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Doc Soup Calgary to Launch with Suzuki Doc! Subscriptions Now On Sale
Doc Soup Calgary will return for its third season on September 29 during the Calgary International Film Festival with the Calgary premiere of FORCE OF NATURE: THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE! Subscriptions to Doc Soup Calgary are now on sale, including the specially priced Doc Lovers offer - available for a limited time only!
Posted: Tue, August 24, 2010 - 4:47 | # (Audience)
A Doc of a Deal… the Return of Dinner and a Doc!
Once again this year, Doc Soup subscribers will receive exclusive dining offers on the evening of each month's screening with Dinner and a Doc - discounts and deals at Annex restaurants and cafes Southern Accent, By The Way Café, Insomnia, Chippy's, Pauper's Pub and Aroma Espresso Bar. Not a Doc Soup subscriber? Subscribe today to take advantage of Dinner and a Doc.
Posted: Wed, August 18, 2010 - 1:31 | # (Audience)
Hot Docs Co-Presents Outdoor Sneak Peek at WINNEBAGO MAN This Friday
Hot Docs is pleased to co-present a sneak preview screening of Festival hit WINNEBAGO MAN before its October theatrical release. Part of Open Roof Films' new outdoor film series, the screening takes place this Friday, August 20, at 7:30 pm. Enjoy drinks, live music, a great doc, a lively post-screening party and an amazing view of Toronto. Purchase your tickets at www.openrooffilms.com before it is too late!
Posted: Wed, August 18, 2010 - 1:00 | # (Audience)
Hot Docs 2010 hit TEENAGE PAPARAZZO opens August 27 - Special Advance Screening and Q&A with Grenier
Hot Docs 2010 hit TEENAGE PAPARAZZO, directed by Entourage star Adrian Grenier, will open in Toronto on August 27. A special advance screening featuring refreshments and a Q&A with Grenier will take place on August 24. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://globerecognition.net/offers/.
Win a double pass to the advance screening! The first person to email us with the answer to the question, "what is the name of the first doc Adrian Grenier directed," will win a double pass to this special event.
Posted: Tue, August 17, 2010 - 1:26 | #
Hot Docs and Rooftop Films Present Outdoor Screenings of Two Hot Docs Hits in NYC This Weekend
Hot Docs co-presents two screenings this coming Friday, August 13, and Saturday, August 14, in New York City as part of Rooftop Films' summer screening series.
LAST TRAIN HOME - best doc winner at IDFA 2009 - will screen on Friday, August 13, on the rooftop of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street (Gowanus / Park Slope, Brooklyn). WASTE LAND - a multiple award winner on the fest circuit and chosen as an audience top ten favourite at this year's Hot Docs - will screen on Saturday, August 14, on the rooftop of El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street (East Harlem, Manhattan).
For more information on Rooftop Films, visit www.rooftopfilms.com.
Posted: Tue, August 10, 2010 - 4:30 | # (Audience)
Hot Docs Co-Presents Two Outdoor Screenings with Open Roof Films
This August, Hot Docs is pleased to co-present screenings of two Festival hits - THE PARKING LOT MOVIE (D: Meghan Eckman) and a sneak preview WINNEBAGO MAN (D: Ben Steinbauer) before its October theatrical release - as part of Open Roof Films' new outdoor film series. Join us for drinks, live music, great docs and a lively post-screening party all outdoors in the city's downtown core. When Hot Docs presented Rooftop Docs during this year's Festival it was a huge success, selling out fast! Be sure to purchase your tickets before it is too late! More information and purchase tickets
Posted: Wed, July 28, 2010 - 3:02 | # (Audience)
RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE Now Available Via Hot Docs iTunes Channel
Hot Docs 2010 Audience Top Ten favourite RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE, about Canada's greatest rock band, the revered and iconic Canadian rock band Rush, is now available for purchase and rental via the Hot Docs iTunes Channel. For more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca.
Posted: Thu, July 22, 2010 - 3:36 | #
Hot Docs Hit GASLAND Opens This Friday at Royal Cinema in Toronto
Hot Docs 2010 hit GASLAND will open this Friday at the Royal Cinema in Toronto for an exclusive six-day run. Flammable tap water, mysterious ailments, poisoned land and livestock: this Sundance prize-winner exposes the shocking environmental calamities and cover-ups caused by natural gas drilling, shedding an absurd light on America’s new energy race. For showtimes, visit www.theroyal.to.
Posted: Thu, July 22, 2010 - 3:32 | #
New Round of Canwest-Hot Docs Funds Recipients Announced
Hot Docs and Canwest are pleased to announce that 12 projects have been chosen to receive a total of $251,000 in grants and no-interest loans from the Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Funds in its fifth round of disbursements. Established in April of 2008, the Funds consist of a $3-million completion fund and a $1-million development fund that aim to provide Canadian documentary filmmakers with much needed financial support at critical stages in their projects. With these 12 projects, a total 55 projects have received funding via Canwest-Hot Docs Funds, and a total of $1,369,000 in completion grants and no-interest loans have been disbursed. Read about the selected projects.
Posted: Thu, July 22, 2010 - 12:11 | # (Audience)
New Titles Added to Hot Docs DVD Collection. Special Pricing Until July 31!
Three new titles have been added to the Hot Docs Collection, which brings Hot Docs favourites and other outstanding documentaries to DVD with a portion of sales benefiting the Festival's Docs for Schools program. New titles in the collection are ARMY OF ONE (Hot Docs 2004, Best Canadian Feature), THE ORDER OF MYTHS (Doc Soup 2008-09), and THE UNFORESEEN. Get 25 per cent off the purchase of these or any DVDs in the Hot Docs Collection! Use discount code HOTDOCS2010 when purchasing online - offer expires July 31! For more information and to purchase, visit http://store.kinosmith.com.
Posted: Thu, July 22, 2010 - 9:24 | # (Audience)
Register for IN10 and Save 15 Per Cent
IN10 - the INteractive Exchange - explores the visionary ideas, creative excellence and technological innovations that generate truly engaging interactive experiences. From games to film, from social media to mobile, IN 2010 will bring together international industry leaders for two-and-a-half days of networking, ideation and business in downtown Toronto. Hot Docs has partnered with IN10 to offer 15 percent off registration rates. Use the code INDP15 to register, and visit www.inexchange10.com for more information.
Posted: Wed, July 21, 2010 - 3:38 | # (Industry)
SWEETGRASS Opens at Royal Cinema in Toronto This Friday
Recent Doc Soup season closer SWEETGRASS will open this Friday at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. Praised as "a really intimate, beautifully shot examination of the connection between man and beast" by The New York Times and "a one-of-a-kind experience... at once epic-scale and earthbound" by Variety, SWEETGRASS follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. For screening times, visit www.theroyal.to.
Posted: Thu, July 15, 2010 - 4:40 | #
Select Doc Soup Subscriptions Sold Out! Only 9:15 pm Remains
Subscriptions to the 2010-11 season of Toronto's Doc Soup have been selling like never before. Flexible and 6:30 pm subscriptions are now sold out and 9:15 pm subscriptions are going fast! Don't delay, subscribe today. Visit www.hotdocs.ca/docsoup.
Posted: Thu, July 15, 2010 - 4:39 | # (Audience)
New Titles Added to Hot Docs DVD Collection
Four new titles have been added to the Hot Docs Collection, which brings Hot Docs favourites and other outstanding documentaries to DVD with a portion of sales benefiting the Festival's Docs for Schools program. New titles in the collection are BURMA VJ (Hot Docs 2009, Audience Top Ten) and COLLAPSE. Get 25 per cent off the purchase of these or any DVDs in the Hot Docs Collection! Use discount code HOTDOC2010 when purchasing online. For more information and to purchase, visit www.kinosmith.com.
Posted: Thu, July 15, 2010 - 4:38 | # (Audience)
Four New Titles Join Hot Docs Collection on DVD
Four new titles have been added to the Hot Docs Collection, which brings Hot Docs favourites and other outstanding documentaries to DVD with a portion of sales benefiting the Festival's Docs for Schools program. New titles in the collection are THE BETRAYAL (Hot Docs 2009), PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI (Hot Docs 2009, Audience Top Ten), THE BODYBUILDER AND I (Hot Docs 2007, Best Canadian Feature), and UNMISTAKEN CHILD. For more information and to purchase, visit www.kinosmith.com.
Posted: Wed, June 16, 2010 - 5:34 | # (Audience)
Discount on Registration for Cross Media TO, July 21 in Toronto
On July 21, Cross Media TO will bring together leaders from all key media industries to discuss, demonstrate, and debate cross media integration and partnerships, with the goal of bridging the gap between different media sectors in order share information and find new opportunities.Cross Media TO wants the gaming people to meet the TV people, the publishing people to meet the web video people, and everyone to meet the advertising people, but know that, in the end, it’s all about the money. Speakers announced include Chris Van Noy - Chief Strategist - Akamai, Steve Pratt - Director CBC Radio 3 - CBC Radio 3, Dr. Siobhan O'Flynn - Transmedia Consultant, Douglas Edwards - CEO - ES3. Companies attending include RIM, Microsoft, CFC Media Lab, Interactive Ontario, Weber Shadwick Canada, Bell Canada, ZoomerMedia, Bing.ca, ARK Consulting, Rockpeaks.com, Temple Street Productions, M Consulting, and Metranome. Use Registration Code HOTDOCS2010 to get 15 per cent off.
Posted: Wed, June 16, 2010 - 4:45 | # (Industry)
THE SOCALLED MOVIE Opens in Toronto June 11
Hot Docs 2010 official selection THE SOCALLED MOVIE, about Montreal-based musical wizard Josh Dolgin, aka Socalled, will open in Toronto June 11 at the Royal Cinema. The film is now playing in Montreal and will open in select cities across Canada. For more information, visit http://blog.nfb.ca/socalled/.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:10 | #
Hot Docs Audience Favourite RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE to Screen Across Canada
Hot Docs audience top ten favourite RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE will receive special limited-engagement screenings across Canada. The film, chronicling iconic Canadian rock band Rush, will screen for one night only in Toronto on June 10, and in theatres from Vancouver and Victoria to St. Johns and Yellowknife between June 10 and July 4. Most screenings are one night only. Click here for screening dates, times and locations in your area.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:08 | #
2010 Official Selection LAND opens in Toronto June 4
Hot Docs 2010 official selection LAND opens Friday, June 4, at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. In LAND, burnt-out baby-boomers, Sandinistas, and ex-lefty capitalist developers clash in a wild-west showdown over land in a bucolic Nicaraguan seaside town. For information and showtimes, visit www.theroyal.to.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:06 | #
Best of Hot Docs at CFI in Ottawa June 16 and 18
Hot Docs is thrilled to be partnering with the Canadian Film Institute to bring to the nation's capital some of the outstanding documentary films presented this past season, to screen June 16 and 18 in Ottawa at the Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street.
The Best of Hot Docs will feature 2010 Best Canadian Feature winner IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY by Shelley Saywell, 2010 Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature winner LEAVE THEM LAUGHING by John Zaritsky, Hot Docs 2010 official selection and Canwest-Hot Docs Funds recipient LIFE WITH MURDER by John Kastner, and Doc Soup hit and Canwest-Hot Docs Funds recipient LAST TRAIN HOME by Lixin Fan. Hot Docs' director of development Rose Bellosillo and programming manager Karina Rotenstein will be in Ottawa to help present the screenings.
Tickets to each Best of Hot Docs screening are $10 for non-members and $6 for CFI members. For more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:05 | # (Audience)
Young Aspiring Filmmakers - Apply to Doc Camp 2010!
Hot Docs is delighted to bring back the popular Doc Camp, a free week-long camp for aspiring filmmakers ages 14 to 18. Offering youth a dynamic combination of hands-on creativity and lively interaction, Doc Camp participants will learn how to plan, shoot and edit their own short doc while also taking part in exclusive sessions with special guest speakers, including some of Canada's leading documentarians. Doc Camp will take place August 23 to 27, and the deadline to apply is Monday, June 14. For more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca/youth.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:04 | # (Audience)
Conference Sessions Now Online at HotDocsLibrary.ca
Conference sessions and other industry events are now available to view online as part of Hot Docs' Doc Library. Industry Corner 2010 features sessions, Kickstart panels, International Co-Production Day events and more. To view now, please visit www.hotdocslibrary.ca.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:02 | # (Industry)
Doc It! 2010 Films Now Online at HotDocsLibrary.ca
This year's Doc It! selections - short films by young filmmakers aged 14 to 18 - are now online and available to view as part of Hot Docs' Doc Library. View these nine works now at www.hotdocslibrary.ca.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 2:00 | # (Audience)
6:30 pm Subscriptions to Doc Soup 2010-11 Season Almost Sold Out!
Subscriptions to 6:30 pm screenings of Doc Soup's 2010-11 season are almost sold out! Subscribe now to guarantee your seat and to take advantage of early-bird pricing. For more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca/docsoup.
Posted: Fri, June 04, 2010 - 1:55 | # (Audience)
Mark Your Calendars! Hot Docs Announces 2011 Dates
Hot Docs is pleased to announce that the 2011 Festival will take place April 28 to May 8! Mark your calendars and stay tuned to future eBulletins for film news, events and more.
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2010 - 3:58 | # (Audience)
Hot Docs Co-presents at Inside Out
Hot Docs is delighted to co-present a number of documentaries at this year's Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary May 20 to May 30. Hot Docs will co-present four films in the icon series: LITTLE JOE; TOPP TWINS: UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS; JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK, and PRIMA DONNA: THE STORY OF RUFUS WAINWRIGHT'S DEBUT OPERA. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.insideout.ca.
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2010 - 3:58 | #
TDF Alumni Film LIVING DOWNSTREAM at Bloor Cinema Tuesday, May 18
Pitched at the Toronto Documentary Forum in 2009, LIVING DOWNSTREAM is an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary about ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., an internationally recognized authority on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. This poetic film follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. LIVING DOWNSTREAM will screen at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 18, at the Bloor Cinema. A Q&A session with Steingraber and filmmaker Chanda Chevannes will follow the screening. For more information, visit www.livingdownstream.com/.
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2010 - 3:57 | #
Doc Soup Hit SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION Opens in Edmonton
A hit at Doc Soup in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION will play in Edmonton May 22 to 24 at the Metro Cinema. Called "a stirring civics lesson combined with glossy modern music videos of the movement's greatest hits" by Variety, the film will screen each night at 7:00 pm. For more information, visit www.metrocinema.org.
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2010 - 3:56 | #
Hot Docs Audience Award Winner Announced
After the final screening yesterday, votes were tallied for the Hot Docs Audience Award. The winner is THUNDER SOUL (D: Mark Landsman, USA), chronicling the reunion of the Kashmere High School Band – 35 years after their initial success – in honour of their mentor, Conrad "Prof" Johnson.
The top ten audience favourites as determined by audience vote are:
THUNDER SOUL (D: Mark Landsman; USA)
A DRUMMER'S DREAM (D: John Walker; Canada)
MY LIFE WITH CARLOS (D: German Berger; Chile, Spain, Germany)
AUTUMN GOLD (D: Jan Tenhaven; Austria, Germany)
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING (D: John Zaritsky; Canada, USA)
RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE (D: Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn; Canada)
LISTEN TO THIS (D: Juan Baquero; Canada)
A SMALL ACT (D: Jennifer Arnold; USA)
WASTE LAND (D: Lucy Walker; UK, Brazil)
MARWENCOL (D: Jeff Malmberg; USA)
Also announced, the recipient of the first ever Filmmaker Award is AUTUMN GOLD (D: Jan Tenhaven), as decided by ballots collected from filmmakers with work featured in this year's Festival.
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2010 - 4:13 | # (Audience)
2010 Hot Docs Awards Announced!
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival capped off a week of industry programming and film screenings with its 2010 Awards Presentation. Ten awards and over $72,000 in cash prizes were presented to local and international filmmakers, including awards for Festival films in competition and those recognizing emerging and established filmmakers. The Hot Docs Awards Presentation was hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, host of Q on CBC Radio One.
Best International Feature Award
A FILM UNFINISHED (D: Yael Hersonski; P: Noemi Schory, Itay Ken Tor; Israel)
The award includes a $10,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.
The Special Jury Prize - International Feature
THE OATH (D: Laura Poitras; P: Laura Poitras, Nasser Arrabyee, Aliza Kaplan, Jonathan Oppenheim; USA, Yemen)
Sponsored by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, the award includes a $5,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.
Best Canadian Feature Award
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY (D: Shelley Saywell, P: Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks, Habiba Nosheen; Canada)
Sponsored by the Documentary Organization of Canada, the award includes a $15,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.
Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING (D: John Zaritsky, P: Montana Berg, Canada/USA)
Sponsored by the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, the award features a $10,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.
Best Mid-Length Documentary Award
I SHOT MY LOVE (D: Tomer Heymann; P: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann, Carl Ludwig Rettinger; Israel, Germany)
Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts, the award includes a $3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.
Best Short Documentary Award
TUSSILAGO (D: Jonas Odell; Sweden)
Sponsored by Playback, the award includes a $3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.
HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award
Jeff Malmberg for MARWENCOL
The Emerging Artist Award is sponsored by HBO Documentary Films.
2010 Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award
Presented to Kim Longinotto by Hot Docs Board of Directors
documentary's Don Haig Award
Presented to Toronto's Philip Lyall and Vancouver's Nimisha Mukerji (65_REDROSES - Official Selection 2009)
Awarded by the Don Haig Foundation, the prize includes a $20,000 cash prize generously sponsored by documentary.
The Lindalee Tracey Award
Ayanie Mohamed (Toronto)
Includes a $6,000 cash prize and $3,000 in film stock donated by Kodak Canada.
The Hot Docs Audience Award and audience top ten favourite films of the 2010 Festival, determined by audience ballot, will be announced on Monday, May 10.
Posted: Sat, May 08, 2010 - 3:18 | # (None)
Celebrated Critics Frere-Jones, Goldberger and Givhan Take Part in New Critical Mass Speaker Series
A new speaker series featuring international critics and media personalities, Critical Mass will pair three high-profile critics in the fields of music, architecture and fashion with local media personalities for three 90-minute conversations about the latest trends and ideas fuelling their fields. Critical Mass will bring to the Hot Docs stage musician and pop-music critic for The New Yorker magazine Sasha Frere-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic and writer for The New Yorker magazine Paul Goldberger, and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic and style writer with The Washington Post Robin Givhan. They will be interviewed by Canadian media personalities including veteran broadcaster and writer Eric Friesen, the host of CBC Radio One's "The Sunday Edition," Michael Enright, and iconic fashion reporter and host of CTV's "FashionTelevision," Jeanne Beker. Tickets are now available. Visit www.hotdocs.ca for more information and to purchase. The Critical Mass speaker series is programmed by Bob Ramsay, Ramsay Inc.
Posted: Wed, April 14, 2010 - 7:25 | # (Audience)
Save at Restaurants and Retailers in the Bloor-Yorkville Area with Your Hot Docs Ticket or Pass
Hot Docs is delighted to offer its audiences some deals on restaurants and retailers in the Bloor-Yorkville area. Show your pass or ticket stub at Hot Docs partnered restaurant and retail locations and receive a discount from April 29 to May 9, 2010. Download a list of participating locations.
Posted: Wed, April 14, 2010 - 7:23 | # (Audience)
Hot Docs Annouces 2010 Industry Conference Programming
Hot Docs is delighted is announce a full slate of 2010 industry conference programming, all of which will take place during this year's festival, conference and market, April 29 to May 9. This year's industry programming includes conference sessions, networking events, International Co-Production Day, Kickstart, and more.
View this year's schedule and purchase your Conference Pass or Networking and Market Pass online at www.hotdocs.ca.
Posted: Mon, April 12, 2010 - 1:47 | # (Industry)
Visit Toronto for Hot Docs 2010
Interested in visiting Toronto for Hot Docs 2010? Want to take advantage of the best the city has to offer? Take in North America's largest documentary film festival in the heart of Ontario's bustling cultural capital with the Hot Docs Visit Toronto festival package, available to visitors from outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Posted: Wed, March 31, 2010 - 6:02 | # (Audience)
Seven Official Delegations Confirmed for Hot Docs
Seven official delegations have been confirmed for Hot Docs 2010. Official delegations from France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Nordic Region, the UK and USA will attend this year's festival, conference and market and take part in International Co-Production Day, a day-long gathering of Canadian and international producers that features networking opportunities and special presentations with the ultimate goal of facilitating new co-production opportunities among attending delegates.
Posted: Tue, March 09, 2010 - 7:29 | # (Industry)
Celebrate Hot Docs’ Opening Night and Support Docs for Schools
On Thursday, April 29, celebrate the opening night of Hot Docs 2010 in support of the Festival's impactful Docs For Schools program. Mingle with special guests and media at a private cocktail reception. Enjoy the premiere screening of our opening night film with special introductions and an exclusive Q&A with the filmmakers. Then cap off your night with IMPACT: A Green Gala, a "green carpet" celebration in one of Toronto's most beautiful landmarks, featuring local cocktails, an amazing array of consciously prepared cuisine, dancing and a silent auction you won't be able to resist. All packaged in an environmentally sustainable way! Raise a glass and toast the opening of Hot Docs 2010 while helping to support invaluable and creative youth programs and efforts to green our planet.
Posted: Mon, March 08, 2010 - 4:59 | # (Audience)
Tahani Rached Celebrated in Focus On Retrospective
Hot Docs will pay tribute to Tahani Rached with this year's Focus On retrospective, an annual program showcasing the work of a mid-career Canadian filmmaker.
Born in Egypt, Tahani Rached settled in Quebec in 1966. After attending Montreal's École des Beaux-Arts, she was involved in community action until she made her first film, POUR FAIRE CHANGEMENT (1972), a documentary produced by Le Vidéographe, which set the tone for all her future work. In 1979, her first feature film, LES VOLEURS DE JOBS, revealed her distinctive view of the world, and was followed by a series of six half-hour documentaries for Radio-Quebec on Quebec's Arab community. An NFB staff filmmaker from 1980 to 2004, Rached's films include BEIRUT! NOT ENOUGH DEATH TO GO ROUND (1983); AU CHIC RESTO POP (1990); FOUR WOMEN OF EGYPT (1997); EMERGENCY! A CRITICAL SITUATION (1999); FOR A SONG (2001); SORAIDA, A WOMAN OF PALESTINE (2004), THESE GIRLS (2006), and NEIGHBORS (2009).
Tahani Rached will be in attendance at this year's Festival.
Posted: Fri, January 15, 2010 - 4:34 | # (All)
Kim Longinotto Named 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient
The Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has chosen celebrated UK filmmaker Kim Longinotto as the recipient of its Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation on Friday, May 7, at the Isabel Bader Theatre. As part of the honour, Hot Docs will screen a retrospective during the 17th annual Festival, April 29-May 9, celebrating Longinotto’s distinguished career.
Internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto is one of the pre-eminent documentary filmmakers working today, renowned for creating extraordinary human portraits and tackling controversial topics with sensitivity and compassion. Longinotto's rich filmography includes SISTERS IN LAW (2005), winner of a 2008 Peabody Award and two awards in Cannes; THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET (2003), which won the Amnesty International DOEN Award at IDFA and Best Doc UK Spotlight at Hot Docs; the recent HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO (2007), winner of the IDFA Special Jury Prize; The BAFTA award-winning DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE (1998); DREAM GIRLS (1993), winner of Best Documentary at Films de Femmes, Creteil; and SHINJUKU BOYS (1995), winner for Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Her recent film, ROUGH AUNTIES, screened at Hot Docs in 2009 and was chosen by audiences as one of the top ten favourites of the year. ROUGH AUNTIES won the World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary at Sundance in 2009.
Kim Longinotto will be in attendance at this year's Festival.
Posted: Fri, January 15, 2010 - 4:27 | # (All)
Film Transit International’s Jan Rofekamp Named 2010 Doc Mogul
Hot Docs will present Jan Rofekamp with the 2010 Doc Mogul Award, recognizing an individual who, over the course of her or his career, has made an essential contribution to the creative vitality of the documentary industry, both at home and abroad. Rofekamp will be presented the Doc Mogul Award at a luncheon in his honour during the Festival. Jan Rofekamp is president and owner of Films Transit International, one of the world's leading international distributors of high-profile theatrical feature documentaries. After studying film production at the Dutch Film Academy, Rofekamp co-founded and co-operated film distribution company Fugitive Cinema Holland until 1982, when he founded Films Transit International Inc. He has produced and executive produced dozens of films throughout his career.
Posted: Thu, January 14, 2010 - 5:19 | # (Industry)
Ripping Reality Retrospective and Made in South America Programs Announced
Hot Docs explores a decade of docs during its 2010 Festival with Ripping Reality, a retrospective that will map the recent explosive growth and popularity of non-fiction film.
With input from international documentary programmers, Ripping Reality will present a selection of contemporary films deemed significant over the past decade of explosive growth and development for the documentary form.
"We think the past decade has seen a new wave emerge within documentary culture," says Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel. "Yet unlike other new wave movements in the history of cinema this one remains largely undefined, unheralded."
Intended as a catalyst for further initiatives over the next year, Ripping Reality will afford Hot Docs audiences the opportunity to view significant works of the past decade and discuss the transformation of the medium during this time. Specific titles and programming attached to this retrospective will be announced in late March.
Hot Docs will once again explore the contemporary documentary work of specific nations and regions with its Made In program this year, which will focus on films from South America. Showcasing the finest in non-fiction cinema from this vibrant and artistically-rich region, Made In South America will feature a selection of films that champion the strength and vivacity of South America’s documentary film community.
Posted: Thu, January 14, 2010 - 5:09 | # (All)
