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• 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...

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• Hot Docs 2026 Festival to Welcome Nine Delegations

  We're thrilled to be welcoming nine official delegations to the 2026 Hot Docs Festival, April 23 to May 3, including: Atlantic Canadian Delegation, in partnership with DOC Atlantic Creative BC Delegation DOC Atlantic Breakthrough Program Delegation DOC Institute Breakthrough 2.0 Delegation DOC...

• 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...

• Hot Docs Alumni Nominated for 2026 Oscars

  Congratulations to the documentaries nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film, including CrossCurrents International Doc Fund recipient, Hot Docs Forum alum, and 2025 official selection Cutting Through Rocks, as well as 2025 official selections Come See Me in the Good Light and...

• Hot Docs Alumni Nominated for Canadian Screen Awards

  Congratulations to all the Canadian Screen Awards nominees, including 25 films that screened at Hot Docs Festival, were supported by Hot Docs industry programs, or played at Hot Docs Cinema: Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, Hot Docs Deal Maker alum Beethoven’s Nine: Ode To Humanity Blue Rodeo:...

• Hot Docs Alumni Nominated for Emmys

  Congratulations to the Hot Docs alumni who have been nominated for Emmy Awards, including: 2000 Meters to Andriivka Antidote Apocalypse in the Tropics Chasing Time Life After Made in Ethiopia, Hot Docs Forum alumni Union, Hot Docs Forum alumni

• Hot Docs Alumni Win at 2025 Durban FilmMart

  Hot Docs has returned from another successful trip to the Durban International Film Festival and Durban FilmMart. While there, the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Award, including a $2000 CDN prize was awarded to Climbing the Mountains (D: Sabrina Chebbi | P: Kenji Accard, Sabrina Chebbi | Co-Producer:...

• Hot Docs and Netflix fund five new Canadian documentaries with CAD 150,000 in Incubator program

  Hot Docs has announced the five Canadian feature-length documentary projects selected to receive a total of CAD 150,000 through the second iteration of Hot Docs Incubator. This program is designed to advance the careers of mid-career Canadian documentary filmmakers, including directors, producers,...