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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

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