Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

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08/19/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs Cinema August 17-23:

FRIDAY:
🎸 YOU GOT GOLD: A CELEBRATION OF JOHN PRINE ✨ 7:00 PM

SATURDAY:
🌿 MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD 📖 2:00 PM

SUNDAY:
🐱 CATVIDEOFEST 2026 🐈4:30 PM
🏖️ A SUMMER'S TALE 🇫🇷 7:00 PM

08/12/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs Cinema August 10-16:

FRIDAY:
🚶🏾‍♂️ NEKAI WALKS ❤️‍🩹 7:00 PM

SATURDAY:
🌲 GREEN VALLEY 🌧️ 3:30 PM
💸 EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY 📉 7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
🦉 WILD INSIDE 🗽3:45 PM
🎸 ANTIDIVA: THE CAROLE POPE CONFESSIONS 🏳️‍🌈7:00 PM

08/11/2026

🎬 Doc Soup Series Returns This Fall! Subscribe Today & Save! 🎟️

Our beloved Doc Soup series is back this October to April with premieres of exceptional documentaries, along with post-screening discussions with special guests. Every Doc Soup subscription includes one ticket to each of the seven monthly screenings, plus 12 tickets for the upcoming 2027 Hot Docs Festival.

✨New this year! Every month will have two screenings:

📅 Wednesdays at 7:00 pm and Thursdays at 10:30 am.

Select a Fixed subscription and commit to the same screening day for the full season, or pick a Flexible subscription and decide each month which screening time suits you best.

Members receive the best possible price on subscriptions. Join today!
Learn more here: https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/doc-soup

08/05/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs Cinema August 3-9:

FRIDAY:
🪼 A LIFE ILLUMINATED 🌊 7:00 PM

SATURDAY:
🛶 SUMMERTIME 🇮🇹 4:00 PM
🦉 WILD INSIDE 🗽 7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
🍪 COOKIE QUEENS 👑 🌾 4:15 PM
🐱 CATVIDEOFEST 2026 🐈7:00 PM

Hot Docs is honoured to once again provide much needed financial support to upcoming Canadian documentaries as part of t...
07/29/2026

Hot Docs is honoured to once again provide much needed financial support to upcoming Canadian documentaries as part of the prestigious Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, with five music-related projects announced today as recipients of a total of $121,000 in production stage funding.

The Fund champions filmmakers committed to crafting compelling, high-quality stories that celebrate music in all its forms, while showcasing the profound impact of Canadian music on the global stage.

2026 Production Fund Recipients

✨ BRAMPTON UNDERGROUND (D: Anupa Mistry)

✨ INTO THE NOW WITH BRUCE COCKBURN (D: Robert Lang)

✨ KING REIGN TO THE WORLD PRESENTS (D: David Click Cox, Kwame Mason)

✨ PISIKSAQSIURLANGA: I'M SEARCHING FOR A SONG (D: Charlotte Qamaniq, Jamie Griffiths)

✨ ROLLING WITH MAT THE ALIEN (D: River Jordan Easton)

Congratulations to our 2026 recipients! 👏Learn more: https://hotdocs.ca/news/hdsff26-recipients

07/29/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs Cinema July 27 - August 2:

FRIDAY:
🎸 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT 🇬🇧 7:00 PM

SATURDAY:
🎸 PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN 🇬🇧 4:00 PM
🕶️ THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY 🇮🇹 7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
🥔 THE GLEANERS AND I 🌾 4:30 PM
🎸 YOU GOT GOLD: A CELEBRATION OF JOHN PRINE ✨7:00 PM

07/16/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs July 13-19:

FRIDAY:
🐄 BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD 🌾 4:15 PM

SATURDAY:
✍️ ASK E. JEAN ⚖️4:00 PM
🎸 THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 🤘7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
✨ AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 🎨 4:00 PM
🗺️ SHERMAN’S MARCH 💔7:00 PM

07/07/2026

🎞️Playing this week at Hot Docs July 6-12:

FRIDAY:
🎵 PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN 🇬🇧 7:00 PM|

SATURDAY:
✊ EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET 🏘️4:00 PM
📺 THERE'LL LIKELY BE MICHAEL JACKSON VIGILS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT 📼7:00 PM

SUNDAY:
⏳ TIME AND WATER 🗻 4:00 PM
🎙️ STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! 📰7:00 PM

06/29/2026

🎬 Festival Audience Favourites Return to Hot Docs! 🎬

Missed these fan favs at the festival? Loved them so much you need a second watch? You’re in luck! We’re bringing back some of the most talked-about, critically acclaimed, and fan-favourite documentaries from the 2026 Festival to Hot Docs Cinema. 🍿✨

Catch these incredible films back on the big screen:

🌊 TIME AND WATER — A breathtaking new vision from director Sara Dosa (FIRE OF LOVE).

📰 STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! — The smash-hit that was voted your #2 Top Audience Favourite at Hot Docs 2026!

🌲 BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD — The stunning Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner. A surreal, cinematic, and darkly funny film.

📏 32 METERS — An unforgettable journey and your #4 Top Audience Favourite at Hot Docs 2026!

Get your tickets now at Hotdoc.ca!

We’ve reached the final frame of . 📸Days 10 and 11 were the perfect conclusion to an unforgettable 11 days. We are so g...
05/15/2026

We’ve reached the final frame of . 📸

Days 10 and 11 were the perfect conclusion to an unforgettable 11 days. We are so grateful to the filmmakers, guests, and audiences who filled our theaters with so much passion and conversation.

A heartfelt thank you to all of our generous Festival partners and supporters for making this festival possible. We are in awe of the incredible support we received this year!

See you all next year!

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