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  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...

• Submit to Hot Docs

  Premiere or Pitch Your Film at Hot Docs Festival Hot Docs Festival will take place from April 23 to May 2, 2027. The Hot Docs Industry Conference and Market events will take place April 26 to 29, 2027. Premiere your film to enthusiastic audiences at this year's Festival. Regular Deadline: December...

• Submit to Hot Docs Festival

  The 2027 Hot Docs Festival will take place in Toronto from April 23 to May 2. Please note that deadlines and fees may have changed from previous years.  Questions? Check our FAQ page or contact [email protected] 2027 Festival Submission Deadlines & Fees   EARLY DEADLINE October 29,...

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• Top 20 Audience Favourites & Rogers Award Winner 2023

  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,...

• Top 20 & Rogers Audience Award Winners

  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...

• Truth and Dare

  Cutting-edge documentaries that challenge the idea of what a doc needs to be. Acting as a spotlight for future cult classics, this series celebrates the most mind-expanding, form-pushing works emerging from the documentary world. With feature films from around the globe programmed alongside daring...