A man sits in front of the tube, remote in hand, while thousands of quick-cutting images of Canadian tv shows and familiar faces flash on the screen followed by the tag line ‘Try it on.’…
In This Report…
Gerry Flahive is a producer at the National Film Board studio in Ontario….
Screenings, industry conferences and awards have established Hot Docs! on the festival circuit, but as it marks its fifth anniversary, the push is on to develop the international coproduction and financing opportunities at the documentary festival….
The Ontario Centre of the National Film Board, like its counterparts Documentary East and West, has a difficult balancing act in play….
Focusing on the business side of the biz as it plays out here – funding, scheduling, ratings, awards – sometimes the human side of production, what happens behind the camera on the other side of the world, can become remote….
– Among the American Hot Docs! attendees is a&e’s Amy Briamonte, who will be scouting for the Sunday Night Specials and Investigative Reports strands….