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    Hot Docs Sets Full Lineup For 20th Anniversary Fest

    by Peter Knegt on March 20, 2013

    Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced the full film line-up for its 20th edition -- running April 25 to May 5 in Toronto, Canada -- at a press conference yesterday at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.  From 2,386 film submissions, this year’s slate will present a whopping ...

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    Hot Docs Sets 28 Films For 2013 Edition

    by Peter Knegt on March 6, 2013

    Toronto's Hot Docs has announced 28 documentary features that will be a part of this year’s Special Presentations program, a "collection of world and international premieres, award-winners from the recent international festival circuit, and works by master filmmakers, and featuring some star subject...

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    'Chasing Ice' and 'The Imposter' Take People's Choice and Filmmakers Awards at Hot Docs

    by Devin Lee Fuller on May 7, 2012

    The votes have been tallied and now Hot Docs has announced the final winners at this year's festival. Jeff Orlowski's "Chasing Ice" took the People's Choice Award and Bart Layton's "The Imposter" won the Filmmakers Award.

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    First-Time Directing Duo Talk Ugandan LGBT Rights Doc 'Call Me Kuchu'

    by Peter Knegt on May 7, 2012

    Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright's Ugandan LGBT rights doc "Call Me Kuchu" has been met with considerable accolades in its short span on the festival circuit. 

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    'World Before Her,' 'Call Me Kuchu' Lead Hot Docs Winners

    by Peter Knegt on May 5, 2012

    Hot Docs has announced the winners of the festival's 2012 awards, with Nisha Pahuja's "The World Before Her" and Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright's "Call Me Kuchu" taking top prizes in the Canadian and international categories, respectively.

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    So You Want To Make a Documentary: Tips From First Time Filmmakers at Hot Docs

    by Peter Knegt on May 4, 2012

    So you want to make a documentary? A panel at Hot Docs this week showed just how two team of first time filmmakers did just that. Led by True/False's David Wilson, the panel was essentially a case study of two films -- Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet's "Only The Young," and Malika Zouhali-Worrall an...

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    Rick Springfield Heads To Hot Docs For 'An Affair of the Heart'

    by Peter Knegt on May 1, 2012

    Thirty-one years after "Jessie's Girl" made him an 1980s pop culture icon, Rick Springfield can still rouse a crowd. On Sunday night in Toronto, Sylvia Caminer's Springfield-centric doc "An Affair of the Heart" made its international premiere after winning awards at US fe...

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    The 10 Hottest Docs to Watch at Hot Docs

    by Peter Knegt on April 27, 2012

    The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival began in Toronto last night with the Canadian premiere of Sundance hit "Al Weiwei: Never Sorry." The screening, at the festival's newly renovated hub The Bloor Cinema, kicks off 10 days and nights of North America's largest d...

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    Hot Docs Announces Projects For This Year's Forum; Finalists For Doc Fund

    by Peter Knegt on March 27, 2012

    The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced 25 projects that will be presented in this year's Hot Docs Forum -- part of North America's largest documentary market.  Taking place May 2 and 3, the projects were selected from 150 submissions from 15 different cou...

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    Hot Docs Sets 189 Films For 19th Edition

    by Peter Knegt on March 20, 2012

    The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced its lineup for its 19th edition, to run April 26-May 6 in Toronto, Canada. From over 2,000 submissions, the festival set 189 titles from 51 different countries.

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