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Hot Docs Artistic Director Hussain Currimbhoy Joins 10 Programmers In Mass Exodus – Update
Hot Docs has seen 10 key programmers exit ahead of the 2024 edition of the festival, taking place from April 25 - May 5.
Ahead of the 2024 edition of the Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival, 10 programmers have announced their exit — among them, Senior International Programmer Myrocia Watamaniuk, who revealed on Facebook that she’d be departing after more than 20 years at the organization. “I have made the heartbreaking choice to exit the 2024 Hot Docs Festival,” Watamaniuk wrote. The departures come following recent comments to CBC from Hot Docs President Marie Nelson, suggesting that the org continues to be hampered following shutdowns of the in-person fest and the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema at the height of Covid.
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