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Top 20 Audience Favourites & Rogers Award Winner 2023
Festival
On May 7, the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, which recognizes the top Canadian feature as determined by audience poll with a cash prize of CAD 50,000, was announced at a free encore screening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. Someone Lives Here (D: Zack Russell | P: Matt King, Andrew Ferguson | Canada) received the prize, courtesy of Rogers Group of Funds.
Someone Lives Here is available to stream until midnight on May 9.
Hot Docs Audience Awards
At the close of the Festival, it was determined that Lac-Mégantic – This Is Not an Accident placed first in the overall audience poll, winning the Hot Docs Audience Award. The top mid-length film in the audience poll was When Spring Came to Bucha and the top short film was Eco-Hack!
Both When Spring Came to Bucha and Eco-Hack!, along with several of the top 20 audience favourites are available to stream until midnight on May 9.
Lac-Mégantic – This Is Not an Accident
Someone Lives Here - streaming until May 9
20 Days in Mariupol - streaming until May 9
The American Gladiators Documentary - streaming until May 9
Silent House - streaming until May 9
Allihopa: The Dalkurd Story - streaming until May 9
Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
The Stroll
Angel Applicant - streaming until May 9
Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?
Against the Tide
Seven Winters in Tehran
Eco-Hack! - streaming until May 9
Name Me Lawand
We Will Not Fade Away
The Deepest Breath
Hong Kong Mixtape - streaming until May 9
El Equipo - streaming until May 9
When Spring Came to Bucha - streaming until May 9
Invisible Beauty
Top Films by Program
Artscapes: Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
Canadian Spectrum: Someone Lives Here - streaming until May 9
Deep Dive: Lac-Mégantic – This Is Not an Accident
International Spectrum: Angel Applicant - streaming until May 9
Human Kind: Because We Have Each Other
Made In Ukraine: 20 Days in Mariupol - streaming until May 9
Markers: Feet in Water, Head on Fire - streaming until May 9
Nightvision: Anhell69 - streaming until May 9
Persister: Seven Winters in Tehran
Special Presentations: Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?
The Changing Face of Europe: Vicky
World Showcase: Silent House - streaming until May 9