Jennifer Baichwal’s latest feature Act of God will open this year’s Hot Docs festival on April 30. It will mark the world premiere of the film, a meditation on the significance of being struck by lightning. It is produced by Baichwal, Nick de Pencier and Daniel Iron.

Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) is no stranger to the Toronto doc festival. She was the focus of a retrospective last year and previously brought her films The Holier It Gets and Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles, which won an International Emmy in 1998.

Act of God was one of the first projects to draw money from the new Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Funds. It is due in theaters on May 1 through Mongrel Media.