Toronto – Hot Docs is pleased to announce the addition of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary to the slate of awards it will present at its upcoming festival, April 27 to May 7. Generously established by the Rogers Group of Funds, the award comes with a $50,000 cash prize for the director(s) […]
Global Visions is one of Canada’s longest running documentary film festivals. In May 2014, join us for the newly expanded Global Visions Festival, where Western Canada’s premiere doc-fest will present the hottest, most talked-about new documentaries from home and abroad. In the past 2 years alone, GVF has proudly presented the Exclusive Edmonton Premieres of […]
Hot Docs Executive Director Brett Hendrie & Charlotte Cook the director of programming discuss some of the films that will be screening during 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival that takes place April 23 – May 3, 2015.
Hot Docs Industry Program Director discuss some of the industry events, programs & funds that are part of the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival that takes place April 23 – May 3, 2015.
Mysteries and disappearances stranger than anything in a detective novel. Visionary one-of-a-kind figures in Canadian arts and politics. Feature documentaries and short works, and a live preview of the final installment in a legendary six-year digital project. It’s all part of a rich National Film Board of Canada (NFB) presence at the Hot Docs Canadian […]
Area 23a and FilmBuff present The Human Experiment to Hit Theatres & VOD Platforms on April 17, Leading up to Earth Day Directed by Emmy®-winning journalists Don Hardy and Dana Nachman, Narrated and Executive Produced by Academy Award®-winner Sean Penn With thousands of untested chemicals in our everyday products, have we all become unwitting guinea […]
Friday, January 3, 2014 is the last chance to submit a film for the 2014 Festival! Submission guidelines, FAQs and to submit a film visit here
from vkpr.ca Hot Docs’ first-ever economic impact study has revealed a total impact of $29.9-million on Ontario’s GDP, reflecting the event’s tremendous value to both Toronto and the province. The study, which was conducted around Hot Docs’ 2013 festival, conference and market and associated year-round operation, reported $5.1-million in attendee expenditure at the Festival, and […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton It’s a surprise no one has made a major film about funk music until noted historian Nelson George with this one. He scores key interviews with bassist Bootsy Collins, George Clinton and the late, great James Brown, but the jewel in the crown is the reclusive and eccentric Sly Stone […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton Downloaded could be called The Rise and Fall of Napster. In 1998, some teenage kid from Boston named Shawn Fanning created a software to share his favourite tunes easily over the internet. Fanning partnered with buddy Shaun Parker (who would later join the Facebook team) to create the Napster website. […]
