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The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.
Among the Deal Maker selections are projects from Intuitive Pictures, Kannon Films and Uninterrupted Canada.
Sophie Bédard Marcotte’s I Lost Sight of the Language and Julien Elie’s Shifting Baselines are both screening in competition.
The feature documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is directed by Joynt and Julietta Singh.
Panels in the Toronto fest’s industry component will tackle topics ranging from funding to location scouting.
Chloé Leriche was among the winners for her feature Atikamekw Suns.
Maryse Legagneur’s The Last Meal also won the award for best first feature.
The Danish documentary-focused film festival runs from March 19 to 30.
Other award winners include Mads K. Baekkevold’s The Chef and the Daruma and Neil Diamond and Joanne Robinson’s So Surreal: Behind the Masks.
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