Save the date! On Wednesday, February, 10, our popular Meet the Funder series will stream for free for all members across the country. Non-members can access the event for $5.

Olena Decock and Julian Carrington will join moderator Ngardy Conteh George for a behind-the-scenes discussion about Hot Docs Film Funds. Tune in to hear insights and gather information on how to pitch in the midst of COVID-19. Click here for more information.

Hot Docs Film Funds

Hot Docs’ $12.6-million portfolio of production funds provides Canadian and international documentary projects with development, production and completion grants, and valuable professional development opportunities. Hot Docs has directly financed nearly 300 films to date. To learn more about the Hot Docs Film Funds, click here.

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About the panelists

Olena Decock, Industry Programmer: Funds and Conference

Olena Decock is an Industry Programmer at Hot Docs, focusing her energy on projects funded through the CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund, the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund and the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund. In everything she does, her overarching goal is to help great docs get made. She is an avid admirer of social realist cinema, films about collective healing, and loves to curl up to a good ol’ fashioned music doc. Olena has 9-years’ experience working at international film festivals, including two year as the Programming Associate to TIFF's Middle East & Africa selections. She is the co-producer of the short film DZIADZIO (d. A. Ries), which world premiered at TIFF18 and was named by both NOW Magazine and Short of the Week as one of the top Canadian short films of the festival. Olena is fluent in French and proficient in karaoke.

Julian Carrington, Distribution Manager & Industry Programmer, Funds

Julian Carrington is an Industry Funds Programmer and Distribution Manager at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. He supports the administration and disbursement of the Hot Docs portfolio of funds and oversees Hot Docs’ distribution marketplace, including the Distribution Rendezvous pitch meeting program and the Doc Shop sales platform. Julian also serves as a programmer with Toronto’s Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival. Previously, he served as an associate programmer with the Toronto International Film Festival, and, from 2015 to 2017, managed the Documentary Organization of Canada’s Festival Concierge service.

The DOC Institute is a hub for established and emerging voices in the non-fiction world. Through its program streams—the Masters Series, the Producers Exchange and DOC Connects—the DOC Institute offers essential professional development for documentary media artists of all levels.

Take care and keep well everyone,

The DOC Institute team

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