KinoSmith has partnered with Hot Docs on a new line of DVDs. The distributor will launch The Hot Docs Collection, a joint effort that will include films seen at the festival and others chosen in consultation with its programmers. Kino will donate a portion of the revenues to Hot Docs’ education programs, while the festival will help promote the sale of the DVDs.

The first two titles in the collection – the digital rights thinkpiece RiP: A Remix Manifesto and FLicKeR – will go on sale at www.kinosmith.com.

Kino has also closed a deal with Project X Distribution to be its official DVD distributor in Canada. Project X titles include Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch and The State I Am In by Christian Petzold.