Rajiv Menon | India | 150 min | 2000
This Tamil-language adaptation of Sense and Sensibility trades 18th-century Devonshire for contemporary South India.
Saturday, June 14 / 3:15 PM
