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Top 20 & Rogers Audience Award Winners
Hot Docs
The Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, which recognizes the top Canadian feature as determined by audience poll and awards cash prizes totaling $50,000, courtesy of Rogers Group of Funds, to the top three Canadian features in that poll, was announced on May 8 at a special free encore screening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. First place received the top prize of $25,000 CDN; second place received a $15,000 CDN prize; and third place was awarded $10,000 CDN.
Eternal Spring
Okay! (The ASD Band Film)
Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children
Hot Docs Audience Awards
At the close of the Festival, it was determined that Eternal Spring also placed first in the overall audience poll, also winning the Hot Docs Audience Award. The top mid-length film in the audience poll was Sexual Healing and the top short film was Dad Can Dance.
Eternal Spring
Okay! (The ASD Band Film)
Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children
Beautiful Scars
Smell of Money
Navalny
Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
Hunting in Packs
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Batata
Returning Home
The Quiet Epidemic
Category: Woman
In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis
How Saba Kept Singing
The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith
Dad Can Dance
Who We Will Have Been
Alis
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Top Films by Program
Artscapes: Beautiful Scars
Canadian Spectrum: Eternal Spring
Deep Dive: In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis
Hidden Histories: Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children
International Spectrum: Who We Will Have Been
Made In Chile: Alis
Markers: Skin
Nightvision: Crows Are White
Persister: Hunting in Packs
Special Presentations: Smell of Money
The Changing Face of Europe: Band
World Showcase: Sexual Healing