The beleaguered Hot Docs Film Festival says it's closing its flagship theatre for three months and laying off staff amid financial difficulties. A worker prepares a cinema reel in San Sebastian, Spain, Wednesday Sept. 19, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alvaro Barrientos

Hot Docs to close its flagship cinema, lay off staff for three months

by The Canadian Press May 22, 2024

written by The Canadian Press May 22, 2024

Ongoing financial uncertainty is forcing the Hot Docs Film Festival to temporarily close its flagship Toronto theatre and lay off staff for about three months, the organization said Wednesday. Canada’s largest documentary film festival said it will shutter the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema starting Jun...

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