2025 Hot Docs Festival Media Kit Download the full 2025 Media Kit or click on the individual release links below. Download Media Kit Looking for film stills? Access images and clips for all films in our Media Download Centre. Go to Download Centre Watch the Hot Docs 2025 Press Conference recording: Back to Media Hot Docs 2025: North America's premier documentary festival returns with 113 films from 47 countries Hot Docs Festival 2025 General Media Release Hot Docs announces Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, directed by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Noam Gonick and produced by Justine Pimlott for the National Film Board of Canada, as the 2025 Festival's Opening Night film Hot Docs 2025 Special Presentations: World premieres of highly anticipated documentaries set to ignite this year's festival Big Ideas series returns to the Hot Docs Festival in 2025 Hot Docs' Canadian Spectrum Competition strand brings homegrown premieres to the 2025 Festival Hot Docs unveils the International Spectrum Competition strand for the 2025 Festival Hot Docs Festival 2025 Made In Exile program will showcase stories of displacement, memory, and perseverance Nightvision program shines a spotlight on bold tales of protective talisman insurance policies, football club ultras, and aliens among us Hot Docs 2025 Persister program highlights stories of women speaking up and being heard Hot Docs 2025 presents short stories of healing, bonding, courage, and persistence through four themed shorts programs spanning 13 countries Artscapes program celebrates artists, music, and resistance with four documentary premieres New Tipping Point program brings urgent stories to Hot Docs screens Hot Docs 2025 World Showcase program presents a diverse range of compelling global stories from 24 countries Citizen Minutes returns: Six new Canadian documentary shorts celebrating inspiring community changemakers will premiere at Hot Docs 2025 Hot Docs 2025 Venues Hot Docs 2025 will award over CAD 126,000 in cash prizes 14 films supported by Hot Docs' funds and market programs will screen at the 2025 Festival Hot Docs offers free documentary screenings to students during the 2025 Festival Hot Docs by the numbers: Key facts about the 2025 Festival Films by Interest
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