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• FAQ: Volunteers

  We ask potential volunteers to fill out our application form and attend an orientation session. We don’t hold any one-on-one interviews, but are happy to meet with new volunteers at the orientation sessions. Thank you for applying! You can expect to hear from us in early February with information...

• Festival Conference & Market

  Photo by Murphy Owusu Join us for the 2026 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.   Over the past three decades, Hot Docs has built a reputation for boosting the careers of filmmakers and supporting the work of our industry partners. Despite the challenges facing the global documentary industry, this year...

• Festival Screenings

  During the Hot Docs Festival, Docs For Schools offers free screenings of Festival films, offering students opportunities to hear from filmmakers and protagonists. The 2026 Festival program will be announced on March 24. About Docs For Schools Festival screenings: All screenings are FREE to...

• Festivals

  Photo by Gabriel Li Hot Docs Festival ticket packages on sale now. BUY & SAVE Discover the world's best documentaries, celebrate storytelling, and learn from inspiring conversations. Upcoming Hot Docs Festival, April 23 to May 3, 2026

• Financiers & Industry Representatives

  Below is a list of the industry representatives who will participate in the 2026 market programs.  Join your colleagues at the 2026 Hot Docs Festival, April 23 to May 3! Austria Autlook Films Brazil Grifa Filmes Canada Bell Fund Blue Ant Media Blue Ice Docs / KinoSmith Bogeydom...

• For Viola

  Hot Docs' screening series centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers, named in honour of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond. This series seeks to affirm Hot Docs as a space of inclusion for BIPOC creators and audience members alike. To minimize...

• Founders Circle

  Photo by Taku Kumabe Part membership, part donation, is an opportunity to make a meaningful charitable impact while getting unique access to Hot Docs events and programming. Experience exclusive access and special events with Hot Docs . We’re excited to relaunch the program with benefits...

• Gabor Pertic Named Lead Programmer for Hot Docs Festival & Doc Soup Series

  Hot Docs is delighted to announce that Gabor Pertic has been appointed Lead Programmer, Hot Docs Festival. In his new role, Gabor will oversee programming for annual Festival, as well as the popular Doc Soup monthly screening series. A long-time member of the Hot Docs programming team, Gabor...

• Hot Docs 2026 Programming Team Announced

  Hot Docs is excited to share the team of programmers that will shape the 33rd edition of the Hot Docs Festival, taking place April 23 to May 3, 2026, in Toronto. We're also delighted to welcome our new lead programmer for year-round programming at Hot Docs Cinema. In August, Gabor Pertic was named...

• Hot Docs Alumni at Sundance & on Oscars Shortlist

  Congratulations to the Hot Docs alumni screening at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, including 2024 Deal Maker alumni Barbara Forever and Birds of War, 2024 Hot Docs Forum alum Jaripeo, 2025 Deal Maker alum Kikuyu Land, 2021 Hot Docs Forum alum To Hold a Mountain, and 2023 Deal Maker alum Who Killed...