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• Rogers Audience Award to Be Presented at 2026 Hot Docs Festival

  Hot Docs is pleased to announce that the Rogers Audience Award and accompanying $50,000 cash prize, courtesy of Rogers, will be presented at the 2026 Hot Docs Festival. Feature-length documentaries screening as part of Hot Docs Festival that have a Canadian director and are CAVCO certified will be...

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• Selected Projects

  Photo by Murphy Owusu Each year, projects find the financing they need at Hot Docs industry market. At the 2026 Hot Docs Forum, a total of 15 projects from nine countries were selected to pitch, along with a "wild card" project that was selected live at the event. The 15 selected projects, along...

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• Social Justice

  A Canadian Slavery Story Stay up to date on Docs For Schools news. Join our email list. Film Archive: D: Sura Mallouh Canada 2024 19 min Recommended for grades 7-12 Comedian Alia Rasul unravels her dad's ridiculous near-death experiences. She also discovers how the 1974 siege of Jolo,...

• Special Guests at 2025 Hot Docs Festival

  We're thrilled to welcome intriguing film subjects, filmmakers and special guests to its 2025 Festival, taking place in Toronto April 24 to May 4. Special guests include Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin, artist Rashaad Newsome, investigative journalist and co-founder of Bellingcat Christo Grozev,...

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• Sport

  The History of Black Protest in Stay up to date on Docs For Schools news. Join our email list. Film Archive: D: Scott Lazer USA 2013 13 min The film explores the lives of the US Open Ball Crew who might go overlooked when retrieving and supplying balls for players and officials, but their...

• STEM

  Chasing Coral (D: Jeff Orlowski) Stay up to date on Docs For Schools news. Join our email list. Film Archive: Vox 2022 13 min Beginning in January 2021, advances in AI research have produced a plethora of deep-learning models capable of generating original images from simple text prompts,...

• Stories We Told

  A Canadian documentary rewind series. This monthly showcase presents celebrated and award-winning Canadian documentary gems of the past, giving audiences an opportunity to rediscover acclaimed films and filmmaking talent in a theatrical setting. Curated by Hot Docs Cinema lead programmer Vivian...