Hot Docs festival 2024 - The Globe and Mail

This year’s edition of the Hot Docs film festival runs April 25 to May 5, with 168 films playing at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, TIFF Lightbox and Scotiabank Theatre Toronto.

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April 24, 2024

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Chef Sash Simpson on the journey from being born hungry to feeding people for a living

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March 12, 2024

Films about Indigenous influences, declawing cats among Hot Docs world premieres

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April 27, 2022

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Hot Docs 2022: In wake of Heather Conway’s exit, Canadian film fest looks to ‘catch our breath’

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April 25, 2022

Hot Docs 2022: Your 10 best fest bets, from an inside look at Disney to the real story of Putin’s No. 1 enemy

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March 15, 2022

Hot Docs to feature films on competitive pigeon racing, political protest

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April 27, 2021

Hot Docs 2021: Your 10 best bets, from a Canadian cryptocurrency mystery to a long-lost summer of soul

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March 18, 2020

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‘Hot Docs is spring in Toronto’: Inside the ‘heartbreaking’ decision to postpone North America’s largest documentary film festival

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April 19, 2018

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An oral history of Hot Docs: How the festival went from humble beginnings to industry dominance