Hot Docs

April 27 to May 7, 2023

Québec at Hot Docs

Québec documentaries shine in several categories at the Hot Docs festival, the largest international documentary festival in North America.

Thirteen documentaries produced or directed by Quebecers in selection

Opening Night Film

Twice Colonized

Photo du documentaire Twice Colonized

Opening Night Film
Scripted by: Aaju Peter
Directed by: Lin Alluna
Co-produced by: EyeSteelFilm (Québec),
Red Marrow Media (Canada), Anorak Film (Denmark)

Québec feature films
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I Lost My Mom–

Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Denys Desjardins
Produced by: Centaure Films

Original title: J’ai placé ma mère

Longs métrages québécois–
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Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon)

Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Khoa Lê
Produced by: Les Films de l’Autre

Original title: Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)

Series
Lac-Mégantic – this is not an accident

Category: Deep Dive
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Produced by: Trio Orange

Original title: Lac-Mégantic – ceci n’est pas un accident

Short films

About Memory and Loss

Category: Shorts
Director: Amélie Hardy
Produced by: Club vidéo

Original title: Notes sur la mémoire et l’oubli

Last Respects

Category: Shorts
Director: Megan Durnford
Produced by: Megan Durnford Productions

Original title: Un dernier hommage

Loud & Here

Category: Shorts (Citizen Minutes)
Director: Josiane Blanc
Produced by: Hot Docs

Madeleine

Category: Shorts
Directed and produced by: Raquel Sancinetti

Nicole

Category: Shorts
Director: Chadi Bennani
Produced by: L’École des médias de l’Université du Québec à Montréal

Rising from the ashes

Category: Shorts (Citizen Minutes)
Director: Sara Ben-Saud
Produced by: Hot Docs

Scissors

Category: Shorts
Director: Katia Kurtness
Produced by: Wapikoni mobile

Original title: Les Ciseaux

Feature films (minority co-productions)

Caiti Blues

Category: Canadian Spectrum
Director: Justine Harbonnier
France/Québec minority co-production: Cinquième Maison (Québec), Sister Productions (France)

The Longest Goodbye

Category: Human Kind
Director: Ido Mizrahy
Israel/Québec minority co-production: Filmoption International (Québec), Astro Productions (Israel)

SODEC_Lab @ Hot Docs

Four Québec documentary producers belonging to underrepresented communities participate in SODEC_Lab @ Hot Docs 2023

Vanessa Caceres
Righteous Pictures

Victoria Catherine Chan
Peripheral Hours

Ashley Duong
Catbird Production

Nadia Zouaoui
Les productions Nadiaz

A SODEC initiative, as part of a first collaboration with DOC Québec, this initiative allows producers to:

follow a personalized program of meetings and networking sessions
benefit from professional support that allows them to expand their network of contacts and gain a better understanding of the Canadian and international documentary industry
benefit from access to all the conferences and networking activities of the festival and the documentary market.

More details: see the call for applications (closed).