This year’s schedule includes 168 documentaries, representing 64 countries and boasting 51 world premieres
One day after it announced its artistic director had left his post, and two days after a number of its programmers resigned en masse, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced its full 2024 lineup at a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday morning.
Nelson, an ABC News and PBS veteran who succeeded long-time Hot Docs president Chris McDonald less than a year ago, finds herself leading a festival in financial difficulties and rocked by staffing upheavals. . “I have made the heartbreaking choice to exit the 2024 Hot Docs festival,” departing staff wrote in separate but near-identical messages. “I will continue to fight for films and filmmakers – they are the bedrock of all film festivals, and the reason I do this job,” the posts continued.
In her impassioned and allegorical press conference remarks, Nelson, who grew up just outside of Baltimore, referenced the tragic collapse of that city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday. She said the film community in general was “a bit unmoored,” and acknowledged that at times Hot Docs didn’t “get it right,” without getting into specifics.In the e-mailed statement, Yang acknowledged the departures but did not connect them to Currimbhoy’s resignation.
“We find ourselves dealing with significant operational challenges – so much so that it puts the sustainable future of the organization on quite shaky ground,” she told The Globe.
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