2021 Decision Makers
Below is a list of the participating decision makers for the 2021 Hot Docs Festival. The list will continue to be updated in the weeks leading up to the Festival.
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Argentina
- Punctum Sales, Candela Figueira
Australia
- SBS, Krishan Arora
Austria
- Autlook Filmsales, Salma Abdalla
- Autlook Filmsales, Elisabeth Grund
Belgium
- Visible Film, Thierry Detaille
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Al Jazeera (Balkans), Lejla Dedic
Brazil
- Globo TV, Luiz Eduardo Garcia
Canada
- AMI-tv, Andrew Morris
- Bell Media, Justin Stockman
- Bell Media, Genevieve Bouchard
- Bell Media, Tina Apostolopoulos
- Blue Ice Films, Robin Smith
- CBC - documentary Channel, Jordana Ross
- CBC - documentary Channel, Sandra Kleinfeld
- Cinema Politica, Svetla Turnin
- Corus Entertainment, Kathleen Meek
- Corus Entertainment, Andrew Johnson
- Filmoption International, Lizanne Rouillard
- Films Transit International, Jan Rofekamp
- Game Theory Films, Hilary Hart
- Independent, Lainie Elton
- Indiecan Entertainment Inc., Avi Federgreen
- Indigenous Screen Office, Kerry Swanson
- Juice Worldwide, Miles O'Connell
- Kelencontent, Tanya Kelen
- Knowledge Network, Patrice Ramsay
- Knowledge Network, Rudy Buttignol
- Les Films du 3 Mars, Benjamin Hogue
- Mongrel Media, Tom Alexander
- Mongrel Media, Andrew Frank
- Ouat Media, Inga Diev
- Syndicado, Greg Rubidge
- TVO, Naomi Boxer
- TVO, Jane Jankovic
- TVO, Linda Fong
- Unobstructed View, Kerry Kupecz
China
- bilibili, Bo Zhang
- bilibili, Yolanda Fang
Denmark
- DR - Danish Broadcasting Corp., Kim Christiansen
Finland
- YLE - Coproductions, Erkko Lyytinen
France
- ARTE Distribution, Audrey Kamga
- ARTE France, Mark Edwards
- ARTE France - La Lucarne, Rasha Salti
- ARTE G.E.I.E., Claudia Bucher
- CAT & Docs, Aleksandra Derewienko
- Java Films, Rebecca Nicholls
- Mediawan, Arianna Castoldi
- Windrose, Pauline Mazenod
Germany
- 3 Box Media, J. Valentin Romero
- ARD - NDR, Barbara Biemann
- ARD - WDR, Jutta Krug
- ARTE ARD - RBB, Christian von Behr
- ARTE ARD - SWR, Dr. Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri
- Deckert Distribution, Heino Deckert
- Magnetfilm, Georg Gruber
- MONODUO, Ben Bassauer
- NEW DOCS, Elina Kewitz
- Picture Tree International, Andreas Rothbauer
- Rise and Shine, Stefan Kloos
- ZDF/ARTE, Marita Huebinger
Hungary
- HBO Europe, Hanka Kastelicova
Israel
- Cinephil, Olivier Tournaud
- Cinephil, Philippa Kowarsky
- yesDocu, Guy Lavie
Italy
- RAI DOCUMENTARI, Fabio Mancini
Japan
- NHK, Yoko Imai
- NHK Enterprises, Ken-Ichi Imamura
- United People, Kenji Sekine
Korea
- EBS, Gunny Hyoung
Netherlands
- AVROTROS, Jessica Raspe
New Zealand
- GQue Films, Bryan Glick
Norway
- NRK, Carina Bordewich
- VGTV - Norway, Hans Andreas Fay
Poland
- Against Gravity, Artur Liebhart
- TVP, Magdalena Borowska
Qatar
- Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Adel Ksiksi
- Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Ahmed Mahfouz Nouh
Singapore
- iWonder, Adrian Chia
Sweden
- SVT, Axel Arnö
Switzerland
- First Hand Films, Esther Van Messel
- Lightdox, Bojana Maric
Taiwan
- CNEX, Ruby Chen
- PTS, Wuan-ling Guo
Turkey
- TRT, Faruk Guven
- TRT World, Choy Lin Mok
UK
- Dogwoof, James Weber
- Dogwoof, Oli Harbottle
- Film Republic, Xavier Henry-Rashid
- Journeyman Pictures, Kate Chapman
- MetFilm Sales, Vesna Cudic
- Scorpion TV, David Cornwall
- Sideways Film, Kazz Basma
- The Guardian, Charlie Phillips
- The Whickers, Jane Mote
- Together Films, Sarah Mosses
- TVF, Will Stapley
United Kingdom
- BBC Storyville, Mandy Chang
USA
- 7th Art Releasing, Udy Epstein
- A&E Network, Brad Abramson
- A&E Networks, Christine Kecher
- A24, Sarba Das
- Abramorama, Richard Abramowitz
- Al Jazeera English, Reem Haddad
- Arthouse, David Koh
- Brainstorm Media, Meyer Shwarzstein
- Bridge Independent, Bill Straus
- CAA, Travis Tammero
- CAA, Amanda Lebow
- Cargo Film & Releasing, David Piperni
- Catapult Film Fund, Megan Gelstein
- Catapult Film Fund, Lisa Chanoff
- Character, Abby Davis
- Chicken & Egg, Lucila Moctezuma
- Chicken & Egg, Sabine Fayoux Cantillo
- Cinetic Media, Dana O'Keefe
- Cinetic Media, Alexis Galfas
- Cinetic Media, Jason Ishikawa
- Condé Nast Entertainment, Sarah Lash
- DOC SOCIETY, Jeanelle Augustin
- DOCNYC, Caitlin Boyle
- Duke University, Stephanie Owens
- ESPN, Adam Neuhaus
- Field of Vision, Kristen Fitzpatrick
- Film Movement, Jimmy Weaver
- Film Movement, Michael Rosenberg
- First Look Media , Jeff Seelbach
- First Look Media , Mahalia Cohen
- First Run Features, Marc Mauceri
- Flourishing Films, Efuru Flowers
- Ford Foundation / JustFilms, Chi-hui Yang
- Fork Films, Jess Kwan
- Fork Films, Kat Vecchio
- Gravitas Ventures, David Sullivan
- Gravitas Ventures, Nolan Gallagher
- Hulu, Belisa Balaban
- ICM Partners, Oliver Wheeler
- Impact Partners, Lauren Haber
- Impact Partners, Jenny Raskin
- Indie Visible, Matthew Chandler
- International Documentary Association, Dana Merwin
- International Documentary Association, Poh Si Teng
- International Documentary Association, Simon Kilmurry
- Juno Films Inc., Elizabeth Sheldon
- Kickstarter, Liz Cook Mowe
- Kickstarter, Elise McCave
- Kino Lorber, Richard Lorber
- Kino Lorber, Wendy Lidell
- Louise Rosen Ltd, Louise Rosen
- MIT Open Doc Lab, Katerina Cizek
- Music Box Films, Lisa Holmes
- National Geographic, Ryan Harrington
- NBC Universal, Nina Weinstein
- NETFLIX Originals, Sarafina DiFelice
- Participant Media, Kristi Whisler
- Participant Media, Rory Thost
- PBS - American Documentary l POV, Chris White
- PBS - ITVS, Noland Walker
- PBS International, Tracy Beckett
- Perspective Fund, Andrew Catauro
- Ro*co Films, Annie Roney
- Screen Media, Conor McAdam
- Sub Genre, Brian Newman
- Submarine, Ben Braun
- Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Kristin Feeley
- Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs
- The Film Sales Company, Lucas Verga
- The New York Times Op-Docs, Lindsay Crouse
- The Redford Center, Jonathan White
- Vimeo, Ina Pira
- Women Make Movies, Debra Zimmerman
- Zeitgeist Films, Emily Russo
