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EyeSteelFilm's Bob Moore Named Don Haig Award Recipient

2020-05-04

Hot Docs is pleased to announce that Bob Moore, co-president and creative producer of Montreal’s EyeSteelFilm, has been named this year’s Don Haig Award recipient. Now in its 15th year, the Don…

Hot Docs at the Canadian War Museum 2020 Screenings

2020-02-27

The Canadian War Museum has partnered with Hot Docs to present cutting-edge films from across Canada and around the world. Each screening will be followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A with a…

Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund Awards $115,000 to 10 African Doc Projects

2020-02-05

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Blue Ice Docs are pleased to announce that 10 African film projects have been chosen to receive a total of $115,000 CAD in development and…

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund Awards Four Projects

2020-02-05

Hot Docs is pleased to announce that four additional 2019 projects will receive funding from the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund. These four join previously announced projects Blue Box, *Love, The Last…

CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund Awards $150,000 to 10 Canadian Projects

2020-02-05

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is pleased to announce that 10 films—eight features and two shorts—have received a total of $150,000 CAD in production, development and…

CrossCurrents Doc Fund Theatrical Stream Awards $30,000 to CHILDREN OF THE MIST and WARPLAY

2020-02-05

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Panicaro Foundation are pleased to announce that Children of the Mist (D: Diem Ha Le, Vietnam) and WarPlay (D: Hemen Kurda,…

CrossCurrents Doc Fund Short/Interactive Stream Awards $10,000 to FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF

2020-02-05

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the R&M Lang Foundation are pleased to announce that For Venida, For Kalief (D: Sisa Bueno, USA) has been chosen to receive a $10,000…

Award-Winning Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Named 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient

2020-01-20

The Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce it has chosen multi-award-winning director and producer Stanley Nelson as the recipient of its 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award. As part…

With a dense catalogue of thought-provoking documentaries chronicling the African American experience, Stanley Nelson is a celebrated filmmaker many times over. A MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, he…