The 2021 Hot Docs Festival is scheduled for
April 29-May 9, so check out the link below for the upcoming
submission deadlines. Given the ongoing reality of the
COVID-19 pandemic, organizers have planned a hybrid festival
experience that offers both online steaming and in-cinema
screenings.
Deadlines and fees have changed from previous
years, so check out the guidelines at the link below before
submitting your work.
Click here for Hot Docs Festival
guidelines
You can also submit your film project to one of
the Hot Docs' market programmes. For the 2021 Hot Docs industry
conference and market, these market activities will take place
online:
- Hot Docs Forum, May 4 & 5. Pitch your film
to over 200 leading industry decision makers.
Applications close 4 January,
2021.
- Hot Docs Deal Maker, May 6-27. Pitch your doc
in development or production. Applications close 4 January,
2021.
- Distribution Rendezvous, May 6-27, 2021.
Applications open January, 2021.
Click here for more information on the three Hot
Docs programmes above
Also worth investigating is the
MeetMarket, part of the Sheffield Doc Fest and one
of the world's largest documentary and factual markets and pitching
forums. Selected projects get the chance to meet international
industry representatives, international funders, broadcasters,
distributors, festival programmers and exhibitors.
The MeetMarket offers a unique way to pitch your project through
carefully curated meetings between pitchers and industry
representatives, for creative and financial discussions. It's open
to all documentary makers, local and international, established,
emerging as well as first-time filmmakers.
Deadline for submissions is 15 February,
2021.
Click here for more information on the Meet
Market