Special Events

Join us for the World Premiere of Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance including an exclusive Q&A with director Noam Gonick and producer Justine Pimlott with special guests from the film.

On the Festival’s final night, join us to celebrate our Canadian filmmakers and to announce the winner of this year’s Rogers Audience Award. The top Canadian feature film in the audience poll will receive a $50,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Rogers Group of Funds.

Back for a third series, Citizen Minutes is a short doc collection commissioned by Hot Docs aimed at celebrating and inspiring civic engagement. Be among the first to see the incredible stories of ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things to make their communities better places.

The Citizen Minutes project is made possible through support by The Rossy Foundation.

• A Stop Gap Measure (D: Lulu Wei | 11 min)
• Hommes-Relais (D: Vladimir Chindea | 10 min)
• La femme équi-LIBRE (D: Hélène Lebon | 9 min)
• Becoming Ruby (D: Quan Luong | 10 min)
• Crossing the Divide (D: Chrisann Hessing, Ashley Brook | 10 min)
• Red Girl Rising (D: Faith Howe, Kim Stadfeld | 12 min)