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5 unusual facts about Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival


Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Charles Officer (Mighty Jerome, Hot Docs 2011 Official Selection) received an honourable mention.

At the initiative of Wyndham Wise, then executive director of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus, now the Documentary Organization of Canada, a national association of independent documentary filmmakers, Hot Docs was launched in 1994 by a team led by Debbie Nightingale.

The Guantanamo Trap

The film was directed by Thomas Wallner and won the special jury prize at the 2011 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

The Source Family

The film premiered in competition at South by Southwest Film Festival 2012 and screened at festivals Silverdocs, Seattle International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival, with special screenings at True/False Festival "Boonedawdle" and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival "Doc Soup" series.

Within Every Woman

Within Every Woman was selected to participate in the 2011 pitch forum at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on May 4 and 5.


Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and was shown at Cinequest Film Festival, South by Southwest, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Sarasota Film Festival, the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, the Calgary International Film Festival, and the Edmonton International Film Festival, among others, before going into limited theatrical release in the United States, opening in one city at a time in select metropolitan areas.

Eric Denis

Eric "Roach" Denis' films have played in festivals such as Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in Tver (Russia), DocsDF (Mexico City) and Nemo (Paris).

Robert Cibis

This film was followed by the documentary Jesus Loves You (2008), which premiered at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Sheffield Doc/Fest and the Kraków Film Festival.

Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse

The first release of Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse outside of Switzerland was at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, April 2007, in Toronto.


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