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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...

• 2025 Top 20 Audience Favourites & Rogers Award Winner

  On May 4, 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. Endless Cookie (D: Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver)...

• 2026 Festival Films
• 2026 Festival Wraps After 11 Days, 115 Films & 173 Screenings

  Hot Docs wrapped its 2026 edition last night following an 11-day Festival that brought to Toronto cinema screens 115 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...

• 2026 Hot Docs Forum Wraps with $48,000 in Prizes to Three Pitch Teams

  Hot Docs is pleased to announce the winners of $48,000 in pitch prizes at this year’s Hot Docs Forum, the Festival’s live project pitching event designed to facilitate meaningful connections that build relationships and open doors to collaboration, funding and distribution opportunities. Prizes...

• 2026 Industry Schedule

  Photo by David Spowart The 2026 Hot Docs Industry Conference and Market took place April 27-29, 2026. Important Information You can pick up your industry pass at the Industry Registration Desk at The Anndore House (15 Charles St E, level 2). The desk is open: Wednesday, April 22: 12:00 pm – 5:00...

• 2026 Top 20 Audience Favourites & Rogers Award Winner

  On Sunday, May 3, 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, courtesy of Rogers was announced at a free encore screening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. The Rogers Audience Award...

• $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...