Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema & Hot Docs at Home
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema safely reopened in September 2021 with a streamlined offering of outstanding new docs, Curious Minds courses and exciting events to welcome audiences back.
The Cinema hosted successful runs of Morgan Neville's Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, Questlove's Oscar-winning Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), and popular series including Doc Soup, Free Festive Favourites, and For Viola, our series centering BIPOC-led stories and filmmakers.
In March, Hot Docs Cinema celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a special member screening of Oscar-winner Kevin MacDonald's Marley.
As audiences gradually returned to the Cinema, Hot Docs at Home continued to offer a diverse monthly slate of free and exclusive member programming, including curated series Essential Docs, Oscar Gems, and On Mindfulness. In response to world events, the series Made In Ukraine offered free screenings of docs by Ukrainian filmmakers.
The wildly popular Curious Minds Speaker Series continued at the Cinema and online with a dynamic range of lecture topics including rebel women and Indigenous art in Canada. The growing slate of virtual author talks featured acclaimed Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein, bestselling author Salman Rushdie, Obama advisor Ben Rhodes, and The New York Times's Nikole Hannah-Jones.
The sixth annual Hot Docs Podcast Festival took place online from January 25 to 28, with extended streaming for more than 750 passholders until February 28. This year's virtual lineup included six headlining events, featuring the New Yorker's Kelefa Sanneh, author Michael Lewis, This American Life's Ira Glass, and comedian Samantha Bee, and more; 14 Creators Forum sessions with top creators and decision makers from Acast, Amazon, Canadaland, CBC, Gimlet Media, Stitcher, WNYC and more; and three networking happy hours.
Over the past year, Hot Docs also collaborated with such organizations as the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, DOC Institute, Ontario Creates, Encore+, Mosaic Institute, Scotia Wealth Management, and Bell Let's Talk to bring a range of engaging and timely partner programs to the Cinema and Hot Docs at Home platform.
