Hot Docs Announces 2010 Line-up

The mega-sized Canadian documentary film festival, Hot Docs, announced its line-up of 166 films from 41+ nations yesterday. 

The festivals opening films are the French documentary Babies (on the first year of life - from first breath to first steps -  of four babies from different countries) and a music doc on Canadian prog-rock gods, Rush:  Beyond The Lighted Stage which was directed by the Metal:  A Head Bangers Journey boys.

Want to see a documentary following David Lynch on a transcendental meditation pilgramage?  David Wants to Fly is here.  Stephen Soderbergh's Spalding Gray doc, And Everything Is Going Fine, which would make a fine companion piece with his 1996 monologue film Gray's Anatomy, is another highlight of the festival lineup.

Hot Docs is also doing a retrospective of some of the most influential documentaries of the decade and a few of the films are Tarnation, American Movie, The Fog of War, Spellbound and Into Great Silence.

Check out the full line-up and schedule here.  The festival runs from April 29 - May 9, 2010.