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    How to Film Politicians: A Guide to Gaining Access from the Filmmakers of 'Caucus'

    by Bryce J. Renninger on May 7, 2013

    AJ Schnack and Nathan Truesdell are well known in the documentary community; they work with Esther Robinson and others to stage the Cinema Eye Honors every year. They're also filmmakers in their own right. Both filmmakers had two films at this year's Hot Docs. Schnack co-directed, with True/False co...

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    'When I Walk,' 'Dragon Girls' Top Hot Docs Winners

    by Peter Knegt on May 5, 2013

    The 20th edition of Hot Docs concluded this weekend with 11 awards and $89,000 in cash and prizes being presented to Canadian and international filmmakers, including awards for Festival films in competition and those recognizing emerging and established filmmakers.

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    10 Films You Must See From This Year's Hot Docs

    by Peter Knegt, Bryce J. Renninger and Basil Tsiokos on May 3, 2013

    The 20th anniversary of Hot Docs -- the largest documentary film festival in North America -- comes to a close this weekend after a discovery-filled 11 days where many notable docs made their festival debuts ahead of what will surely be healthy stints on the circuit.

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    10 Things Every Filmmaker Should Know From John Sloss's Hot Docs Master Class

    by Peter Knegt on May 2, 2013

    Few folks in the independent film industry are more qualified to teach a master class on rights management and film distribution than John Sloss. Founder of Cinetic Media, a co-founder of both FilmBuff and Producers Distribution Agency (the theatrical distributor of "Exit Through the Gift Shop," "Se...

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    Hot Docs Gets 'Lucky' With World Premiere of New Film About a Woman Overcoming Every Possible Odd

    by Peter Knegt on April 30, 2013

    "I felt like I had to trust somebody in order to be heard," Lucky Torres said after the world premiere of "Lucky," a documentary by Laura Checkoway that chronicles Torres' life. "That was the only way for others to know why I am who I am and what's happened to me in my lifetime. And it's going on ou...

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    Hot Docs: Technological Revolution, 'Total Disruption,' Stolen Privacy

    by John Anderson on April 29, 2013

    “Isn’t it ironic that I’m having all these technical problems when I’m supposed to be talking about technology?” director Ondi Timoner asked a very patient (for awhile) Hot Docs audience Monday. Well, yeah, but it’s hardly the only irony that’s been on display here in Toronto.

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    Feel Good Jewel Thief Tale 'Doris Payne' Charms Hot Docs Audiences

    by Peter Knegt on April 29, 2013

    One of the many world premieres that enjoyed a warm response from Hot Docs' opening weekend (here's our take on another), Kirk Marcolina and Matthew Pond's "The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne" tells the remarkable story of their titular subject -- a woman who went from a poor, single African-America...

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    Hot Docs Wrap: Canadian International Film Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary, Winnows World's Best Docs

    by John Anderson on April 28, 2013

    Like a lot of people, the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival (official name) is "trying to figure out who we are," according to program director Charlotte Cook: In other, trying to figure out where they’re going to go, now that the fest has hit its 20th year -- a convenient moment to reas...

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    Riveting Strip Club-Set Family Saga 'The Manor' Opens Hot Docs In Style

    by Peter Knegt on April 26, 2013

    After spending a decade as a film animator, Shawney Cohen got burnt out and decided it was time to take a break from his career to spend some time working at the family business. It just so happens that business was The Manor, a strip club located 40 miles west of Toronto, Canada.

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    FatLabs Composer Vikas Kohli Heads to Cannes and HotDocs (VIDEO)

    by Ryan Lattanzio on April 25, 2013

    Indo-Canadian composer Vikas Kohli of FatLabs has two films gearing up for the festival circuit. 

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