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TORONTO - Ten Hot Docs programmers quit en masse just before Canada's largest documentary film festival was to announce its lineup, citing a toxic workplace.

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TORONTO — Hot Docs' president Marie Nelson says a "perfect storm" led to Canada's largest documentary film festival's artistic director and 10 of its programmers quitting just before it was set to announce its 2024 lineup.

TORONTO - Hot Docs president Marie Nelson says a "perfect storm" led to Canadas largest documentary film festivals artistic director and 10 of its programmers quitting just before it was

Hussain Currimbhoy is the new artistic director of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; Heather Haynes to lead festival programming.

Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary film festival, has appointed Hussain Currimbhoy as its artistic director.

Hussain Currimbhoy is the new Artistic Director at Toronto's Hot Docs.

Among potential highlights are new films from Meryam Joobeur, Youssef Chebbi, Adnane Baraka and Erige Sehiri.

The films will be released alongside January’s Werner Herzog retrospective at BFI Southbank.

Oksana Karpovych attended Hot Docs Forum market event to pitch 'Intercepted' — her observational doc exploring the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — which later won the CMF-Hot Docs Canadian Pitch Prize.