Principe will be presented the award on May 2 at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation.
Waunch and Jacobs will refine their projects during their respective programs.
The gala aims to honour Black talent in Quebec’s artistic and media landscapes.
The Indigenous Screen Office marks its first year as the initiative’s lead partner with the 2025 edition.
Paramount+ in Canada becomes the sponsor of Pacific Screenwriting Program’s Scripted Series Lab, Farpoint Films announces several international series sales, and more.
The filmmaker will receive a $25,000 cash prize from the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival as part of the award.
Hot Docs director of programming Heather Haynes and industry programs director Elizabeth Radshaw discuss how this year’s event fits in with Hot Docs’ larger organizational realignment.
Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.
The Hot Docs Festival begins today (April 24) and runs until May 4.
Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.
The 13 participants will present their projects to a panel of media funders, collaborators and industry delegates at the festival.
The exec transition follows the previously announced retirement of outgoing CFO Mark Segal.