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Elaine Epstein says that winning Hot Docs Forum's top First Look prize of Can $20,000 cash for her film 'Arrest the Midwife' is a 'game changer.'

During a Distribution Advocates podcast recording at Hot Docs, producer/director Amy Hobby announced a new documentary $200,000 grant called The Marketing…

Producer/director Amy Hobby announced a new documentary $200,000 grant called The Marketing Innovations Fund at Hot Docs.

The Margaret Mead Film Festival is returning after being dark since the pandemic, based at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

'Disco's Revenge' is anchored in the expansive storytelling of Chic founder Nile Rodgers, and the personal recollections of Brooklyn DJ Nicky Siano.

Also: we visit a genuine superstar, a homeless man, an LGBTQ icon and a new Star Wars series

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival recently announced it’s closing down, and the future of Hot Docs remains uncertain at best. But there’s some hopeful news…

In 'Streets Loud With Echoes' filmmaker Katerina Suvorova captures a youth-powered civil movement sparked by the shocking murder of Denis Ten.

It might seem like documentaries are everywhere we look, affecting and influencing how we perceive society and the world at large. But even as audiences clamour for true stories on their screens, the documentarians making them and festivals that feature them are sounding alarm bells about the future of the format.

Larry Weinstein became part of the plot in Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity after a tragedy struck while the film was in production