Metro Cinema Society: Doc Soup (presented by Global Visions and Hot Docs)

Doc Soup (presented by Global Visions and Hot Docs)

Hot Docs and Global Visions present: Doc Soup

Launched in 2001 in Toronto, Hot Docs’ monthly Doc Soup screenings have become must-attend events for Toronto’s film-loving public. New this year, the Doc Soup series has expanded to Edmonton! Presented by the Global Visions Film Festival and Hot Docs, Edmonton's Doc Soup series will run from December to May, on the first Thursday of each month. To ensure the best available selection, Doc Soup films are programmed and announced a month prior to their screenings. Whenever possible, guest directors will be in attendance to introduce their films and to participate in post-screening Q&A sessions. In Edmonton, screenings are at Metro Cinema every first Thursday until May 2010.

Check the GlobalVisionsFestival.com or DocSoup.ca for more information.

Admission with a Doc Soup subscription; single tickets $10 at door. Sorry, Metro passes not accepted.

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Doc Soup: 65_Redroses

Director: Philip Lyall, Nimisha Mukerji

Canada 2009, 71 min

Dec 3 (2009) @ 7pm

Eva is a young, beautiful and smart overachiever with a loving family and a great sense of humour. She also shares a terrible bond with some very special friends. Eva (65_redroses) and her online friends, Spirit_of_Kina and megmucus, all have... view more

Doc Soup: Presumed Guilty

Director: Roberto Hernández & Geoffrey Smith

Mexico 2009, 91 min

Jan 7 (2010) @ 7pm

Presumed Guilty tells the heart-wrenching story of a man who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a December day in Mexico City, 2005, José Antonio Zuñiga pleaded: "God, kill me or put me in... view more

Doc Soup: Junior

Director: Jenna Rosher

USA, 77 min

Feb 4 (2010) @ 7pm

WINNER! Audience Award, Sheffield Doc/Fest; Best Feature Documentary, Woodstock Film Festival “Beautifully observed… a deeply touching portrait of the ageing process” – Time Out London Eddie Belasco is a 75-year-old San Francisco native whose childhood is straight out of a Martin Scorsese... view more

Doc Soup: Last Train Home

Director: Lixin Fan

Canada 2009, 85 min, 35mm

Mar 4 (2010) @ 7pm

“If there is just one film to watch from IDFA this year, it would likely be Last Train Home” (IndieWIRE)

Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos, as all at once, a tidal wave of humanity attempts to return home by train. It is the Chinese New Year.

Doc Soup: October Country

Director: Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher

USA 2009, 80 min

Apr 1 (2010) @ 7pm

Every family has its ghosts - some metaphorical, some literal. The Mosher family has more than most. Shot over a year from one Halloween to the next, the film uses rich visual metaphors and floats through multiple storylines to paint... view more

Doc Soup: Soundtrack for a Revolution

Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman

USA/France 2009, 82 min, DigiBeta

May 6 (2010) @ 7pm

Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music -the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice... view more