Imagine this: you’re in the middle of an important project, juggling deadlines, and collaborating with a team scattered across time zones. Suddenly, your computer crashes, and hours of work vanish in ...

Hot Docs has presented 14 awards and C$90,000 in cash prizes to the winning documentaries from this year’s official competition. The Hot Docs DGC special jury prize for Canadian feature documentary, ...

Hot Docs, the internationally renowned nonfiction film festival in Toronto, announced awards tonight for the 32 nd edition of the event. Best International Feature Documentary went to I, Poppy, ...

A scene from 'Spare my Bones, Coyote!' courtesy of Hot Docs A scene from 'Spare my Bones, Coyote!' courtesy of Hot Docs This year, Hot Docs features a selection of documentaries about people trying to ...

Hot Docs has paused its annual Forum for the 2025 edition of the festival. The decision to pause the Hot Docs Forum — an international co-financing market for documentaries and one of the more ...

Director of programming Heather Haynes will oversee a team of film pickers that includes programmers returning after a mass exit before the 2024 edition. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The Hot ...

After a year in the post, the former ABC News and Disney exec leaves a Canadian festival struggling for its future after a chaotic 2024 edition. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Hot Docs president ...

The future of Hot Docs Film Festival, one of North America’s largest dedicated to documentaries, is not looking bright. Less than two months after the Toronto-based festival temporarily closed its ...

The Toronto-based documentary film festival has been in a dire state since a staff exodus back in March. The news arrives less than a month after Hot Docs wrapped its 31st edition of its festival, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toronto’s Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary film festival, has appointed Hussain Currimbhoy as its artistic director.

Hussain Currimbhoy is the new Artistic Director at Toronto’s Hot Docs. The filmmaker takes the helm from Shane Smith, who left in June. Currimbhoy will begin his role immediately. He’ll lead ...