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Hot Docs is pleased to announce the 19 projects that will be presented during this year’s Hot Docs Forum. Recognized as North America’s essential market for the international documentary community, the Hot Docs Forum will take place the mornings of April 30 and May 1 during the 2014 edition of Hot Docs, April 24 to May 4. This year’s projects represent 13 different countries and were selected from 128 submissions. Hot Docs will also be announcing projects selected for its Forum initiative Deal Maker on April 2, taking place April 29 to May 1.

“The projects selected for the 15th edition of our renowned international co-financing event offer an incredible breadth of topics from around the world. We look forward to these stories being presented to key international buyers and attending industry observers at the Hot Docs Forum,” says Hot Docs industry programs director Elizabeth Radshaw.

Attended by over 500 leading industry professionals, the Forum is focused around a schedule of pre-selected international project presentations made to a roundtable of key international commissioning editors and an observers gallery composed of fellow producers, distributors, sales agents, funders and other buyers. Participating buyers confirmed to date include ARTE TV, ARTE/ZDF, BBC Storyville, Beijing Keying Media Co Ltd, CBC, CNN, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Java Films, MSNBC, NHK, PBS, RAI 3, SBS Television, SRC, SVT Sveriges Television, TVOntario, YLE, and others.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds Hot Docs Forum Pitch Prize will be awarded to the best Canadian pitch at the event, as determined by a committee of international (non-Canadian) commissioning editors in attendance. The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize to be used toward the production and completion budget for their project.

The Cuban Hat Award will return to the 2014 Hot Docs Forum, continuing with their “real cash, no strings attached” prize. All the money raised over the two days of the event will be given to the observers’ favourite pitch, as determined by ballot. The Entertainment One Mounties’ Hat Pitch gives Hot Docs Forum observers the chance to secure a last minute presentation slot during the event. A business card will be drawn and the individual will be granted the available 2014 pitch slots.

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