from vk & associates $115,000 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO TOP AFRICAN DOC PROJECTS Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Blue Ice Group are pleased to announce that six projects have been chosen to receive a total of $115,000 in development and production grants from the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund in its first […]
from vk & associates Hot Docs is pleased to announce the 2012 Hot Docs industry conference Doc to the Future, an innovative conference program that will offer interactive sessions and practical tools for working within the rapidly changing landscape of documentary filmmaking. Highlights of the Doc to the Future program include keynote presentation by producer […]
from hot docs The International Documentary Challenge is coming up quick! Now in its 7th year, the Doc Challenge takes place March 1-5, 2012 with registration now open to filmmakers worldwide. Sign Up Now The premise is simple; filmmakers will push their skills to the limit by making a short (4-7 minute) documentary in just […]
from hotdocs Hot Docs’ Doc Mogul Award is given to an individual who, over the course of his or her career, has made an essential contribution to the creative vitality of the documentary industry, both in his or her home country and abroad. Hot Docs will present Diane Weyermann with the 2012 Doc Mogul Award. […]
from hot docs FILMMAKER JONATHAN LEE IN ATTENDANCE Hot Docs is pleased to announce that November’s Doc Soup will screen the Toronto premiere of PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE (D: Jonathan Lee, USA, 83 minutes), the first documentary about Paul Goodman, the late social critic, poet, and philosopher of education. Called “striking…seductive appeal and lively […]
from vkpr Hot Docs 2011 Top Ten Audience Favourite & Sundance 2011 Audience Award: Documentary Opens: Toronto (Carlton) – Friday, October 28th Edmonton (Metro) – Friday, November 4th Vancouver (Vancity) – Friday, November 18th “I am pretty hard to impress, so I thought if someone could inspire me that much, then they would probably inspire […]
from hot docs BEST OF HOT DOCS IN WINNIPEG NOVEMBER 11 TO 13 Hot Docs and partners the National Screen Institute, On Screen Manitoba and Doc Winnipeg are pleased to present the Best of Hot Docs , a weekend of documentary screenings, Friday, November 11 , to Sunday, November 13, at the Winnipeg Film Group’s […]
HOT DOCS NAMES CHARLOTTE COOK AS NEW DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING Hot Docs is delighted to announce that Charlotte Cook will join the Hot Docs team as the organization’s new director of programming. Cook was introduced to Toronto audiences tonight at the Toronto premiere of MARATHON BOY, the opening film in the 2011-12 Doc Soup screening […]
from hot docs 11 projects that have been chosen to receive a total of $242,000 in grants and no-interest loans from the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds as part of its seventh round of disbursements. For the full list of recipients, click here
Saturday, August 6 at 2:10PM @San Rafael BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD by Liz Garbus Liz Garbus’s outstanding doc takes us on Fischer’s journey from Jewish child prodigy to world chess master to virulent anti-Semite. Centering on his famous 1972 World Championship match with Boris Spassky, the film plays out like a taut Cold War […]
