JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE AT THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA FEBRUARY 5-15 A TRIBUTE TO A ROCK AND ROLL ICON TORONTO – The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is pleased to host a limited theatrical engagement of JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE An official selection at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE screens […]
On February 12 at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (8:30pm, Doors Open – 9:30pm, Screening) join in on the loud homage to the late Motörhead frontman Lemmy. This special event showcases a mile-a-minute documentary on the man himself, plus a short film featuring Lemmy. Musicians Danko Jones and JC, who have toured with Motörhead, will […]
Screening Times: Sat, Nov 21 @ 7:30pm Sun, Nov 22 @ 10:30am Wed, Nov 25 @ 1pm Thur, Nov 26 @ 9:45pm Fri, Nov 27 @ 5:15pm In 1973, Claude Lanzmann started shooting Shoah, a nearly 10-hour film that many regard as the most important ever made about the Holocaust. The Frenchman worked for a […]
The CrossCurrents Doc Fund provides one successful applicant per year with a grant of $10,000 CDN, which could reflect up to 100 per cent of the project’s production budget. Applications are now open, with a final deadline of December 2, 2015. Please read the below guidelines before applying or visit The CrossCurrents Doc Fund for […]
TORONTO – Hot Docs is pleased to announce that an economic impact study conducted around the 2015 festival, conference and market and associated year-round operation has revealed a total impact of $33.3-million on Ontario’s GDP, reflecting the event’s tremendous value to both Toronto and the province. The study, the second of its kind the organization […]
DocX is an interactive and immersive documentary program for works that are exhibited through installations and live events during the Hot Docs Festival. Submissions for Hot Docs 2016 are now open. Deadline: December 9, 2015 Please read the guidelines below before submitting your film. ELIGIBILITY DocX will connect Hot Docs audiences with innovative projects that […]
Toronto – Hot Docs is delighted to announce that Shane Smith will join the Hot Docs team as the organization’s new director of programming on October 5, 2015 where Sarafina Difelice will steps into new associate director of programming role. “Shane has built a well-earned reputation as a champion of original and visionary filmmakers, and […]
Hot Docs is pleased to open the 2015-16 season of its Doc Soup monthly screening series with the Canadian premiere of Racing Extinction (D:Louie Psihoyos, USA, 90 min.), nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. From the team behind Academy Award®-Winning Film The Cove (2009), Racing Extinction will screen on […]
Michael Harris’ bestselling and Governor General’s Award-winning The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection was one of the most talked about books of 2014. It is a provocative examination of what it is like to be part of the only generation to know life before and after the […]
by alan gordon for FILMbutton Best of Enemies promises much: Two great wits and standard bearers for the opposing life/political philosophies of mid-20th century America – Gore Vidal on the Left, William F. Buckley on the Right – were, for various nefarious broadcasting purposes, thrown together on abc news television screens to comment on the […]
