What's On

Our beloved Doc Soup series will return from October 2025 to April 2026.  As always, each screening will showcase a documentary premiere followed by a Q&A with special guests. 

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.

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 Belik.

Welcome to Jukedocs, a new monthly film series from the musical mind of writer and podcaster Niko Stratis, bringing to the screen a dynamic blend of boundary-pushing music docs. 

The world's leading writers and thinkers join us for in-depth conversations to discuss their latest works and share inspiring ideas. 

A 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.