Hot Docs Works-In-Progress screenings
Works-In-Progress screenings, showcasing 10 projects in various stages of production, will take place on April 28, providing a valuable platform for filmmakers to gain feedback and attract further investment and support.
All Works-In-Progress projects will participate in Deal Maker meetings to further create connections with decision makers.
Becoming A Landscape
Director: Emily Graves
Producer: Aeyliya Husain
Production Company: November Films Inc. (Canada)
Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole
Director: Tetiana Khodakivska
Executive Producers: Josh Penn, Kevin Macdonald, Maxym Asadchyi
Producers: Elena Saulich, Tetiana Khodakivska
Co-producers: Martin Vandas (Maur Film, Czech Republic), Michael Grotenhoff, Anna-Luise Dietzel (Filmtank, Germany), Johann Chapelan (Girelle Production, France)
Production Companies: Pronto Film LLC (Ukraine), Maur Film s.r.o (Czech Republic), Girelle Production (France), Filmtank GmbH (Germany)
Filhos do Vento: A Rapa
Director: Brais Revalderia
Producers: Maria Ordonez, Alberto José Rey Basteiro
Executive Producers: Pedro Revalderia, Ignacio Linares
Production Companies: Cinexin Studios LLC (USA), Evernia Media S.L. (Spain), 100 Sutton Studios LLC (USA), WECOM (Spain)
Gawlo
Director, Co-Producer: Aïcha Diop
Producer: Jessica Hallenbeck
Production Companies: Lantern Films Inc. (Canada), Studio Tokosel Inc. (Canada)
Hands Before Time
Director: Elizabeth Mirzaei
Producer: Ina Fichman
Production Companies: Intuitive Pictures (Canada), Mirzaei Films (US)
Land of No Pain
Director, Producer: Émilie Martel
Production Companies: Kannon Films Inc. (Canada)
Olanakwe Sa Ba’alako (Children of Honey)
Director, Producer: Jigar Ganatra
Co-Director: Imma Musa-Marco
Producer: Natalie Humphreys
Production Companies: JG Creative Ltd (Tanzania), Storyboard Studios Limited (Scotland)
Sega: The Music of the Indian Ocean (Working Title)
Director: Vincent Toi
Producer: Guillaume Collin
Production Company: Arpent Films Docs Inc. (Canada)
Untying the Knot
Director, Producer: Chona Mangalindan
Executive Producer: Félicie Roblin
Production Companies: Amaya Film Productions (Philippines), Zadig Productions, SARL (France)
Walk by Me: An Unexpected Sequel
Director, Producer: Lisa Leeman
Production Companies: Loka Pala Productions (U.S.A)
Deal Maker
Hot Docs Deal Maker is a specially curated one-on-one pitch meeting program for producers seeking financing and distribution from the international marketplace. Deal Maker pitches will take place April 29 and April 30, with an additional day of online meetings on May 2.
At the 2025 edition of Hot Docs Deal Maker,
42 documentary projects will
pitch to international decision makers.
The 1948, Forgotten Soldiers
Director: Wook Steven Heo
Producer: Hee Yang
Associate Producers: Yun Daniel Heo, Gye-Joong Kim
Production Company: Wook & Hee Film Inc. (Korea)
Abyss of the Wind
Director: Wanda López Trelles
Producer: Carolina Arias Ortiz
Production Companies: Mito Films Ltd (Costa Rica), Fundación Ixcanul, Wanda López Trelles
No Friend but The Mountains
Director: Yaser Talebi
Producers: Setareh Lundgren (Executive Producer), Yaser Talebi (Co-Producer)
Production Companies: Meritis Film AB (Setareh Lundgren - Sweden), Sunrise Ltd (Yaser Talebi – Iran)
Betrayal
Director: Lena Macdonald
Producer: Lena Macdonald
Production Company: Ferocious Films Inc. (Canada)
Big in Gazi Baba
Director: Pauline Blanchet
Producers: Pauline Blanchet, Kreshnik Jonuzi (US Co-Producer), Avdi Thachi, James Collie, Jan Dunn, Aymeric Isnard
Production Companies: Aral Sea Productions LTD. (UK), Lumiere Films LLC (MK), Top Neck Films LLC (USA)
Breaking the Silence (Working title)
Director: Ivan MacDonald
Producers: Elizabeth Unger, Ivan MacDonald
Production Companies: Hold The Map Productions LLC (USA), Residential School Project LLC (USA)
Clones In Heat
Director: Andrew Moir
Producers: Andrew Moir, Jessica Adams
Executive Producer: Ann Shin
Production Companies: Hands Up Films Inc., JA Productions Inc., Fathom Film Group (Canada)
Confessions of a Female Gamer
Director: Dolya Gavanski
Producers: Dolya Gavanski, Martichka Bozhilova
Co-Producer: Alex Tondowski
Production Companies: THEA FILMS LIMITED (Dolya Gavanski - UK and Bulgaria), AGITPROP (Martichka Bozhilova - Bulgaria), TONDOWSKI FILMS GbR (Germany)
Derek’s Ark (aka Fields Apart)
Director: James Damer Dawson
Producers: Serena Kennedy, David Broder
Executive Producer: Adam Wishart
Production Companies: The Slate Works Ltd, Damer Films Ltd (UK), Loupe Films Ltd
Dreaming in Blue
Director: Gunjan Menon
Producer: Saiyam Wakchaure
Co-Producers: Noel Kok, Pragna Parsotam-Kok
Production Companies: Beyond Premieres (Canada), Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) (South Africa)
Fakel
Director: Kornii Hrytsiuk
Producers: Anna Palenchuk (Producer), Aki Takabatake (Executive Producer)
Production Company: 435 FILMS LLC (Ukraine)
Far From Home
Director: Kristi Tethong
Producers: Kristi Tethong, Losel Tethong
Production Company: Hunt + Gather Films Inc. (Canada)
Fighting for Women's Lives
Director: Julia Lemos Lima
Producer: Mariana Genescá
Production Companies: Amana Cine (Trade Name), TVa2 Produções LTDA (Legal Name - Brazil)
From Fire, Comes Light
Director: Chad Galloway
Producers: Currently Developing
Production Company: Trail Films Inc. (Canada)
The Gold Diggers
Director: Décio Pereira de Matos Junior
Producers: Eduardo Rezende Lima (Executive Producer - CAPURI FILMES PRODUÇÕES LTDA, Brazil), Mario Henrique Peixoto (Executive Producer - DELICATESSEN PRODUÇÃO DE FILMES LTDA, Brazil), Gabriel Yoshio Fleming Uchida (Producer - TOZZO FILMES LTDA, Brazil), Décio Pereira de Matos Junior (Producer - Big Sur Produções Artísticas Ltda, Brazil)
Production Companies: CAPURI FILMES PRODUÇÕES LTDA (Brazil), Big Sur Produções Artísticas Ltda (Brazil), DELICATESSEN PRODUÇÃO DE FILMES LTDA (Brazil), TOZZO FILMES LTDA (Brazil)
The Half Truths
Director: Hemal Trivedi
Producers: Cynthia Kane, Laurence Uebersfeld, Amelia Hanibelsz
Production Company: Manjusha Films LLC (USA)
Home Again -Living in China
Director: Xiaoyue Qin
Producers: Xiaoyue Qin (main), Haixia Yu (executive)
Production Companies: Xinyuan Cultural Communication (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China), Heart to Heart Media Limited (Hong Kong), Shenzhen Hehecha Technology Co., Ltd. (China)
How to Die
Director: Robin McKenna
Producer: Robin McKenna
Production Company: Gaudete Films Inc (Canada)
How To Save a Shark
Director: Sascha Ettinger Epstein
Producers: Bettina Dalton p.g.a (Producer), Michael Tear (Executive Producer), Alan Erson (Executive Producer)
Production Company: WildBear Entertainment Pty Ltd (Australia)
The Incredible Story of a Film We Never Saw
Directors: Christine Mladic Janney, Claudia Chavez Levano
Producers: Christine Mladic Janney (Main), Claudia Chavez Levano (Main)
Production Companies: Amazona Producciones (Peru), Eleven Hands Productions (US)
Indira
Director: Tynymgul Eshieva
Producers: Tynymgul Eshieva, Adilet Karzhoev
Production Companies: IE Eshieva T., IE Karzhoev A. (Kyrgyzstan)
An Insignia of a Forced Winter
Director: Ajimesh Saha
Producers: Ajimesh Saha
Production Companies: Ajimesh Saha (India)
In the Winds of the Icefields
Director: Mihkel Oksmann
Producer: Hõbe Ilus
Production Company: Sui OÜ (Estonia)
Justice in the Land of Fog
Director: Laura Dauden Kocourek
Producers: Laura Dauden Kocourek, Miguel Angel Herrera Becerra (Main Producers), Valentina Romero López (Co-Producer)
Production Companies: Forward Films SL (Spain), Uno Uno Films SAS (Colombia)
Kikuyu Land
Director: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu
Producers: Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown, Mike Morrisroe, Joseph Njenga
Executive Producer: Amanda Brown
Production Companies: Trifilm Studios (USA), Ragtag Collective (USA), The Bea Company (Kenya)
The Murmur of the Cicadas
Director: Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba
Producer: Alex Noppel Briseño
Production Company: Bosquenegro (Mexico)
The Perfect
Director: Laura Liventaal
Producers: Hõbe Ilus (Main Producer - Estonia), Oona Saari (Co-Producer - Finland)
Production Companies: Sui Ltd (Estonia), Illume Ltd (Finland)
The Plant Diaries
Director: Andrea Pellerani
Producers: Sarah Schiesser (Main Producer - Amka Films Production SA, Switzerland), Amel Soudani (Main Producer - Amka Films Production SA, Switzerland)
Production Companies: Amka Films Production SA (Switzerland)
Saints and Warriors
Director: Patrick Shannon
Producer: Michael Tanko Grand
Executive Producers: Gaagwiis Jason Alsop, Desi Collinson, Patrick Shannon, Vinay Virmani, Connor Ritchie
Co-Executive Producer: Hayley Morin
Production Companies: Grand Scheme Productions Inc., INNONATIVE, UNINTERRUPTED Canada Inc.
Searching for SmarterChild
Directors: Lindsey Sitz, Zan Gillies
Producers: Lindsey Sitz, Zan Gillies
Production Companies: Dance Pizza Dance Productions (U.S.A.), Deep Structure Productions LLC (U.S.A.)
Shape of Silence
Director: Varun Trikha
Producers: Varun Trikha, Marie-Michèle Cyr
Production Companies: Sitara Productions Inc (Canada), Parabola Films (Canada)
Since I Left
Director: Mina Saidi Sharouz
Producers: Laurence Milon (Main Producer), Mahnaz Tafaghi (Executive Producer)
Production Companies: LA HUIT (Laurence Milon - France), AYVISIONS (Mahnaz Tafaghi - Iran)
Sister Senators
Director: Emily Harrold
Producers: Robin Hessman (Producer), Rachel Denny (Co-Producer), Ruth Ann Harnisch (Executive Producer), Ann Lovell (Co-Executive Producer)
Production Companies: Lynnwood Pictures (USA), Global Neighborhood
Si vas para Chile (Unwelcomed)
Directors: Amilcar Infante, Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez
Producers: Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez (Main Producer / Executive Producer), Amilcar Infante (Producer), Esteban Sandoval (Executive Producer), Terry Bean (Executive Producer)
Production Companies: Amilcar Films / PRODUCTORA AMILCAR FILMS AMILCAR INFANTE CORNEJO E.I.R.L. (Amilcar Infante - Chile), Someday Productions / SOMEDAY PRODUCTIONS SPA (Sebastian Gonzalez M. - Chile), Pejeperro Films / PRODUCTORA AUDIOVISUAL FORNO, FUENTES Y SANDOVAL LIMITADA (Esteban Sandoval - Chile)
This Too Shall Change
Director: Natalja G. B. Jacobsen
Producer: Ola Hunnes
Executive Producer: Knut Kollandsrud
Co-Producer: Karl Emil Rikardsen
Production Companies: True Stories Production AS (Norway), Relation04 Media AS (Norway)
Timetracker
Director: Pete Quandt
Producers: Ike Rofe, Jack Powers (Creative Producer), Jack Pearkes (Executive Producer), Jun Stinson Yamagichi (Supervising Producer, ITVS)
Production Companies: Timetracker Films LLC (Ike Rofe, USA), Good People Company Inc. (Jack Powers), Independent (Jack Pearkes), ITVS (Jun Stinson Yamagichi)
Umbrellas of the Acrobats
Director: Mukesh Subramaniam
Producer: Ponvishal Chidambaranathan
Executive Producers: Alejandro Valdes-Rochin, Miriam Chandy Menacherry
Production Companies: Elsewhat LLC (USA), Potato Eaters Collective (India)
Uncomfortable Body
Director: Estefanía Martinez
Producers: Juan Manuel Solé (Executive Producer, Uruguay), Josefina Recchia (Executive Producer, Argentina), Katia Klock (Executive Producer, Brazil), Licia Brancher (Executive Producer, Brazil)
Production Companies: Región Cinema (CINESUR SAS, Uruguay), RióCine (RECCHIA JOSEFINA, Argentina), Contraponto (CONTRAPONTO SRL, Brazil)
Under the Arbor
Director: Hayley Morin
Producers: Mackenzie Stannard, Hayley Morin
Production Companies: Sentio Films Inc, Under the Arbor Films Inc (Canada)
Untitled Vietnam Film
Director: Ashley Duong
Producers: Ina Fichman, Ashley Duong
Production Companies: Intuitive Pictures (Canada), Da-Lê Films
Welcome to Our Bathhouse
Directors: Tommaso Barbetta, Setsuya Kakinuma
Producers: Setsuya Kakinuma, Sanae Abe, Ina Fichman
Production Companies: double tommy LLC (Japan), Eizensha Co., Ltd. (Japan), Intuitive Pictures (Canada)
Yusra
Director: Salim Abu Jabal
Producers: Yasmin C. Rams, Salim Abu Jabal
Co-Producer: Virginia Subramaniyam
Production Companies: Perennial Lens GmbH (Yasmin C. Rams - Germany), Boujabel Productions (Salim Abu Jabal - Palestine), Les Poissons Volants & Bachibouzouk (Virginia Subramaniyam - France)
Deal Maker is supported by Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates, and the City of Toronto.