Hot Docs festival taps jury
TORONTO -- The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Wednesday selected a jury to judge 77 films during the April 23-May 2 event in Toronto. Set for jury duty were documentary filmmakers Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com), Frederick Wiseman (Titticut Follies), Jennifer Baichwal (The True Meaning of Pictures), Tracey Deer (One More River), John Kastner (Rage Against Darkness), Ali Kazimi (Passage to India), Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and the Media) and Peter Lynch (Cyberman). Also named were Sundance Channel vp acquisitions Christian Vesper; Wolter Braamhorst, a commissioning editor for Dutch broadcaster AVRO, film producer Robin Cass, Toronto One executive director Karen King, Globe and Mail newspaper foreign editor John Stackhouse, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. head of documentary production Mark Starowicz and Sheffield International Documentary Festival director Brent Woods. The blue ribbon jury will choose prize winners in the categories of best Canadian short, best Canadian feature, best international short, best international feature and best film from the National Spotlight on the Netherlands.
- 3/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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