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Are you interested in Cities? In Architecture? In Urban Planning? Does the way we all connect with each other amidst the tall buildings and bustling streets of the places we call home endlessly fascinate you? Sure it does: you’re a member of UrbanToronto.ca! I ask all this because, if you haven’t paid attention to HotDocs before, you might want to take some time to discover some of the documentary films that will be flickering on Toronto screens starting a week from now.
HotDocs, North America’s largest documentary film festival, will present over 160 feature documentaries for all interests between April 29 and May 9 at cinemas throughout the core, including the Bloor, the Cumberland, the ROM theatre, the Royal, the Royal Conservatory’s new Koerner Hall, U of T’s Innis Town Hall and Isabel Bader Theatres, all starting with an opening night splash at the Winter Garden. Over the next few days we’ll give you a preview of a number of the upcoming films that should appeal to the architect, urban planner, or social scientist in you, and you might want to run right off to hotdocs.ca now to check the films out yourself now. Today however, I want to draw your attention to a new feature of HotDocs, namely their Critical Mass Speakers Series, and one of those talks in particular. On May 3 at 7 PM, at the Al Green Theatre in the Miles Nadal Centre at Bloor and Spadina, CBC’s mellifluously voiced Michael Enright will be interviewing Paul Goldberger, acclaimed Architecture Critic for The New Yorker and author of several books on the subject.
In an evening that few architects, architecture students, and buffs will want to miss, Pulitzer Prize winner Goldberger will be discussing the latest trends and ideas fueling architecture: you’ll want to get your tickets soon. You can find the box office for HotDocs in Hazelton Lanes (55 Avenue Road), or go visit hotdocs.ca for full information, and to secure your tickets online. Single Tickets are $12. Passes will get you into more films, as well as this event, for less.
