Canadian documentary festival and conference Hot Docs is recalibrating its board of directors, with board co-chairs Robin Mirsky and Lalita Krishna stepping down from their positions.

In addition, the board itself is scaling back from 14 members to a “focused working board” of three members.

Mirsky, executive director of the Rogers Group of Funds, and Krishna, founder of Toronto-headquartered production company In Sync Media, “will continue to support the organization in other capacities,” according to Hot Docs.

The three remaining board members are Mercury Films co-founder Nicholas de Pencier; Kevin Wong, COO of tech firm Nulogu; and Lydia Luckevich of Pemberley Investments Ltd. According to a Hot Docs spokesperson, Wong and de Pencier will now serve as co-chairs for the board.

In a statement released concerning the overhaul of the board, the non-profit organization said: “Over their tenures as co-chairs, Ms. Mirsky and Ms. Krishna have been incredible champions of Hot Docs and have greatly contributed to its success. We thank them and all outgoing board members for their dedication and invaluable contributions that have made Hot Docs a beacon for documentary cinema around the world.”

The move is the latest in what has been a tumultuous year for the organization. In March, a month prior to the launch of the 31st edition of the festival, Hot Docs president and former PBS and ABC News exec Marie Nelson issued an “urgent appeal” for support from private donors and government, citing “a significant operational deficit that threatens our long-term sustainability.”

Later that month, 10 Hot Docs programmers resigned from their posts, citing a “toxic” work environment, while Hussain Currimbhoy, a veteran film festival exec who was in his first year as Hot Docs artistic director, stepped down from his role for “personal reasons.”

In late May, the organization announced the closing of the Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema for three months effective June 12, in order to “address our immediate cash flow needs and create a necessary window for the team to regroup and engage in critical strategic planning to address our deficit.”

Now, the board will work with interim executive director Janice Dawe, a veteran Canadian production executive who joined the Hot Docs executive team with little fanfare in early May, on next steps for the organization, including “a governance review that will clarify and update the rules and regulations by which the Board governs the organization, and a review of the Board skills matrix and recruitment policies.”

According to The Globe & Mail, Marie Nelson is currently on leave.