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• 2025 Festival Wraps After 11 Days, 113 Films, 179 Screenings

  Hot Docs wrapped its 2025 edition last night following an 11-day Festival that brought to Toronto cinema screens 113 of the finest documentaries from Canada and around the world, sharing the most pressing stories of our time with full houses of local film-loving audiences and showcasing global...

• $50,000 Awarded to Forum Pitches at Hot Docs Festival

  We've announced the winners of $50,000 CDN in pitch prizes at this year’s Hot Docs Forum, the Festival’s acclaimed international co-financing market event and the flagship industry event, including $40,000 in first look Pitch Prizes and the $10,000 CMF-Hot Docs Forum Canadian Pitch Prize. Hot Docs...

• About

  Photo by Paul Galipeau Hot Docs is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers. Hot Docs was founded in 1993 by the Documentary Organization of Canada (formerly the Canadian Independent...

• About the Cinema

  Photo by Joseph Michael Howarth The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is an historic, century-old cinema located in Toronto’s vibrant Annex neighbourhood. It is a year-round home for first-run Canadian and international documentary films, as well as special presentations and showcases. Continuing its...

• Accessibility

  Christian Peña Hot Docs and Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema value inclusivity and accessibility for all guests, staff and volunteers​. Hot Docs Multi-Year Plan In accordance with our obligations under the Integrated Standards Regulation (O. Reg. 191/11, s. 4 (1)), Hot Docs has prepared a multi-year...

• Acclaimed Canadian Producer Cornelia Principe Receives Prestigious 2025 Hot Docs Don Haig Award

  Hot Docs is proud to honour Oscar®, Emmy and Peabody nominated Canadian producer Cornelia Principe with the prestigious Hot Docs Don Haig Award at the 2025 Festival. Principe is the producer behind Shamed (D: Matt Gallagher), in which an online vigilante, self-described as the “Creeper Hunter,”...

• An Important Update on the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sale

  Hot Docs is pleased to announce a conditional offer for Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. The terms of sale include a lease-back arrangement that will allow Hot Docs to continue operating and programming the Cinema year-round. Hot Docs anticipates the due diligence process to conclude in the summer. Hot...

• Anniversary Timeline

  Celebrating 31 years of outstanding stories, and the filmmakers and audiences who have shared them with us by looking back at the past three decades of Hot Docs. 1993-2002 In 1993, Hot Docs is founded by the Canadian Independent Film Caucus, now the Documentary Organization of Canada, as an...

• Anti-Racism Statement

  Photo by Joseph Michael Howarth We at Hot Docs are joining our fellow cultural institutions across the world in recognizing that our role as a community leader demands we take action to dismantle systems of oppression. We have heard the call to confront the systemic violence, racism and inequities...

• Apply: Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund

  The Shore Break (D: Ryley Grunenwald) Development grants of up to $10,000 CAD and production grants of up to $40,000 CAD to four to ten projects annually. Up to five funded projects will be invited to participate in a year-long mentorship program. The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund (HDBID) is a fund...