It started 23 years ago not with a bang but more of a whisper, back when documentaries were still seen as a hoity-toity exercise in education and not mainstream entertainment. Now more than two decades
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Awards and a Crowdsourced Day in Canada
(Via CNW) On one day later this year (date TBA), people all over Canada are invited to “shoot and submit video in any language that captures a moment in their life, on that day” says
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(Video) Hollywood North News
Corus announces a new series entitled Home to Win premieres and garners thousands of viewers interested in watching yet another show about Home Improvement. Bell Media is once again working with Hot Docs to provide
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DV @ Hot Docs, Youth Film Competition, Out North — and Out of Big Brother
This year, for the first time ever, several of the films at Hot Docs will be available with described video and closed captioning, thanks to a partnership between the festival and Accessible Media Inc. (AMI).
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Aiming for the Roses with Devil at Your Heels
(Via Wireservice.ca) The story of stuntman Ken Carter — aka the Mad Canadian — and his attempted leap over the St. Lawrence in a rocket car, aiming for a bed of roses on the U.S.
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NFB @ Hot Docs
Hot Docs 2016 got underway Friday in TO with City of Gold and The Brainwashing of My Dad (which David Berry says can be summarized “Have you ever heard of Fox News?”) Also on offer
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