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24th Hot Docs Wraps w/ Audience Award To RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD & Record Breaking Audiences & Prizes

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 […]

2017 Hot Docs Award Winners

2017 Hot Docs Award Winners

$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 […]

Hot Docs 17 – WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME

Hot Docs 17 – WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME

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 […]

Over $100,000 Awarded @ Hot Docs Forum & Deal Maker For 2017

Over $100,000 Awarded @ Hot Docs Forum & Deal Maker For 2017

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 […]

$100,000 First Look Pitch Prizes Announced @ Hot Docs Forum

$100,000 First Look Pitch Prizes Announced @ Hot Docs Forum

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 […]

Hot Docs Premieres, Filmmakers, Special Guests & Special Presentations

Hot Docs Premieres, Filmmakers, Special Guests & Special Presentations

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 […]