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• Accessibility

  Photo by 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...

• 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 to Deal Maker

  Photo by Joseph Michael Howarth One-on-one pitch meetings for projects in development, production or post-production that are seeking financing from the international marketplace. Applications for the 2027 Hot Docs Forum & Deal Maker will open in October 2026. PLEASE NOTE: Hot Docs Forum and Deal...

• Apply to Hot Docs Forum

  Photo by Joseph Michael Howarth Pitch to the industry's top decision makers from around the globe. Applications for 2027 Hot Docs Forum & Deal Maker will open in October 2026. PLEASE NOTE: Hot Docs Forum and Deal Maker are the same form. Submission Fee $45.00 CAD must be submitted along with the...

• Apply to Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund

  Goddess of Slide (D: Alfonso Maiorana) The first of its kind and founded by Hot Docs and the Slaight Family Foundation, this fund is dedicated to filmmakers telling engaging, high-quality stories that embrace music artists in all its forms and that demonstrate Canadian music’s role in the world....

• Arts

  Behind the Bhangra Boys (D: Nance Ackerman) Stay up to date on Docs For Schools news. Join our email list. Film Archive: D: Brian Oakes 2017 42 min Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life. In this...

• Bill Nemtin Award

  The for Best Social Impact Documentary is inspired by Canadian filmmaker and producer Bill Nemtin, who passed in early 2021. The for Best Social Impact Documentary will be awarded to producers who find and tell compelling stories that inspire social or political change, and encourage their...