Published on Oct 08, 2021
Hot Docs 2021 Submission Deadline : The 2021 Hot Docs Festival will be available for audiences across Canada to stream April 29 to May 9. Passes, packages and tickets on sale now!
Hot 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 2019, the Festival attracted a record breaking audience of 228,000 and the week long industry program was attended by 2,000 plus delegates from around the world. 234 films from 56 countries were screened.
Hot Docs accepts Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths and subject matter.
• Feature Length: 65 minutes or longer
• Mid-Length: 40-65 minutes
• Short: under 40 minutes
2014 - Won - Ghost Train - Best Short Documentary Award
2012 - Won - My Thai Bride - Best Mid-Length Documentary - International Spectrum
2002 - Nominated - Wedding in Ramallah, A - In Competition (nominated) - International Showcase
2020 - Shorts - Flame, The
2020 - DocX - Ecosphere
2019 - Special Presentations - Mystify: Michael Hutchence
2019 - International Spectrum - World Premiere - In My Blood It Runs
2019 - DocX - Awavena
2019 - Shorts - World Premiere - Happy Android
2019 - Shorts - Dust Devil
2019 - Shorts - Handout
2018 - Artscapes - Gurrumul
2018 - Artscapes - Have You Seen The Listers?
2018 - Nightvision - 'I Used to be Normal': A Boyband Fangirl Story
2017 - World Showcase - Digilante
2017 - Democrazy - PACmen
2017 - Nightvision - Spookers
2016 - Made in Australia - Another Country
2016 - Made in Australia - Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
2016 - Made in Australia - In the Shadow of the Hill
2016 - Made in Australia - Opposition, The
2016 - Made in Australia - Shadows of Displacement
2016 - Made in Australia - Putuparri And The Rainmakers
2016 - Made in Australia - Zach's Ceremony
2016 - International Spectrum - Hotel Coolgardie
2016 - Redux - 14's Good,18's Better
2016 - Shorts - Strudel Sisters
2016 - Shorts - At Midnight
2016 - Made in Australia - Chasing Asylum
2015 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Gayby Baby
2015 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Sam Klemke’s Time Machine
2014 - Mystery, Myth & Legend - Darkside, The
2014 - Next - From The Bottom of The Lake
2014 - Shorts - Ghost Train
2014 - Special Presentations - Ukraine is Not a Brothel
2012 - International Spectrum - My Thai Bride
2012 - World Showcase - Scarlet Road
2012 - World Showcase - Despite The Gods
2011 - World Showcase - Something to Tell You
2011 - International Spectrum - Memoirs Of A Plague
2010 - Next - Shadow Play
2009 - World Showcase - Good Man, A
2009 - Next - Intangible Asset Number 82
2008 - International Premiere - Beyond Our Ken
2008 - World Showcase - Searching 4 Sandeep
2007 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Eat The Suburbs
2007 - International Spectrum - Forbidden Lie$
2007 - World Showcase - Last Days of Yasser Arafat, The
2005 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Land Mines - A Love Story
2004 - International Showcase - President Versus David Hicks, The
2004 - Made In South Africa - Man who Stole my Mother's Face, The
2002 - International Showcase - Wedding in Ramallah, A
2001 - International Showcase - Remembering Country
2001 - International Showcase - ¿Cuántos Colores?
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Memories and Dreams
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Breath, A
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Relative Strangers
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - My One Legged Dream Lover
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Bush Mechanics
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Original Schtick
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Sadness
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Tosca - A Tale of Love and Torture
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Pozieres
2000 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Uncle Chatzkel
1999 - International Showcase - Video Fool For Love
1998 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Imaginary Life, An
1998 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Mabo: Life of an Island Man
1997 - International program - Kosky In Paradise
1997 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Rats in the Ranks
1997 - Under 60 Minutes - Return to Sandakan
1997 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival - Aeroplane Dance
