“If you considered yourself a real rock ’n’ roll guitar player, you had to learn ‘Rumble,’” Robbie Robertson, the songwriter and guitarist, said in an interview. “It was raw and dirty, and had that rebellious spirit to it.” The single is at the heart of “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” a documentary directed […]
RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD WINS 50K ROGERS AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY AND TOPS THE RANKINGS TO NAB THE HOT DOCS AUDIENCE AWARD TORONT0 – Hot Docs has wrapped its 24th edition with record-breaking audience numbers reaching an estimated 215,000. The 11-day event featured 461 public screenings of 228 films on […]
$67,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES GIVEN TO FESTIVAL FILMS AND FILMMAKERS $50,000 ROGERS AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY, MAY 7; HOT DOCS AUDIENCE AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED POST-FESTIVAL TORONTO – Hot Docs is pleased to announce this year’s award-winning Festival films and filmmakers. The Hot Docs Awards Presentation, hosted by Garvia […]
Remaining Screenings: Sat, May 6 @ 12:45pm (only Rush Tkts), Sun, May 7 @ 9:15pm One of the most awarded and best-selling performers of all time, Whitney Houston was a beloved recording artist with an unforgettable voice. A normal girl who grew up in a tough neighbourhood in Newark, New Jersey, Houston struggled to carve […]
TORONTO – The Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs’ key international co-financing market event, and Hot Docs Deal Maker, Hot Docs’ curated one-on-one pitch meeting program, wrapped after two days of brisk pitching, networking and deal-making. At the Hot Docs Forum, 20 projects – with 10 female directors and 25 female producers attached – representing 20 […]
TORONTO – At the opening of the Hot Docs Forum this morning it was announced that new pitch prizes totalling $100,000 CDN will be awarded to two participating projects as part of Hot Docs first look, a new curated access program for philanthropic supporters of and investors in documentary film that grants behind-the-scenes access to […]
The Q&A for the Canadian premiere of co-directors Rudi Dolezal & Nick Bloomfield’s WHITNEY – ‘CAN I BE ME’ at Hot Docs on April 29, 2017 in Toronto, ON.
Hot Docs is pleased to announce 16 additional documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects. Notable subjects featured as part of the […]
Screening – Friday, May 6th @ 8pm Last weekend, LIFE, ANIMATED, JOE’S VIOLIN, and LOVE ACTUALLY captivated audiences at the Wellmont Theater by bringing the magic of the movies and the power of a shared, live experience together. This Friday, the magic continues with PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW, a Cinderella story for the internet age. With […]
Screening Times – Saturday, Dec 5 @ 7pm Saturday, Dec 12 @ 5:30pm It’s hard to imagine in the age of Taylor, Miley and Rihanna, where airbrushed looks are paramount and rebellion is curated, that an artist like Janis Joplin was ever allowed to happen. Imperfect and messy, she was a white girl who sang […]