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NA's leading doc fest, conference & market! We own & operate @HotDocsCinema & run @HotDocsIndustry & @DocsForSchools.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined January 2009
BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL! 15 minutes until @BillNye is @HotDocsCinema for #HotDocs17 @scotiabank Big Ideas screening of @billnyefilm!
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.@trixiemattel serving face with her newest accessory, @movingpartsfilm director Nick Zeig-Owens. Catch Trixie and Nick at another screening of TRIXIE MATTEL: MOVING PARTS—today at 3:30PM! #HotDocs19
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An update for anyone who watched @knockdownmovie at #HotDocs19—@CoriBush has been elected Democratic Representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district, the 1st Black woman in history to represent Missouri in Congress!.
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We're thrilled to announce HOT DOCS AT HOME ON CBC, a multi-platform fest-at-home experience that gets you front-row access to a selection of #HotDocs2020 premieres on @CBC, #CBCGem & documentary Channel!. It all kicks off on April 16: .#HotDocsAtHome
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"Drag is a caricature—this is still life. It's a snapshot of the Golden Age." .@trixiemattel, @movingpartsfilm #HotDocs19
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When @TheNational's lead singer invites his aspiring filmmaker brother along on tour, @AP calls the result, "Alternately hilarious, cringe-inducing, inspiring, depressing, stupid & profoundly intelligent." @NationalMovie comes to @HotDocsCinema on Friday:
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We're thrilled to announce that 135+ official #HotDocs2020 selections will be screened as part of HOT DOCS FESTIVAL ONLINE starting May 28! Stream doc premieres, enjoy pre-recorded filmmaker Q&As & more all from the comfort of home🏠💚. Explore👉
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We're thrilled to reveal #HotDocs2020's official selections! While we explore the best way to bring these outstanding films to you, we want to share them with the world to honour the vision & dedication of the filmmakers. Take a look (and stay tuned!):
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THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS (D: Reg Harkema). Delve into comedy's favourite Kids 40-year legacy as a renowned, cult comedy troupe in the leadup to their iconic show’s impending reboot for @PrimeVideo. A @BlueAntMedia Production. #HotDocs22
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Leading one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Iran, @AlinejadMasih uses her freedom in exile to amplify the voices of millions of women rebelling against the forced hijab despite threats of violence. Don't miss BE MY VOICE—today at #HotDocs22:
وحشت خشونتطلبان از دوربین مردم. کانادا هستم برای حضور در فستیوال @hotdocs که امروز مستند «صدای من باش» را اکران میکند. مستند بلندی که با فیلمهای مردم ساخته شده و روی پرده سینماهای اروپای بالا رفت و به کانادا رسید تا بگوییم جمهوری اسلامی همان داعش است
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We're thrilled to welcome @DanRather to #HotDocs19! As Executive Producer of HUMAN NATURE, he'll join us on April 27 for a post-screening discussion with Adam Bolt & Jennifer Doudna at #BigIdeas (presented by Scotia Wealth Management) hosted by @ziyatong:
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A big shoutout to #HotDocs24 audiences from the one and only @RealLucyLawless!. Before her Big Ideas screening, Lucy kindly shares with us how NEVER LOOK AWAY started and why she chose a documentary over a fiction film for her directorial debut!
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Of the 230 films selected for #HotDocs17, 48% of the filmmakers are female ❤ #WomenInFilm #WomenDirectors.
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A long and emotional standing ovation for Tasha Hubbard and the Boushie family following the world premiere of Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up 💚 #HotDocs19
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We regret to announce that due to the recent declaration by @WHO of COVID-19 as a pandemic, and with the health and safety of Hot Docs participants at our Festival as our first priority, we will be postponing #HotDocs2020. Read our full statement here:
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“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes. If we opened me up, we’d find beaches.” RIP Agnès Varda, a legend and light in the landscape of documentary cinema 💚💚💚
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Hot Docs is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of visionary Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer. Charles championed the voices of heroes big and small and shared their stories with the world. [1/3]
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The Rogers Audience Award & accompanying $50K cash prize, courtesy of Rogers Group of Funds, goes to: . SOMEONE LIVES HERE (@TinySheltersDoc) . If you’re not in-cinema for tonight’s encore screening, be sure to stream the stellar #doc online, May 5–9:
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262 films. 56 Countries. 113 World and International Premieres. 50% female filmmakers. The #HotDocs25 schedule is NOW LIVE!.Check our the FULL 2018 LINEUP:
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#HotDocs25 audiences are ready and waiting for the International Premiere of @bertmarcus’ #TheAmericanMeme, featuring @ParisHilton, @FATJEW @BrittanyFurlan @DjKhaled @EmRata @HaileyBaldwin @Kirill8MeOut & more
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252 docs & doc projects.56 different countries.13 #Toronto screens.110 world & international premieres.54% #femalefilmmakers.The full schedule for #HotDocs19 is live 👉 Early-access for package holders & members begins now! .On sale to public: March 26
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She's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack💕. After a bunch of sold-out screenings and a visit from Queen @trixiemattel herself at #HotDocs19, @movingpartsdoc is coming back to @HotDocsCinema for a limited run!. Opening November 16:
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Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Marie Nelson has been named the organization’s new president. Starting June 1, Ms. Nelson will assume responsibility for the strategic leadership and management at Hot Docs. Learn more at
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🎞️🚨🙌 All of #HotDocs21 is now officially streaming across Canada until May 9! . Find your films 👉 What are you watching first? 👀
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ANGRY INUK wins Vimeo On Demand Audience Award & $25,000 Canadian Documentary Promotion Award! #HotDocs16
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The Kids are coming to #HotDocs22! Join us at 6:30 PM for THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS, followed by an extended Q&A with filmmakers & some special guests that are guaranteed to crush your head—hosted by @JenniferWhalen. BIG IDEAS presented by Scotia Wealth Management
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#HotDocs19 is almost here! .Explore your world from April 25–May 5. Find films. Buy tickets:
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“The most difficult stories to tell are the ones we most need to hear.”. #HotDocs19 will open on April 25, 2019 with the world premiere of @TashHubbard’s powerful and urgent NÎPAWISTAMÂSOWIN: WE WILL STAND UP.
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We've just announced the full lineup for 30th anniversary Festival, April 27–May 7. From over 2,800 submissions, this year's Festival features 214 outstanding documentaries from 72 countries. Explore #HotDocs23 full lineup now at
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"Tonight we salute those filmmakers who intrepidly took the first steps to build Hot Docs out of nothing. Your dream is alive and thriving." . Thank you to everyone who helped make #HotDocs25's opening night, and every Festival night of the past 25 years, truly magical 💚
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#HotDocs17 April 27 - May 7 in the ❤ of Toronto. Find films, tour the world without leaving the cinema, LOOK CLOSER:
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Winner of the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at #HotDocs19 is PREY by Matt Gallagher, a riveting and unflinching account of a survivor’s journey as he takes on the Catholic Church in an Ontario court.
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In response to Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, we're offering docs made by Ukrainian filmmakers for free on #HotDocsAtHome starting Apr 14: Please consider @DocudaysUA's fund in support of Ukrainian filmmakers on the frontlines:
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Quick! Tune into @CTVToronto RIGHT NOW to catch @BillNye chat about @billnyefilm -screening TONIGHT @HotDocsCinema for @scotiabank Big Ideas.
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Tonight was supposed to be #HotDocs2020's opening night, and while we have many exciting online things in the works, we still miss YOU—the audience members & filmmakers who came from far and wide to share and celebrate documentary in its finest forms. We hope to see you soon 💚
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JUST ANNOUNCED: 15 films in the #HotDocs19 Special Presentations program, showcasing works by masters, recent award winners & feat. star subjects—including Congressperson @AOC, chef Diana Kennedy & Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday:
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Just Announced!. YINTAH (d. Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano) won the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the #HotDocs24 Festival.
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Hot Docs 2018 is just around the corner!.Celebrate 25 years of outspoken voices & outstanding stories. Catch our stellar Festival line-up. Toronto, April 26–May 6, 2018. Find films. Buy tickets: #HotDocs25.💚💚💚
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ANNOUNCING: the winning films in #HotDocs2020's official competition! It's tough not being together to celebrate, but we hope you'll join us in congratulating these incredible filmmakers 👏. Follow the thread to check out the winners👇
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Voted by YOU, the winners of the Rogers Audience Award, courtesy of Rogers Group of Funds, are: . 🔸THE WALRUS AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER.🔸911 KIDS.🔸THE FORBIDDEN REEL.🔸FIRST WE EAT.🔸THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE THIS PLACE, ANYPLACE. Winners will each receive a cash prize of $10,000!
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Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, and $50,000 courtesy of the Rogers Group of Funds, is TRANSFORMER directed by Michael Del Monte! #HotDocs25
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The official 2018 Festival slate includes 50% female filmmakers. #HotDocs25.#WomenInFilm.#FemaleFilmmakers.
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The Special Jury Prize – Cdn Feature Doc was presented to One of Ours (D: @Yazbegrams). Sponsored by @DGCTalent & @OntarioDGC, the award includes a $5,000 cash prize. From the jury: “This coming of age story adeptly & lovingly examines the nuances of race, sexuality & family."
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Listen. Nothing we say today is going to be more exciting than Beyoncé releasing an album and a doc on the same day. But also, we have a Festival happening in 9 days, so maybe get tickets? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . #HotDocs19:
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.@joeberlinger & @TonyRobbins have arrived for the int'l premiere of TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU! #HotDocs16
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"Thank you to our volunteers for all that you do at the Hot Docs Festival. We truly couldn't do it without you." @shanestar sums it up best—#HotDocs19 would not have happened with our the help of our 850+ @hd_volunteers, and we couldn't be more grateful. THANK YOU!
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It's #FemaleFilmmakerFriday!. In @Yazbegrams's ONE OF OURS, a Haitian-born youth is racially profiled at an Indigenous basketball tournament, he wrestles with his shaken sense of belonging in his Indigenous adoptive family. See it at #HotDocs21:
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“The racial resentment and white supremacy that was built into this unexamined life that we were living in the mid-century was precisely what made it possible to divide us.” - powerful words from @abigaildisney . Presented by Scotia Wealth Management
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"Mystify is proof that Hutchence was, and is, much loved. Also missed, in excess." @mystify_mh has its Canadian Premiere at #HotDocs19 on Sunday! Get tickets: via @voguemagazine.
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“This filmmaker has created a lasting document that brings together past and future to illuminate oppression and resilience.” The Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award goes to NÎPAWISTAMÂSOWIN: WE WILL STAND UP, directed by Tasha Hubbard. #HotDocs19
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The World Premiere of Someone Lives Here (@TinySheltersDoc) recieved an extended standing ovation and an outpouring of gratitude for carpenter/subject Khaleel Seivwright (@FatDropTrailers) and director Zack Russell. The next screening is Thursday May 4:
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“Most refugees are not seeking for money—they’re seeking for understanding. They have no future. They exist but do not exist. If we don’t understand we’re all connected. if we don’t have that, then we are not living in a civilized society.” @aiww #WorldRefugeeDay
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That's a wrap on #HotDocs16! Endless thanks to our outstanding volunteers, hard-working staff & passionate audiences. See you next year!.
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The whole team at Hot Docs is deeply saddened to learn that our friend and colleague Ravi Srinivasan has passed away.
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HEAD'S UP! DocX VR @BrookfieldPLTO is so popular we can't take any new guests at the moment! We'll be back tomorrow at 10AM - come & see us!
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Big news! We’re thrilled to announce Hot Docs has received a $5-million gift from the Rogers Foundation. Details:
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AND THE ROGERS AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY GOES TO. RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World!!!
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The Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award, which includes a $3,000 cash prize, was presented to Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers for Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. From the jury: “Every frame beams w/ a sense of love & support for the dignity of this unjustly wounded culture. "
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**In Solidarity with the Iranian filmmakers**. Hot Docs stands in solidarity with the Iranian filmmakers facing severe suppression, intimidation, and persecution for speaking out against the brutal crackdown of Iranian authorities.
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Tonight would have been the opening night of #HotDocs2020. Even though we can't celebrate in person, we hope you'll join us at 8PM for Fest selection @findingsallydoc on @CBC! (Tune in for a Q&A with special guests on Facebook following the premiere!)
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From our family to yours, happy #HotDocs2020 opening night! Thanks for joining us online—we're watching docs with you in spirit 💚🥂🍿
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We're thrilled to reveal 15 Special Presentations screening at #HotDocs25! The list includes docs featuring comedians Bill Murray and Gilda Radner, beloved children’s entertainer Mr. Rogers, @Imaginedragons frontman @DanReynolds and MANY MORE:
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THIS JUST IN: 16 additional #HotDocs19 Special Presentations have been announced including a new film from @aiww as well as docs spotlighting @AskDrRuth, #MilesDavis, @Lightfoot365, @INXS's Michael Hutchence, @MettaWorldPeace, #WIllieORee and more:
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#HotDocs2020 alumni #MyOctopusTeacher wins Best Documentary at #Oscars2021! Huge congratulations to @PippaEhrlich, James Reed and team, and to all other incredible nominees: TIME, COLLECTIVE, @moleagentfilm and @CripCampFilm 💚
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We've teamed up with the @torontolibrary to offer up a limited number of #HotDocs19 passes! If you love docs & have a valid adult library card, you can grab one right now at select TPL branches. More info: 💜Part of the Museum + Arts Pass (MAP) program💜
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Tomorrow night! @garveyschild & @esglaude on James Baldwin's enduring legacy in an exclusive #HotDocsAtHome conversation you don't want to miss this #BlackHistoryMonth:
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.@MIAuniverse is at @HotDocsCinema for @MIAdocumentary! Graciously giving out tickets to the rush line 💚💚💚 #HotDoc25
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We're working hard to bring the outstanding films of #HotDocs2020 to you in some capacity. In the meantime, we've decided to publicly announce the full program on April 14. Read more in a statement from @shanestar, our director of programming:
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Meet Shane Smith, Hot Docs' new director of programming! http://t.co/u9b5Bq2sVl
http://t.co/0eXW6huRkx.
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#HotDocs25 was our biggest ever! Thanks to everyone who came out and helped celebrate amazing documentary film
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Happy #HotDocs21 Press Conference Day! 🎬. Watch the livestream here: And follow along with us below 🧵
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From April 28 - May 8, we're bringing 226 docs from across the globe to #Toronto cinemas & into your living room on #HotDocsAtHome. Tickets for #HotDocs22 are on sale now🎉. FIND FILMS. GET TICKETS:
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Film submissions for our 2019 Festival are now open! #HotDocs19 will run April 25–May 5 in the heart of Toronto and we want YOU to be a part of our 26th year. Early-bird deadline is November 14. Details here:
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NOW STREAMING ON #HOTDOCSATHOME. In @ZappaMovie, #HotDocsFest & #DocSoup alumni @Winter explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career of legendary artist and agitator #FrankZappa. Don't miss it:
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THE WHITE HELMETS, following the volunteer rescue workers of @SyriaCivilDef, wins Best Documentary Short at #Oscars. Congratulations!
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Meet our new Artistic Director, Hussain Currimbhoy!. We're so thrilled to welcome him & his incredible programming knowledge and skills to the team—an amazing addition that everyone is talking about. And congrats to Heather for her promotion to Director of Festival Programming!
Hot Docs Names Hussain Currimbhoy Artistic Director, Promotes Heather Haynes
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Whether you've volunteered for one year or twenty-five, we can't thank you enough for all that you do to make this Festival great. Thanks for a wonderful #HotDocs25—cheers to our volunteers!
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THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS just dropped a brand-new trailer & it's crushing our head. We had a chance to chat with the man behind the madness, Reg Harkema, about the doc—coming soon to #HotDocs22: @KITHOnline @BlueAntMedia #Kidsinthehall
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#HotDocs25 tickets are NOW ON SALE! .Join us for our 25th-anniversary Festival, April 26–May 6 💚.Find your films. Buy your tickets:
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#BIGSTEPS: @SamsungCanada has commissioned 6 short films for #HotDocs25! Sabrina Cruz is a video producer best known for @NerdyAndQuirky whose short documents a cross-country journey for a Yukon delicacy. Screening April 27 at #SamsungExperienceStore!
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#HotDocs25 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: @Imaginedragons frontman & devout Mormon @DanReynolds finds himself on a mission to combat growing suicide rates among Utah's #LGBTQ youth in @dargott's BELIEVER. Find the film: (cc. @LiveNationProds)
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📢Starting NOW: stream outstanding #HotDocs2020 official picks at Hot Docs Festival Online! Single tickets available, or grab a 5-Film Streaming Bundle and watch as many of these incredible docs as you can handle:
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Selected from 2,951 submissions, we’re proud to bring 252 docs to 14 screens across #Toronto! The #HotDocs19 slate includes:.🔸110 world & international premieres.🔸Films from 56 different countries.🔸54% #femalefilmmakers
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#HotDocs17 *Winner* of SPECIAL JURY PRIZE for INTERNATIONAL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: A CAMBODIAN SPRING, directed by CHRIS KELLY
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#HotDocsAtHome: @CrockofGoldFilm . Shane MacGowan, the inimitable frontman of @poguesofficial, gets the doc treatment in this riotous portrait from legendary UK punk auteur @JulienTemple. Start streaming:
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We’re kicking off the #HotDocs22 press conference at 10 AM EST! Can’t make it out to @HotDocsCinema? Catch the live stream here: Or follow the thread for live updates 🧵👇🧵👇🧵👇🧵👇🧵👇
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✨OPEN CALL!✨We're teaming up with Netflix to discover the next generation of filmmakers through their funniest, non-fiction tales. Five filmmakers will receive funding & mentorship, plus a world premiere on @NetflixFilm's social channels! . Learn more:
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