The documentary community is filled with tough pros, but surely all of us can spare a thought for a festival that had to deal with the first outburst
Hot Docs
Hot Docs is back for its 2021 festival edition, bringing short and feature-length documentaries from around the world to viewer's home screens between

In this new age of physical distancing and social isolation, computer screens and television monitors have become the focal point for our contact with

Editor’s Note: Filmmaker Lisa Valencia-Svensson was invited to deliver a keynote address at Hot Docs this past spring. What follows is an abbreviated

Everybody loves an anniversary. Hot Docs had its celebrations last year when Canada’s biggest documentary festival turned silver to massive industry

During every phase of production, documentary filmmakers are required to articulate their expansive artistic vision and months or years of work in a

By Daniel and Marc Glassman We'd like to open our report on Hot Docs with a discussion of the festival’s acclaimed Forum, a must-attend event for the

Over the coming days, hundreds of filmmakers and industry professionals from across the globe will land in Toronto, Canada, to participate in the Hot

The 25th annual Hot Docs Festival is just one week away. If you are headed to Toronto, you can catch a whopping 20 IDA-supported films on the big

By Marc Glassman and Patrick Mullen Toronto's Hot Docs festival wrapped its 23rd edition on Sunday, May 8, with its usual record-breaking set of stats