The Face of Anonymous

{{Short description|Canadian documentary film}}

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| genre = Documentary

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| writer = Gary Lang

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| director = Gary Lang

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| music = Ken Myhr

| country = Canada

| language = English

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| producer = Ed Barreveld

| editor = Rob Ruzic

| cinematography = José Manuel Gálvez Araiza
Patrick McGowan

| runtime = 87 minutes

| company = Storyline Entertainment

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| network = Hot Docs

| network2 = TVOntario
Knowledge Network

| released = {{Start date|2021|04|29}}

| released2 = {{Start date|2021|05|25}}

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The Face of Anonymous is a Canadian documentary television film, directed by Gary Lang and released in 2021.Jillian Morgan, [https://realscreen.com/2021/04/28/exclusive-clip-ian-thornton-gary-lang-talk-hot-docs-feature-the-face-of-anonymous/ "Exclusive clip: Ian Thornton, Gary Lang talk Hot Docs feature 'The Face of Anonymous'"]. RealScreen, April 28, 2021. The film is a portrait of Christopher "Commander X" Doyon, a senior figure in the computer hacktivist collective Anonymous who spent several years living on the streets of Toronto as a homeless person after fleeing the United States due to criminal prosecution.Courtney Small, [https://povmagazine.com/the-face-of-anonymous-review-the-complexity-of-online-activism/ "The Face of Anonymous Review: The Complexity of Online Activism"]. Point of View, April 29, 2021.

The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 29, 2021,David Friend, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2021/04/26/face-of-anonymous-director-explores-the-mysterious-world-of-hacktivist-commander-x.html "‘Face of Anonymous’ director on making sure he wasn’t being catfished by Commander X"]. Toronto Star, April 26, 2021. in advance of its television broadcast on May 25 on TVOntario. A few weeks after the film's broadcast, Doyon was extradited from Mexico, where he was residing at the time, back to the United States to face prosecution.Kartikay Mehrotra, [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-14/fugitive-hacking-suspect-from-anonymous-group-nabbed-in-mexico "Notorious ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Nabbed in Mexico, Deported to U.S."]. Bloomberg News (subscription required), June 14, 2021.Kartikay Mehrotra, [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/notorious-anonymous-hacker-nabbed-mexico-001316133.html "Notorious ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Nabbed in Mexico, Deported to U.S."] Yahoo News, June 14, 2021.

The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Documentary Program at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.