334: 2026 Hot Docs

334: 2026 Hot Docs

From Contra Zoom Pod by Dakota Arsenault

May 19, 2026 · 1h 31m · Season 12 · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode discusses eight films showcased at the 2026 Hot Docs film festival.

The 2026 Hot Docs film festival, celebrating the best in documentary cinema from around the world has come to a close. We discuss eight films that played including The Seoul Guardians , My Foreign Land , Replica , Gimme Truth , The Ballad of Judas Priest , Whispers in May , Public Access and Myspace . Joining Dakota Arsenault and Jeff Bulmer is Pedro Lima and Rach Epstein. Read Jeff's review of The Ballad of Judas Priest . Read Pedro's reviews of My Foreign Land and Whispers in May . Read Dakota's review of Myspace . Check out Jeff and Pedro's Hot Docs short round up on Shortstick . Read all of our Hot Docs reviews over on contrazoompod.com ! Follow Rach on Twitter and read her Substack . Follow Pedro on ⁠Threads⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Letterboxd⁠ . Follow Jeff's podcast Classic Movies Live on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to CML on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Contra Zoom on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and…

People in this episode

Host: Dakota Arsenault

Guests: Jeff Bulmer, Pedro Lima, Rach Epstein

Topics covered

  • documentary cinema
  • film festival
  • film reviews
  • Hot Docs
  • 2026 films

Keywords

  • Hot Docs
  • documentary
  • film reviews
  • 2026
  • film festival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Seoul Guardians, My Foreign Land, Replica, Gimme Truth, The Ballad of Judas Priest, Whispers in May, Public Access, Myspace

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