The 2007 Hot Docs Festival spotlights Central and Eastern Europe. Is there a new documentary wave on the horizon?
Keep ReadingAssessing the work of the 2007 Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement winner, Heddy Honigmann.
Keep ReadingAt this year’s Hot Docs, it became clear that broadcasters are insisting on upgrading quickly to HD (high definition).
Keep ReadingHot Docs 2006 was better attended than any previous festival thanks to the organization’s promotional efforts and ability to present a provocative selection of documentaries within a framework of professional forums and
Keep ReadingMozartballs and Burnt Toast are two musical documentaries by Larry Weinstein that assert his unique vision, style, and appeal.
Keep ReadingCanada’s Peter Lynch, the director of Project Grizzly, and Werner Herzog, the maker of Grizzly Man, document doomed quests. In a personal essay, Lynch extols the obsessions of Herzog, this year’s Outstanding
Keep ReadingRudy Buttignol’s presence was crucial in the founding of DOC and the development of Hot Docs. He talks to POV about his passionate involvement with documentary.
Keep ReadingWhen it first began in 1994, Hot Docs primarily showcased Canadian works--broadcast docs--and it showed. How do artists and festivals find balance?
Keep ReadingFrom the Lumière Brothers, Georges Méliès, the Nouvelle Vague and cinéma verité, where would documentary be without France?
Keep ReadingThe Doc Summit began in 2004 as a policy conference at Hot Docs in Toronto, and evolved into a major yearlong research project. Telefilm Canada (TFC) and the National Film Board (NFB),
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