Hot Docs

• Hot Docs left out of budget 2024 funds as financial woes cloud arts organization

  Left out of the budget is Hot Docs, the nation's largest documentary film festival, which organizers said is in dire financial straits and may not be able to do an event next year.

  Entertainment

  Apr 18
  
• Oscar-nominated Quebec filmmaker confronts rail industry with Lac-Mégantic tragedy docuseries

  Drawing on the harrowing first hand-accounts of victims and interviews with railway officials, the docuseries traces how the small town became the site of the 2013 rail disaster.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2023
  
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• TIFF, Hot Docs offer free perks for cinephiles in their early 20s

  The Toronto International Film Festival and Hot Docs are offering free perks to welcome young cinephiles back to the movie theatre.

  Entertainment

  Mar 23, 2022
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• ‘A.rtificial I.mmortality’ review: Doc explores idea of eternal life through technology

  Toronto filmmaker Ann Shin's latest documentary, premiering at Hot Docs, explores the possibility of living forever and encapsulating our memories for those we love.

  Entertainment

  Apr 28, 2021
• Front row for history: Doc reveals fates of the ‘9/11 Kids’ at school with George W. Bush

  There's a lesson to be learned in '9/11 Kids,' say the creators: Even in the face of adversity, there is always room for resilience and hope.

  Entertainment

  Apr 23, 2020
• ‘A**holes: A Theory’: John Cleese, director John Walker on what makes us jerks

  Inspired by the book of the same name, 'A**holes: A Theory' takes a look at humanity and contemporary "a--hole" culture.

  Entertainment

  Nov 21, 2019
• Film on Colten Boushie case wins $10,000 prize at Hot Docs festival

  Colten Boushie was shot to death after the vehicle he was in drove onto a farm property near Biggar, Sask., in 2016.

  Canada

  May 5, 2019
• Colten Boushie documentary to open Toronto’s Hot Docs festival

  A documentary on Colten Boushie, who was killed on a rural Saskatchewan farm, will open the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2019
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• Ontario government boosts funding for Ontario Arts Council

  Ontario is giving the Ontario Arts Council $50 million in additional funding over the next four years.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2017
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• Competitive chicken pageantry is a thing, and there’s a documentary about it

  Move over Westminster Kennel Club, there's a new animal in town — and it's chickens — in Hot Docs documentary 'Pecking Order.'

  Entertainment

  May 1, 2017