Originally slated to take place April 30-May 10 in Toronto, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fest is still looking for ways to bring the entire lineup to Toronto audiences and “will announce plans when they are in place,” but in the meantime, organizers have opted to announce the fest’s full program. The official selection is being revealed to “honor and celebrate the hard work of the filmmakers and to support them as they seek opportunities in these difficult times,” a press release details.

Culled from 3,068 film submissions, this year’s lineup features 226 films and 12 interdisciplinary projects from 63 countries. Fifty-one percent of the directors screening titles at the festival are women.

The Special Presentations program, which offers “world and international premieres, award-winners from the recent international festival circuit, works by master filmmakers, and those featuring star subjects,” includes Liz Marshall’s “Meat the Future” and Ramona S. Diaz’s “A Thousand Cuts.” The former offers access into Memphis Meats, a Berkeley start-up dedicated to lab-grown “cultured meat” products that are made without killing animals, and the latter is a portrait of Maria Ressa, a journalist who reports on Philippine President Duterte’s extrajudicial war on drugs.

A collection of female-directed films “about women speaking up and being heard,” the Persister program features Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics’ “Her Mothers,” the story of a lesbian couple trying to adopt in Hungary, and Elizabeth D. Costa’s “Bangla Surf Girls,” which follows three teenage girls in Bangladesh who join their local surf club.

Head over to Hot Docs’ website to check out the complete program. Select titles from the slate will now debut on CBC, CBC Gem streaming service, and documentary Channel.