Hot Docs

Hot Docs Announces "Limited Reopening" of Ted Rogers Cinema
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2024
As the restructuring and reorganization of Hot Docs continues amid ongoing financial uncertainty, organizers have announced a limited reope...
Hot Docs President Resigns Amid Ongoing Financial Uncertainty
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2024
Back in May, it was reported that Hot Docs was temporarily closing its landmark Ted Rogers Cinema amid "urgent financial challenges"...
Hot Docs Cuts Majority of Board of Directors
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024
Due to "urgent financial challenges," Hot Docs announced the temporary summer closure of its landmark Ted Rogers Cinema last month. Now, the...
Hot Docs to Close Temporarily Due to "Urgent Financial Challenges"
PUBLISHED May 22, 2024
Following the en-masse exit of 10 programmers ahead of the 2024 iteration of the film festival, Hot Docs — Canada's largest documentary...
Hot Docs 2024: 'Daughter of Genghis' Has an Upsetting, Inspiring Character Arc
Directed by Kristoffer Juel Poulsen and Christian Als
PUBLISHED May 6, 2024
Daughter of Genghis is a documentary following a mother and son through seven years of their lives — but it displays such a fascinating...
Hot Docs 2024: Though 'Grand Theft Hamlet' Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In't
Directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls
PUBLISHED May 1, 2024
English teachers absolutely love anything that makes classic literature seem cool to young people. Someone rapping 'The Canterbury Tales'?...
Hot Docs 2024: 'Fire Tower' Lacks Storytelling Spark, but the Canadian Wildness Is Stunning
Directed by Tova Krentzman
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2024
There are a slightly more than a hundred manned fire towers in Canada, each of them occupied by someone who spends six months per year in...
Hot Docs 2024: 'Secret Mall Apartment' Turns a Childlike Fantasy into a Commentary on Capitalism
Directed by Jeremy Workman
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2024
"People live in a secret apartment in the mall" is a perfect elevator pitch — both a potent metaphor for the struggle of living under...