Hot Docs recently wrapped up its most successful Festival to date with audience numbers reaching an estimated 165,000! We’re screening two outstanding Hot Docs Festival films this month, Big Boys Gone Bananas!* and Marley. If you didn’t have a chance to catch them at the 2012 Festival we’re bringing them back for encore presentations. Fredrik …

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Hot Docs Festival friends, fans, and supporters filled the cinema on April 26 for the official opening night of the 2012 Hot Docs Festival. Director Alison Klayman’s film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry launched the festival, with resounding applause from the audience. This year’s festival features 189 films from 51 countries, over 11 days. The newly …

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We have a strong line-up of films for the last two weeks of April which explore communities from Siberia, Japan, the Belcher Islands in Hudson’s Bay, and the town of Teesside in the UK. These films focus on extraordinary communities and the people that live in them. Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia …

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The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema opened for regular programming on March 16, and since then we’ve seen strong support from the public who are excited to see the cinema’s renovations and enjoy its new programming. Over the past few weeks we’ve had very successful screenings and hosted numerous filmmakers including Connie Marks (Being Elmo), Henry …

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We hope you’ve had a chance to come by and see the renovations at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema – if you haven’t yet, take a peek at our Opening Night video! On March 14 we held Opening Night festivities at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema which included a special screening of Big Boys Gone …

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Opening Night at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema was a success with more than 600 friends of Hot Docs and the cinema getting together on March 14 to create what was truly a night to remember. This event was one of several Opening Week events showcasing the renovated cinema, one of the only documentary cinemas …

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