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Meet the Italians! This year's festival starts April 25th, through May 5th, featuring 17 Italian delegates, with 9 projects in development, 5 films in the official selection, and 7 films in search of distribution. The Italian delegation brings a unique perspective to the festival, highlighting Italy's rich cultural heritage and diverse perspectives on contemporary issues. The films cover a wide range of topics, from environmental activism to personal journeys of self-discovery. Our participation promises to add a distinct flavour to the festival, with exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking. Don't miss this chance to experience the best of Italian documentary filmaking at Hot Docs 2024!

To set up an appointment to meet the Italians, contact Benedetta Marassi at b.marassi@ice.it.

Since the age of 16, director Chloé Barreau has filmed her lovers. Living between Paris and Rome, she has snapped photos and made videos of every man and woman she loved. From teenage crushes to long-distance commitments, one-night stands and deep devotions, her cameras captured each affair, suspending that version of each pair forever together on screen. But every relationship has two points of view, so Barreau embarks on a remarkable method of autobiography to tell the full story of herself: she arranges for each of her exes to be interviewed on camera by a neutral co-author, so they can freely describe their versions of her, the woman they loved. Layering these present-day conversations with her rich archives of the same relationship, Barreau constructs an engrossing and thoroughly original history of her heart.

Christopher Clark, a Scottish eco-warrior, set out to build an Outpost of Progress in the heart of the Amazon rainforest—a utopian commune run by Indigenous People that balances technology with nature. Against the odds, he brings computers and utilities to the settlement while fending off deforestation and illicit trading at every turn. When wildfires burn out of control, Clark realizes that to save this last patch of undisturbed rainforest, he must motivate the Brazilian government to create a protective reserve—but how? By staging a Pink Floyd reunion concert in the heart of the still-burning bush, of course! Filmmaker and friend Edoardo Morabito follows Clark headlong around the world to meet eccentric contacts and organize the gig. Is this a crazy scheme from a mad dreamer, a desperate stunt driven by a desperate man, or both?

Across the European Union, access to abortion, IVF and assisted dying varies drastically from country to country. Terminations are illegal in Malta, while nations like Italy protect a woman’s right to choose. If an Italian woman wants an IVF procedure, however, she must go abroad to countries like Greece. To circumvent these border restrictions, European residents are increasingly turning to medical tourism as a solution. While logistically practical, this personal travel can make for extremely vulnerable experiences. In this bold experiment, cameras accompany those seeking prohibited treatments from the start of their journeys, and the equally dedicated opponents they meet en route. Real women, performance artists and activists from both sides of the moral divides are given voice and space in this daring social critique. As controversial as it is timely, Stray Bodies demonstrates just how arbitrary bodily autonomy can be.

Delving into the relationship between Venice as a place and the people who move through it, J’adore Venise focuses on the phenomenon of disappearing bodies that result from both anthropogenic environmental degradation and the pervasive influence of surveillance capitalism.

Célia plays Roblox with her 12-year-old sister Anna. Things get out of hand after they meet another player who wants to play Truth or Dare. The dares he proposes become insistent and Célia grows increasingly concerned about protecting her sister in a game that turns out to be a mirror of the misogynist intimidation and dangers lurking IRL.