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HOT DOCS NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH CELEBRATES CULTURE DAYS WITH FREE FILMS IN RONCESVALLES, LITTLE ITALY AND DAVISVILLE NEIGHBOURHOODS

Toronto, August 30, 2011 – To celebrate Culture Days 2011, Hot Docs will host three free screenings at some of Toronto’s most beloved neighbourhood rep cinemas.

Hot Docs Neighbourhood Watch brings Festival award-winners to Roncesvalles Village, Little Italy, and Davisville neighbourhoods. Free screenings take place Friday, September 30, at the Regent (551 Mount Pleasant Road); Saturday, October 1, at the Royal Cinema (608 College Street); and Sunday, October 2, at the Revue (400 Roncesvalles Avenue). Free tickets will be available at the venue beginning one hour before the scheduled screening.

Screening titles, times, and venues appear below:

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

D: Linda Goldstein Knowlton | USA | 94 min

Winner – Hot Docs Sundance Channel People’s Choice Award, Hot Docs 2011

After adopting her own daughter from China, Linda Goldstein Knowlton follows four remarkable Chinese-born adoptees as they come of age between two cultures. Each girl seeks her roots and her own future in inspiring ways.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 7:00 PM THE REGENT

IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY

D: Shelley Saywell | Canada | 90 min

Winner – Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs 2010

The tragic murder of Mississauga’s Aqsa Parvez is featured in this powerful and sensitive investigation into the killing of young girls in the name of family honour in North America. Heartbreaking stories expose the beliefs used to justify violence against women.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 7:00 PM ROYAL CINEMA

AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE

D: Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault | Canada | 80 min

Winner – Special Jury Prize (Canadian Feature), Hot Docs 2011

Masters of direct cinema, these award-winning filmmakers sweep you into the chaotic and dangerous whirl of a clan of belly dancers in working-class Cairo whose art is in danger of disappearing.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 4:00 PM THE REVUE