The director behind Limit Is the Sky and Family Portrait in Black and White will be recognized with a retrospective.
Julia Ivanova and Ryan Noth are among the mentors partaking in the the CBC- and DOC-sponsored program.
Nine trophies and $72,000 were handed out at the Hot Docs Awards Friday night at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto.
Three Canadian films are among the titles in competition at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, which announced its picks in the dramatic and documentary categories for U.S. and world filmmakers Wednesday.