Hot Docs News
Hot Docs at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Congratulations to the four Hot Docs alumni who won awards.
Corus-Hot Docs Fund and Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund grantee To Kill a Tiger won in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary, and Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary categories.
2022 official selection and Doc Acclerator alum Patty vs. Patty won in the Best Short Documentary category.
Hot Docs 2022 Big Ideas selection and Top 10 Audience Favourite Comedy Punks: Kids in the Hall is won the Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series category, and was also nominated in the Best Direction, Documentary Series; Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research; and Best Picture Editing, Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchal) won Best Factual Series, Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research, Best Direction - Factual and Best Picture Editing - Factual categories. It was also nominated in the Best Writing, Factual category.
And congratulations to the 15 alumni who were also nominated for awards.
Hot Docs 2021 Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award winner zo renken is nominated in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary honourable mention Batata is nominated in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary, and Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection and Top 10 Audience Favourite Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew is nominated in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary and Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award winner and The Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian
Filmmaker Award winner Geographies of Solitude is nominated in the Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary cateogry.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection Scrap is nominated in the Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary and Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary winner Perfecting the Art of Longing, 2022 Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary honourable mention The Benevolents, and 2022 official selection Bill Reid Remembers were alsp nominated in the Best Short Documentary category.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection and Top 5 Audience Favourite Beautiful Scars is nominated in the Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series; Best Direction, Documentary Program; and Best Picture Editing, Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2021 opening night selection A.rtificial I.mmortality is nominated in the Best Documentary Program; Best Photography, Documentary or Factual; and Best Original Music, Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection and third place winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children is nominated in the Best Direction, Documentary Program; Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research; Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research; and Best Original Music, Documentary categories.
Hot Docs 2022 official selection The Talented Mr. Rosenberg is nominated in the Best Photography, Documentary or Factual category.
For Viola selection Dear Jackie is nominated in the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program; Best Sound, Documentary or Factual; and Best Original Music, Documentary categories.
Doc Soup 2021/22 season selection Dear Audrey is nominated in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary category, and Doc Soup 2022/23 season opener The Perfect Story is nominated in the Best Documentary Program and Best Original Music, Documentary categories.