Curtis Ferrara, who serves as Scotiabank’s senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, and Avrich, an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, were both listed as board members on Hot Docs’ website as recently as this past Tuesday
Canada’s largest documentary film festival kicks off Thursday amid ongoing uncertainty over its finances, concerns over a mass staff exodus and a new president who says survival depends on reimagining it as a “leaner, meaner version.” Hot Docs president Marie Nelson says economic constraints led organizers to apply“tighter curation” to this year’s edition, which will feature 168 documentaries down from 213 last year from 64 countries, with 51 world premieres. The 11-day marathon opens with
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Canada’s largest documentary film festival kicks off Thursday amid ongoing uncertainty over its finances, concerns over a mass staff exodus and a new president who says survival depends on reimagining it as a “leaner, meaner version.”