Hot Docs Forum announces winners, with $40,000 in first look Pitch Prizes, including The Queendom by Otilia Portillo and Paula Arroio Sandoval.
Keep ReadingWho We Will Have Been, directed by Erec Brehmer and his late partner Angelina Zeidler, moves atop the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings.
Keep ReadingBoylesque, directed by Bogna Kowalczyk, profiles Andrzej Szwan, who performs as Poland’s eldest drag queen Lulla La Polaca at 82 years young.
Keep ReadingAnimated documentary Eternal Spring is the new leader in the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings with the May 4th update.
Keep ReadingJust Animals directors Saila Kivelä and Vesa Kuosmanen discuss their film about animal rights and an activist's ability to inspire change.
Keep ReadingKetevani Kapanadze discusses the documentary How the Room Felt and entering the intimate safe spaces of queer people in Georgia.
Keep ReadingHot Docs Audience Award race sees Shane Belcourt's Beautiful Scars, about rocker Tom Wilson and his journey with his Mohawk roots, debut in first.
Keep ReadingIn Rojek, Zaynê Akyol offers a haunting and poetic interrogation of the violence waged on Syria by ISIS and looks the beast in the eye.
Keep ReadingDirector Andrew Moir and producer Michelle Serieux discuss their film Don't Come Searching and using the COVID-19 pandemic to find the true heart of their story.
Keep ReadingNoura Kevorkian's documentary Batata holds strong in Hot Docs Audience Award race, while Chase Joynt's Framing Agnes debuts at number two.
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