Hot Docs launches online documentary library with free viewi 

Housing Canadian stories and perspectives on the world all housed within a bilingual interface, the Doc Library is an online treasure for film lovers and an indispensible resource for educators seeking thought-provoking documentaries. All films are directed by filmmakers, whose works have been screened at Hot Docs, as many of the titles themselves have been.

In addition to works by celebrated Canadian directors the Doc Library also features

·       a number of film-specific educational packages

·       short films by young filmmakers from Hot Docs' Doc Camp and Doc It! Showcase

·       a selection of National Film Board of Canada titles spanning the 1950s to the 1980s

·       knowledge capture videos of sessions with key industry professionals

·       archival City Lights interviews with Brian Linehan and Canadian film personalities,

·       specially curated selections by partner festivals Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Images Festival and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.

The Doc Library will include opportunities for user commentary, shared playlists and advanced searching, and will include links to filmmaker websites so that users can learn more and purchase works by the filmmakers they are discovering. The Doc Library will be available for use throughout the world.

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image: Doc Library film Divine Brown at the Rex by Charles Officer

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