As the Hot Docs film festival enters its final few days, our film reviewer Pauline Dong recaps some of the films she didn't get to review.
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Rocky Braat set off for India on a self-professed journey of self-discovery. He sought authenticity. What he found changed him forever. He returned to India and made aid work at an orphanage for HIV-positive children his new life.
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In a ballroom at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the world's oldest band has performed nightly for more than 20 years. In 2011, the Peace Old Jazz Band was invited to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. The geriatric band members greeted the invitation with glee and excitement.
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Lott Industries was begun in 1956 by parents of children with developmental disabilities. It grew to employ 1200 staff and became the biggest employer of people with developmental disabilities in the United States. However, like much of industrial America, it was hit hard by the recession.
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A fascination with royalty is nothing new. Just look at the frenzy of media attention around the Duchess of Cambridge. However, a fascination with former royalty is a little less common. Felix Pfeifle concerns himself with the Habsburgs in general and the last Crown Prince, Archduke Otto of Austria, in particular.
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Wong Kar-Wai burst onto the Hong Kong film scene with Days of Being Wild, bringing a new energy and a bold aesthetic. He is probably best known in the west for In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express.
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Mary and Max is a clay animation feature from Australia. Based on true events, the story revolves around an unlikely, 20-year long pen pal relationship between an awkward 8-year old Australian girl and a 44-year old American man with Asperger's Syndrome. The result is a tragicomic film about loneliness, friendship and acceptance.
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