Press Releases, 2023-24

2024-05-06 - Hot Docs Festival Wraps With Resounding Success, Showcasing the Best in Canadian and Global Documentary Filmmaking

2024-05-03 - Hot Docs Awards CAD 75,000 in Cash and Prizes to Canadian and International Filmmakers

2024-05-01 - Hot Docs Forum 2024 Wraps With Over $47,000 in Prizes Awarded to Four Pitch Teams

2024-04-29 - Acclaimed Canadian Writer-Producer-Director Alison Duke Receives Prestigious 2024 Don Haig Award at Hot Docs

2024-04-24 - Sizzling May Program at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema: A Trove of Premieres, New Series, and Acclaimed Authors Await

2024-04-23 - Renowned Filmmakers, Captivating Subjects and Special Guests Converge in Toronto at Hot Docs 2024

2024-04-17 - Hot Docs Announces Esteemed Jury Members for 2024 Festival

2024-04-16 - Hot Docs Unveils Exciting 2024 Festival Surprise Screenings and Adds Repeat Screenings for Sold-Out Films

2024-04-04 - New Curious Minds Speaker Series in May Dive Into the World of Great Contemporary Architecture, Beatlemania, Italy’s Picturesque Regions, and Culture-Shifting Cinema

2024-04-02 - An Exciting Lineup of Films and Events at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in April

2024-03-27 - Hot Docs Announces Call for Applications for Series 3 of Citizen Minutes

2024-03-27 - First Glimpse at New Experience for 2024 Hot Docs Conference and Market

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Unveils Lineup: 168 Films From 64 Countries to Screen at North America’s Largest Doc Fest

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Unveils Lineup: 168 Films From 64 Countries to Screen at North America’s Largest Doc Fest

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 Festival Features 168 Documentaries from 64 Countries

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Announces Dawn Porter’s Luther: Never Too Much as 2024 Festival Opening Night Film

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 Special Presentations: World Premieres of Highly Anticipated Documentaries Set To Ignite This Year's Festival

2024-03-26 - Big Ideas Series Returns to Hot Docs Festival in 2024

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs’ Canadian Spectrum Competition Strand Brings Homegrown Premieres to 2024 Festival

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Unveils International Competition Strand for 2024 Festival

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Unveils New Festival Favourites Program: The Most Electrifying Films from Fellow Global Festivals Come to Toronto

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Made In Program to Showcase New Docs from Spain

2024-03-26 - Visionary Filmmaker Raoul Peck to Receive Outstanding Achievement Award at Hot Docs Festival 2024

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs to Honour Canadian Cinematographer Iris Ng with Focus On Program at 2024 Festival

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Introduces Land|Sky|Sea Competition Program at 2024 Festival, Presenting Docs That Explore Our Relationship to Nature

2024-03-26 - Tech Docs Land at Hot Docs Festival 2024: Introducing Emergence Festival Strand

2024-03-26 - Nightvision Program Shares Stories of Secret Mall Apartments, Shakespearian Video Game Play and Japanese Butoh Dance

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 Persister Program Shares Stories of Women Speaking Up And Being Heard

2024-03-26 - Docs for Music Lovers: Hot Docs Festival Introduces Pop/Life Strand

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 To Feature Seven Diverse Shorts Programs Highlighting the Best of Global Documentary Talent Across 20 Nations

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Celebrates Works of Protest and Creativity With 2024 Festival Program The Art of Resistance

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Spotlights Contemporary European Stories of Identity, Belonging, and Struggle in The Changing Face of Europe Program

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 World Showcase Program Presents a Diversity of Compelling Global Stories From 22 Countries

2024-03-26 - Exciting Special Events Revealed for Hot Docs 2024

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Lights Up Toronto Screens

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs 2024 to Award Over $135,000 CAD in Cash and Prizes

2024-03-26 - 13 Hot Docs Film Fund and Market Program Alumni To Screen at Hot Docs Festival 2024

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Forum Unveils Diverse Slate of Projects for 2024

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs Presents Free Educational Screenings Nationwide for Students Through Docs For Schools Program During 2024 Festival

2024-03-26 - Hot Docs by the Numbers: Quick Facts on the 2024 Festival

2024-03-26 - Films by Interest

2024-03-20 - 40 Compelling Documentary Projects Set to Pitch to International Decision-Makers at Hot Docs Deal Maker 2024

2024-03-19 - New Festival Favourites Program: The Most Exhilarating Films from Fellow Global Festivals Come to Toronto

2024-03-19 - Visionary Filmmaker Raoul Peck to Receive Outstanding Achievement Award at Hot Docs Festival 2024

2024-03-19 - Hot Docs to Honour Canadian Cinematographer Iris Ng with Focus On Program at 2024 Festival

2024-03-13 - Hot Docs Forum Unveils Diverse Slate of Projects for 2024 Edition

2024-03-12 - Special Presentations: World Premieres of Highly Anticipated Documentaries Set To Ignite This Year’s Festival

2024-03-07 - Hot Docs and A24 Join Forces for Stop Making Sense Residency at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

2024-03-05 - Hot Docs Festival 2024 Made In Program to Showcase New Docs from Spain

2024-02-28 - Hot Docs and Netflix Unveil Second Iteration of Hot Docs Incubator, Providing $120,000 CAD in Funding for Six Canadian Documentary Filmmakers

2024-01-30 - Buzzy Premieres, New Series, Author Talks and Oscar®-Nominated Docs at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in February

2024-01-24 - Hot Docs Offers First Look at Reimagined Industry Program for 2024 Festival

2023-12-06 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund to Back Six Canadian Doc Projects with $85,000

2023-12-06 - Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund Allocates $127,500 Across Five Canadian Music Doc Projects in Latest Funding Round

2023-12-06 - CrossCurrents International Doc Fund Theatrical Strand Awards $30,000 to Two Doc Projects

2023-12-06 - Hot Docs and R&M Lang Award $15,000 to Two Projects in the Short/Experimental/Interactive Strand of Crosscurrents International Doc Fund

2023-11-29 - Unwrap the Magic of December at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema: The Hottest Docs of 2023, Festive Favourites, Celebrity Author Talks, a Celebration of Holiday Cooking, and Exclusive Special Events

2023-11-13 - Hot Docs Names Producer, Director & Film Programmer Hussain Currimbhoy Its New Artistic Director

2023-10-30 - Exciting November Lineup at Hot Docs Cinema: Must-See New Documentaries, Author Talks, 4k Film Restorations, and Audience-Favourite Series

2023-09-27 - Hot Docs Cinema Kicks Off Fall Season with Captivating Doc Premieres, Conversations with Bestselling Authors, and the Much-Anticipated Return of the Hot Docs Podcast Festival in October

2023-09-19 - Hot Docs Announces Fall Dates for the Second Series of Citizen Minutes

2023-09-05 - Hot Docs Podcast Festival Reveals All-Star Lineup for October 19-22

2023-08-31 - Hot Docs Cinema Unveils Fall Delights: Captivating Doc Premieres, Tribute Screenings, New Curious Minds Courses and Conversations with Iconic Authors

2023-08-23 - Hot Docs Unveils Diverse Slate of 2023 Podcast Development Lab Fellows

2023-08-15 - Hot Docs to Launch New Installment of Acclaimed Curious Minds Speaker Series in September and October

2023-08-02 - Muskoka Chautauqua and Hot Docs Partner for 2023 Muskoka Summer Screening Series

2023-08-01 - Hot Docs Podcast Festival Returns in October for its First Live In-Person Edition Since 2019

2023-07-27 - Exciting August Lineup Unveiled at Hot Docs Cinema

2023-06-22 - LOUDMOUTH, Co-Financed by Hot Docs Partners, Lands on Paramount+ and Showtime for Streaming Audiences

2023-06-14 - Artistic Director Shane Smith Departing Hot Docs After Eight Successful Years

2023-05-29 - The Buzziest Art and Music Docs, Plus Special Programming for Indigenous Peoples Month, Pride Month and World Refugee Day, at Hot Docs Cinema in June