Hot Docs Festival and the Growth of North American Documentary Circuits (1998–2015)

1. Hot Docs incorporated as independent organization

   Jan 1, 1996Labels: Hot Docs, Documentary Organization

   • Hot Docs About
   • Hot Docs Wiki

2. Hot Docs adds Best International Feature award

   Jan 1, 1998Labels: Hot Docs, Best International

   • Award Wiki
   • Hot Docs Wiki

3. Toronto Documentary Forum debuts at Hot Docs

   May 1, 2000Labels: Toronto Documentary, Hot Docs

   • IDA Feature
   • Hot Docs Wiki

4. Doc Soup monthly screening series begins

   Jan 1, 2001Labels: Doc Soup, Hot Docs

   • Hot Docs Wiki

5. Corus–Hot Docs Funds established for production support

   Jan 1, 2008Labels: Corus Hot, Hot Docs

   • Legacy Funds
   • Hot Docs Wiki

6. Bloor building purchased to preserve the cinema

   Jan 1, 2010Labels: Bloor Cinema, Bordonaro family

   • Cinema History
   • Cinema Wiki

7. Blue Ice and Hot Docs partner to acquire cinema

   Jan 1, 2011Labels: Blue Ice, Hot Docs

   • Cinema History
   • Hot Docs Wiki

8. Hot Docs–Blue Ice Docs Fund announced

   May 4, 2011Labels: Hot Docs, Blue Ice

   • Blavity Release
   • Hot Docs Wiki

9. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema reopens after renovations

   Mar 1, 2012Labels: Bloor Hot, Hot Docs

   • Cinema History
   • BlogTO

10. CrossCurrents Doc Fund created with R&M Lang Foundation

    Dec 12, 2013Labels: CrossCurrents Doc, R&M Lang

    • Realscreen
    • Legacy Funds

11. DocXchange formed as exhibitors collective

    Jan 1, 2014Labels: DocXchange, Documentary Exhibitors

    • DocXchange

12. Corus–Hot Docs Funds close after eight years

    Jan 1, 2016Labels: Corus Hot, Hot Docs

    • Legacy Funds
    • Hot Docs Wiki

13. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund launched for Canadian filmmakers

    Jun 1, 2016Labels: Hot Docs, Rogers Foundation

    • Hot Docs Wiki
    • Cinema History

14. Hot Docs purchases cinema; renamed Ted Rogers Cinema

    Jun 23, 2016Labels: Hot Docs

    • Cinema History
    • Cinema Wiki