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
• Al Jazeera (Balkans), Nejra Kozaric

Brazil

• Globo TV, Luiz Eduardo Garcia
• Globo TV, Marita Bittencourt

Canada

• AMI-tv, Andrew Morris
• ArtHouse Cinematheque, Marjan Alizadeh
• 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, Christine Lee
• TVO, Naomi Boxer
• TVO, Jane Jankovic
• TVO, Linda Fong
• Unobstructed View, Kerry Kupecz

China

• bilibili, Bo Zhang
• bilibili, Yolanda Fang

Czech Republic

• Doc Alliance, Christopher Small

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
• Doc Up Fund, Alex Szalat
• France Télévisions - 25 Shades of Doc, Alice Delvalle
• France Télévisions - France 5, Caroline Behar
• 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, Rickard Olsson
• 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

• BBC Storyville, Mandy Chang
• 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
• Taskovski Films, Irena Taskovski
• The Guardian, Charlie Phillips
• The Whickers, Jane Mote
• Together Films, Sarah Mosses
• TVF, Will Stapley

USA

• 30West, Adriana Banta
• 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
• Disney+, Marjon Javadi
• DOC SOCIETY, Jeanelle Augustin
• DOCNYC, Caitlin Boyle
• Duke University, Stephanie Owens
• ESPN, Adam Neuhaus
• Field of Vision, Charlotte Cook
• 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, Megan Huggins
• Hulu, Belisa Balaban
• Hulu, Kate Bustamante
• Hulu, Beth Osisek
• Icarus Films, Jonathan Miller
• 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 Collaborative, Lynette Gryseels
• The Film Sales Company, Lucas Verga
• The New York Times - Op Docs, Andrew Blackwell
• 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