The Globe and Mail spoke to Nelson about the organization’s financial challenges and disappointment in being left out of the federal budget
When this year’s edition of Hot Docs kicks off Thursday in Toronto, North America’s largest documentary film festival will celebrate its 31st anniversary under a dark cloud of uncertainty.that the organization was facing “significant operational challenges” and that its future was in serious doubt. A little more than two weeks later, 10 members of the Hot Docs .
The latest CRA report shows that Hot Docs had a deficit of just more than $2-million in the period ending May, 2023. Sources have said that cash flow is so tight currently that there might not be any left by mid-June. Is that accurate?When we last spoke in March we tried to sound an alarm bell, because we really meant it when we said that we we’re fearful that this year’s festival is going to be our last.
There is the issue of staff departures, but in 2023, Hot Docs had 23 board members. Today, there are only 16. What is the state of things on the board?The board, roughly from the time that Hot Docs was conceived, is half from the filmmaking community and half the way you’d expect. Obviously, the board oversaw a lot of the success of the organization, and an initiative has started to look at governance, and the size and composition of the board.
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