Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival
Genre: DocumentaryHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market and it is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading documentary events. As well as offering more than 200 cutting-edge documentaries for screening in the Festival, its industry programs provide market, professional development and networking opportunities for the many attending documentary professionals.
In 2023, the festival celebrated its 30th anniversary, and submissions numbering 2,848. It screened 214 films from 72 countries, plus streamed 100 into Canadian homes.
Hot Docs accepts Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths and subject matter.
Film Length
- Feature Length: 65 minutes or longer
- Mid-Length: 40-65 minutes
- Short: under 40 minutes
Awards
2014 - Won - Ghost Train - Best Short Documentary Award
2012 - Won - My Thai Bride - Best Mid-Length Documentary
2011 - - Something to Tell You - Best Short Documentary - Honourable Mention
2002 - Nominated - Wedding in Ramallah, A - In Competition (nominated)
1998 - Won - Imaginary Life, An - Best International Documentary Under 60 Minutes
1997 - Won - Return to Sandakan - Best International Documentary
Screenings
2026 - Sentient
2026 - Replica
2025 - Spreadsheet Champions
2024 - Every Little Thing
2024 - This Is Going To Be Big
2024 - Big Wait, The
2023 - Because We Have Each Other
2023 - You Can Go Now
2022 - Anonymous Club
2021 - Playing With Sharks
2021 - Descent
2021 - Recorder Queen
2021 - Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra
2021 - I'm Wanita
2021 - Game of Three Halves, A
2020 - Flame, The
2020 - Ecosphere
2019 - Mystify: Michael Hutchence
2019 - In My Blood It Runs
2019 - Awavena
2019 - Happy Android
2019 - Dust Devil
2019 - Handout
2018 - Gurrumul
2018 - Have You Seen The Listers?
2018 - 'I Used to be Normal': A Boyband Fangirl Story
2017 - Digilante
2017 - PACmen
2017 - Spookers
2016 - Chasing Asylum
2016 - Another Country
2016 - Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
2016 - In the Shadow of the Hill
2016 - Opposition, The
2016 - Shadows of Displacement
2016 - Putuparri And The Rainmakers
2016 - Zach's Ceremony
2016 - Hotel Coolgardie
2016 - 14's Good,18's Better
2016 - Strudel Sisters
2016 - At Midnight
2016 - Smokes and Lollies
2015 - Bolivian Case, The
2015 - Gayby Baby
2015 - Sam Klemke’s Time Machine
2014 - Darkside, The
2014 - From The Bottom of The Lake
2014 - Ghost Train
2014 - Ukraine is Not a Brothel
2012 - My Thai Bride
2012 - Scarlet Road
2012 - Despite The Gods
2011 - Memoirs Of A Plague
2011 - Something to Tell You
2010 - Shadow Play
2009 - Good Man, A
2009 - Intangible Asset Number 82
2008 - Searching 4 Sandeep
2008 - Beyond Our Ken
2007 - Forbidden Lie$
2007 - Last Days of Yasser Arafat, The
2007 - Eat The Suburbs
2005 - Land Mines - A Love Story
2004 - President Versus David Hicks, The
2004 - Man who Stole my Mother's Face, The
2003 - Homeless - Six Cities, Six Stories, Six Lives
2002 - Wedding in Ramallah, A
2001 - ¿Cuántos Colores?
2001 - Remembering Country
2000 - Memories and Dreams
2000 - Breath, A
2000 - Relative Strangers
2000 - My One Legged Dream Lover
2000 - Bush Mechanics
2000 - Sadness
2000 - Original Schtick
2000 - Pozieres
2000 - Tosca - A Tale of Love and Torture
2000 - Uncle Chatzkel
1999 - Video Fool For Love
1998 - Imaginary Life, An
1998 - Mabo: Life of an Island Man
1997 - Aeroplane Dance
1997 - Rats in the Ranks
1997 - Return to Sandakan
1997 - Kosky In Paradise
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Markets
- Website:
- www.hotdocs.ca
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Start:
- 23/04/2026
- End:
- 3/05/2026