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- ↑ Guy Dixon, "Panoply of tales win Hot Doc awards". The Globe and Mail , April 28, 2007.
- ↑ "Hottest Docs earn honours". Toronto Sun , April 26, 2008.
- ↑ Raju Mudhar, "Festival's top prize to Regent Park documentary". Toronto Star , May 9, 2009.
- ↑ "Propaganda tale wins Hot Docs prize movies Bin Laden bodyguard film also a winner". Toronto Star , May 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Films about Ukrainian foster mom and California skate-punk top Hot Docs: Hot Docs awards Ukraine-set doc top Cdn prize". Canadian Press, May 6, 2011.
- ↑ Barry Walsh, "“The World Before Her”, “Call Me Kuchu” take top Hot Docs awards". RealScreen , May 6, 2012.
- ↑ Peter Knegt, "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners". IndieWire , May 5, 2013.
- ↑ Liam Lacey, "Belgian-Romanian, Canadian films take top prizes at Hot Docs". The Globe and Mail , May 2, 2014.
- ↑ T'cha Dunlevy, "A street-level view of Kabul". Montreal Gazette , September 3, 2015.
- ↑ "'Koneline: our land beautiful' named top Canadian feature at HotDocs festival". Canadian Press, May 6, 2016.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "‘Unarmed Verses’, ‘The Other Side of the Wall’ Top Hot Docs Award Winners". Point of View , May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily , May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Jillian Morgan, "Hot Docs ’21: “Zo reken”, “Ostrov – Lost Island” take awards". RealScreen , May 10, 2021.
- ↑ Sadaf Ahsan, "Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award". Toronto Star , May 7, 2022.
- ↑ Jennie Punter, "‘The Mountains,’ Heartbreaking Portrait of a Fractured Family, Wins Top Honor at Hot Docs". Variety , May 6, 2023.
- ↑ Jennie Punter, "‘Farming the Revolution’ Harvests Top International Competition Award at Hot Docs". Variety , May 3, 2024.