Principe will be presented the award on May 2 at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation.
The Indigenous Screen Office marks its first year as the initiative’s lead partner with the 2025 edition.
Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks and Sarianne Cormier’s Au revoir Pluton are among the films whose promotional projects were selected.
Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.
Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.
Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.
The French-language comedy is one of eight films selected for the 2025 edition of Cannes Écrans Juniors.
The animated feature Julián, produced in part by Aircraft Pictures, will participate in the Annecy Animation Showcase.
The film will make its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight Narrative section.
Plus: Bell Fibe TV1 greenlights season two of Normal Scotia, Racewalkers set to kick off the Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, and more.
The winners will be revealed on May 2 during the Hot Docs Awards Presentation & Reception.
The 23-year-old 2D animation studio did service work for clients including Disney and Apple TV+.