50,000
Festival attendance last year, compared to 4,000 just seven years earlier

$2 million
Hot Docs’ current operating budget, up from $350,000 in 1999

12
Hot Docs’ staff of full-time employees (in addition to 150 part-timers). Seven years ago, Chris McDonald was the only one

1,743
Total films submitted this year, three times as many as in 2000

96
International films screening. In 1999, there were only 13