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Could the 31st Edition of Hot Docs Be the Last for the Ailing Toronto Fest? Organizers Warn It Might Be
Toronto's Hot Docs, North America's largest fest devoted to documentaries, is grappling with a financial and staff crisis putting its future at risk.
Both big and small fests are battling drastically shrinking revenues due in part to poor ticket sales and weakening sponsorships, donations and grants. “We have individual stories and experiences to share, which all speak to a pattern of disrespect, dismissal and degradation by artistic director Hussain Currimbhoy and supported by senior management,” the letter allegedly stated. A source who did not want to be named says that Hot Docs’ decision to let Currimbhoy state that he had chosen to “step down” for personal reasons as opposed to being fired triggered the 10 programmers to leave before, and not after, the festival.
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