What's On

Starting in February, members have access to a limited number of complimentary guest tickets for select Friday screenings of new first-run titles.

This offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and only the first 50 members will receive a complimentary guest ticket! 

Toronto’s best-loved film series returns December 4, featuring monthly screenings of the hottest documentary hits fresh off the festival circuit with special guest Q&As.

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 barriers to audience participation, all screenings in this series are free of charge.

Hot Docs partners wtih imagineNATIVE to celebrate Indigenous storytelling. In honor of imagineNATIVE's 25th anniversary, this collaboration highlights groundbreaking films by Indigenous filmmakers. A portion of ticket sales will support imagineNATIVE's ongoing efforts to promote Indigenous cinema worldwide.

New and classic concert and rock films meant to be watched with the volume way up.

 

Make memories at Hot Docs Cinema this Mother's Day weekend with special films and special events. 

Craft along at the cinema! Bring your crochet, knit, or other project and create along to films that foster creativity.

Experience the best of Toronto’s documentary scene with this monthly screening series, spotlighting the city’s top filmmakers and their most compelling stories.

Unleash your inner rockstar at our Sing-Along and Shout-Along screenings! Bring your friends and family and join the fun as we watch, sing, and shout to our favourite scenes together.

Inspiring ideas and in-depth conversations with the world's leading writers and thinkers.

A new monthly screening series highlighting 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.

Revel in the rich theatrical history of Toronto's beloved repertory cinema with cult and mainstay classics to when the building was known as the Bloor Cinema.

One May weekend each year, Doors Open Toronto invites the public to explore the city’s most-loved buildings and sites, free of charge.

Bring the whole family down for these special screenings!

$7.50 tickets for 12 and under!

In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, Hot Docs Cinema presents: A Year of Austen—a monthly screening series featuring beloved Austen adaptations on film that showcase the author’s enduring hold on literature, the romance genre and pop culture.

From Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai and many more, anime filmmakers have captivated imaginations around the globe and furthered the art of animation and film. Art of Anime is a screening series that celebrates anime films, classic and new, on the big screen.

From found footage to talking head interviews, the hallmarks of documentary storytelling has changed the landscape of comedy and inspired some of the most beloved horror movies of all time. In this recurring series, experience mockumentaries on the big screen.

In an age of chronic distraction, work burnout and stress, we all need a moment to refresh and decompress. Quiet Time is designed to nurture mindfulness at the movies.

Open to everyone, these screenings offer a sensory friendly environment for those in the neuro-diverse community or for anyone who may benefit from a more informal viewing atmosphere.

• Throughout the screening, house lights will remain on a low level and the volume will be slightly turned down.
• No trailers will be shown.
• Audience members will be free to move around, leave the theatre, or take a break in a designated “quiet” area.