Hot Docs has allocated $212,500 in development and production support across 10 Canadian documentaries through two of its funds.

A total of $127,500 will go to four music docs under the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, and a total of $85,000 will be given to six docs through the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund.

Of the four projects supported through Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, three come from Ontario and one hails from Alberta.

Two of the Ontario docs – Say It Loud (Ultramagnetic Productions; pictured), directed by Graeme Mathieson and produced by Andrew Munger, Clement Virgo, and Colette Vosberg; and Harkness (Storyline Entertainment), directed by Maria Markina and produced by Ed Barreveld – received production support.

The third – Anti Diva: The Carole Pope Confessions (Fall From Grace Productions), directed by Michelle Mama, who produces with Allison Grace, Bill Taylor and Meredith MacNeill – received funding for development.

The Alberta-based doc is the previously announced Bif Naked: One of a Kind (Score G Production Films), directed by Jennifer Abbott and produced by Adam Scorgie, which picked up production support.

The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund supported two documentaries each from B.C., Quebec and Ontario.

The B.C. documentaries are Lunatic (Black Moon Media, Hangar 18 Media), directed by Kate Kroll, who produces with Pasha Patriki and Michael Paszt; and Physician, Heal Thyself (Canadian Drama), directed by Asher Penn, who produces with Betsy Carson, Mark Achbar and Megan Robinson.

Quebec-based docs are Manufacturing the Threat (Wide Open Exposure Productions), directed and produced by Amy Miller; and Urban Chronicles, directed by Nadine Gomez and produced by Dominique Dussault.

The Ontario projects are The Sandbox (Compy Films), directed by Kenya-Jade Pinto, who produces with Shasha Nakhai; and Russians at War (Raja Pictures), directed by Anastasia (whose last name was withheld) and produced by Cornelia Principe.

The Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund was established in 2020 to support music documentaries that either shine a spotlight on Canadian musicians or tell an international music story through a Canadian lens. It has allocated $390,000 in support to 15 projects since its inception.

The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund was established in 2016 through a $1 million donation from the Rogers Foundation to support Canadian documentary filmmakers, with $595,000 distributed to 42 projects to date.