Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Hot Docs Forum with a great client from Calgary.
The Forum is part of Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival. Set in the Gothic Revival-style Hart House on the campus of the University of Toronto, it brings together selected documentary producers to publicly pitch their projects to over 180 key international broadcasters and financiers from around the world, and to a gallery of accredited observers. For buyers, the Hot Docs Forum offers a curated slate of projects in development or production by elite international filmmakers.
As observers we were there to gain prime industry intelligence and valuable networking opportunities with commissioners, buyers, financiers and other filmmakers. We saw a lot of amazing pitches, heard a lot of poignant feedback from the broadcasters, and met a lot of nice people.
