#HOTDOCS: 2025 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

By Amanda Gilmore Documentaries are about to be front and center once again! This year’s Hot Docs International Film Festival will screen 113 feature-length Documentaries. The Festival, which runs from April 24 to May 4, 2025 will also feature 169 live screenings on five screens at two venues in Toronto. The two venues this year is their Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema and TIFF Lightbox. The opening night film is one to keep your eyes on. It’s a Canadian made Doc about the complex ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “ALWAYS” TRAILER

Deming Chen's ALWAYS will premiere at Hot Docs '25 and today we get a glimpse of its Trailer. Gong Youbin was born into a poor Chinese family. He has not seen his mother since he was three months old. Because of a poetry class in school, he embarks on an emotional journey by learning to write poems through his imagination and exploration. By observing his upbringing in the countryside of Hunan, surrounded by dreams and the harsh realities of his family’s struggles, ALWAYS is an ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: “AI WEIWEI’S TURANDOT” TO PREMIERE AT HOT DOCS 2025

Italy/US co-production producing partners, Marta Zaccaron, Incipit Film and Christine La Monte, La Monte Productions, in association with Andy Cohen, AC Films Inc. are pleased to announce that Maxim Derevianko feature film directorial debut’s documentary, AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT will have its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs 2025 as part of their Big Idea. ( https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival/big-ideas) AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT is an Italy/US co-production directed by Maxim Derevianko ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: “#SKODEN” TO PREMIERE AT HOT DOCS 2025

TELUS originals is pleased to announce that Damien Eagle Bear’s restorative biopic feature documentary, #skoden, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2025 on April 29 at 8:30 PM at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema with a second screening on May 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM at TIFF Lightbox 1. skoden is written, directed and produced by Damien Eagle Bear (Napi, Big Momma, The Bannocking). It was filmed on location in Lethbridge and the Blood Reserve on traditional Blackfoot Territory. Every meme ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: ADDITIONAL 2025 HOT DOCS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ANNOUNCED

Hot Docs announced today a slate of seven additional films to screen at the 2025 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival as part of the Special Presentations program, exhibiting a selection of high-profile Canadian and international feature-length documentary premieres. Hot Docs Festival returns to Toronto from April 24 to May 4. Making its International Premiere, Come See Me in the Good Light follows spoken word artist and poet laureate of Colorado Andrea Gibson after an ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: 2025 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED

Hot Docs announced today the first slate of films to screen as part of its highly anticipated Special Presentations program at the 2025 Festival, running April 24 to May 4, 2025 in Toronto. The Special Presentations program, which features high-profile subjects, award-winning films and filmmakers, and masterful perspectives on current events and pressing issues, will screen in cinemas across downtown Toronto during the Festival. Making its world premiere at Hot Docs Festival 2025 is The ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: 2025 HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL RUNS APRIL 24 to MAY 4, 2025

Hot Docs announced today that the upcoming Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2025, April 24 to May 4 in Toronto, will boldly expand the scope of its popular Made In program, shifting the spotlight from a single country to instead celebrate the powerful voices of filmmakers and protagonists in exile. For the first time in the program’s history, Made In will showcase documentaries created by filmmakers and participants who, driven from their homelands by war, conflict, or ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: HOT DOCS ANNOUNCE FEBRUARY-MARCH 2025 PROGRAMMIMG

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema has announced an exciting lineup of screenings, special events and new releases running from February 23 to March 29, 2025. Highlights include The Last Republican, a gripping new documentary on young Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, and Falls Around Her, part of the Spotlight on imagineNATIVE series celebrating Indigenous filmmaking. From anime classics to sing-alongs and thought-provoking documentaries, this season at Hot Docs Cinema delivers a diverse lineup ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: HOT DOCS ANNOUNCE UPCOMING 2025 UPDATES

Hot Docs is pleased to announce dates for its 2025 Festival, the gradual resumption of programming at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and the organization’s plan forward. After an intensive period of cost-cutting measures and stabilization efforts, program assessments and internal restructuring, Hot Docs will resume operations. Over the past four months, the Hot Docs team has worked tirelessly to address the organization’s financial challenges and governance issues, and significant progress ... Read more

#HOTDOCS: HOT DOCS ANNOUNCE JUNE 2024 PROGRAM AND TEMPORARY SUMMER CINEMA CLOSURE

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema’s June program includes new documentary premieres, specially curated Pride Month programming, and exciting special events. The Cinema will undergo a temporary summer closure starting June 12 as the organization regroups and recalibrates. The Cinema will return in September, offering its renowned captivating cultural programming, supported by a sustainable and strategic operating plan. To view the June 2024 calendar, please visit ... Read more