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Transformer Wins 2018 Hot Docs Audience Award & $50,000 Rogers Audience Award
2018-05-07
The votes are in! The Hot Docs Audience Award winner is Transformer (D: Michael Del Monte; Canada), which tells the story of a father, ex-marine and world-record powerlifter facing a singular…
Hot Docs Wraps 25th Anniversary Edition With Record-Breaking Audiences of 223,000
2018-05-07
Hot Docs has wrapped its 25th edition with record-breaking audience numbers reaching an estimated 223,000. The 11-day event featured 471 public screenings of 247 films on 16 screens across Toronto,…
Hot Docs Anniversary Raffle Winners Announced
2018-05-07
Congratulations to our two winners of the 2018 Hot Docs Anniversary Raffle.
Michael Firestone won the grand prize: a trip for two to Florence, Italy, to attend the Festival Dei Popoli in Novmeber…
Hot Docs 2018 Award Winners Announced
2018-05-04
At the Hot Docs Awards Presentation, hosted by Garvia Bailey, host of Good Morning Toronto! on Jazz.FM91, 13 awards and $85,000 in cash and prizes were presented to Canadian and international…
Hot Docs Forum and Deal Maker Wrap With Over $137,000 in Cash Prizes Awarded
2018-05-02
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,…
Ina Fichman Named 2018 Don Haig Award Recipient
2018-05-01
Hot Docs is pleased to announce that Montreal-based producer Ina Fichman has been named the 2018 Don Haig Award recipient. The Award, presented by the Hot Docs Board of Directors to an outstanding…
2018-04-11
Voted on by audience ballot, here are the top 20 films in the running for the 2018 Audience Award.
Films in contention for the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary…
2018 Big Ideas Presented by Scotia Wealth Management
2018-04-09
This year’s edition of the Big Ideas presented by Scotia Wealth Management offers audiences the opportunity to experience five thought-provoking documentaries.
Following the screening hear,…







