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"When I Walk" is ready for the big screen! Let's get it out. by jdasilvax
When I Walk" is my story with multiple sclerosis. It's now ready for the big screen!
Successful!- 107% funded
- $28,940 pledged
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Apr 03, 2013
Check out this amazing film and help support their campaign!
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An Honest Liar: The Amazing Randi Story by Flim Flam Films
A film about The Amazing Randi that will show how easily our perceptions are fooled – by magicians, con men, and even documentaries.
Successful!- 166% funded
- $246,989 pledged
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Feb 15, 2013
Help the amazing filmmaking team of Justin Weinstein & Tyler Measom with their production of the Forum 2012 project!
We can't wait to see AN HONEST LIAR finished and in theatres. Let's help them get there!
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This Is Congo by Daniel McCabe, Geoff McLean
THIS IS CONGO will provide a looking-glass view in to the fight for control over the DRC’s vast mineral wealth and natural resources.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $30,518 pledged
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Jan 05, 2013
Congratulations to THIS IS CONGO. The Shaw Media-Hot Docs fund recipient met their goal and now they are one step closer to finishing their film!
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Dancing in Jaffa -- Post-Production by kNow Productions
Help us share Pierre Dulaine's journey, as he bridges the gap between Jewish and Palestinian-Israeli children through dance.
Successful!- 139% funded
- $48,695 pledged
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Dec 17, 2012
Support the future with Dancing in Jaffa.
Contribute to their campaign!
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Big Top Without Borders by Susan Gray and Linda Matchan
A documentary about two circuses in remote corners of the Canadian Arctic and West Africa that are turning the world on its head.
Successful!- 109% funded
- $27,455 pledged
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Nov 18, 2012
Big Top without borders pitched at the Hot Docs Forum in 2010 and we are so glad to see that Linda and Susan are nearly ready to share it with us.
Let's help them raise funds for a final filming trip.
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The Dark Matter of Love by Sarah McCarthy
Eleven-year-old Masha is learning to love her adoptive family through a scientific programme.
Successful!- 101% funded
- £20,300 pledged
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Dec 03, 2012
The Dark Matter of Love pitched at the Hot Docs Forum in 2011. We can't wait to see the finished film.
Help them with their finishing funds so that we can all see this compelling film!
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Bring Brooklyn Castle to the People! by Rescued Media
Help us fund screenings of Brooklyn Castle for the communities, schools, parents and kids affected by after-school programs!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $20,033 pledged
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Oct 18, 2012
We think more people should see this great 2012 Hot Docs Festival film. Don't you?
Help Brooklyn Castle reach their goal!
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Inocente: Homeless. Creative. Unstoppable by Inocente Filmmaking Team
The inspiring story of a 15-year-old homeless and undocumented girl in CA who refuses to give up her dream of being an artist
Successful!- 105% funded
- $52,527 pledged
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Jul 21, 2012
Congratulations to the Inocente filmmaking team on reaching their fundraising goal!!
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Help get Wayne White: Beauty Is Embarrassing In Theaters by Neil Berkeley
We're hoping to bring the hilarious and inspiring story of Wayne White to theaters and we need your help. Please support our campaign.
Successful!- 112% funded
- $56,449 pledged
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Jul 08, 2012
Help Hot Docs 2012 film Beauty is Embarrassing bring their amazing film to theatres and more audiences!
Only a few days left to support them!
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GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling by GLOW: The Movie
This feature doc chronicles the rise and fall of the first ever all-female wrestling show through the stories of those who lived it.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $33,157 pledged
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Jul 02, 2012
Hot Docs was happy to host Glow's world premier at our 2012 festival.
Congratulations to them on reaching their funding goal!
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DETROPIA - We're Releasing our Doc Independently by Loki Films
DETROPIA features Detroiters who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames rise. An engrossing and essential cinematic tapestry.
Successful!- 118% funded
- $71,262 pledged
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Jun 28, 2012
Congratulations to Hot Docs 2012 film Detropia on reaching their goal!
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High Tech, Low Life by High Tech, Low Life
"We can't let the news be one-sided." -Tiger Temple "You never know what you can do until you try." -Zola
Successful!- 106% funded
- $25,060 pledged
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Apr 23, 2012
Congratulations to 2012 Hot Docs festival film High Tech, Low Life on reaching their crowd funding goal!
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"TCHOUPITOULAS" -- a new film by Bill & Turner Ross by the Ross Brothers & Co.
Our new film is a story of 3 boys, one night in New Orleans, and MUSIC. But without the music cleared, we can't release it!
Successful!- 147% funded
- $56,016 pledged
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Apr 15, 2012
Congratulations to Tchoupitoulas on reaching their crowd funding goal! We loved watching the film at Hot Docs 2012.
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Somewhere Between: A documentary film by Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Four teenaged girls, adopted from China as babies, explore the question "Who am I?" and start a dialogue about family and identity.
Successful!- 125% funded
- $100,420 pledged
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Apr 11, 2012
Help Hot Docs 2011 Audience Award winner Somewhere Between reach their funding goal!
We loved this film and we know you will too.
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The Audacity of Louis Ortiz by Ryan Murdock
What if one day you looked in the mirror and saw the most powerful man on earth? Would you have the audacity to make the most of it?
Successful!- 108% funded
- $27,013 pledged
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Mar 14, 2012
Congratulations to The Audacity of Louis Ortiz on surpassing their crowdfunding goal!
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The Mystery of Marie Jocelyne by Dan Nuxoll & Martha Shane
A suspense-filled documentary that investigates the alleged con artist and former film festival director Marie Castaldo.
Successful!- 111% funded
- $25,545 pledged
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Feb 23, 2012
Congratulations to Rooftop's Dan Nuxoll and co-director Martha Shane on reaching their crowd funding goal as they work on the bizarre mystery documentary!
NY's Rooftop Films is a long time friend of the Hot Docs Festival.
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The Joneses - a feature length documentary by moby longinotto & aviva wishnow
The search for true love by transgender trailer park matriarch Jheri Jones and her two adult sons in Bible belt Mississippi.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $27,669 pledged
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Jan 22, 2012
Congratulations to the Jonses on meeting their crowd funding goal!
Moby Longinotto's short film The Jonses screened at Hot Docs 2010. Now the filmmakers can continue filmming to create a feature length version.
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The Ayahuasca Project / The Jungle Prescription by Jerónimo M.M.
A documentary about what indigenous people know, and we have forgotten, about the most potent plants on earth
Successful!- 132% funded
- $53,193 pledged
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Jan 09, 2012
Congratulations to Hot Docs Forum 2011 alumni The Ayahuasca Project/The Jungle Prescription on surpassing their fundraising goal so they can complete the feature length version of this revealing and controversial film!
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The Defector by Ann Shin, Fathom Film Group
A feature doc about Kim’s heroic escape from North Korea and the network of aid workers who risk their lives to help along the way.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $20,130 pledged
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Dec 11, 2011
Congratulations to Ann Shin's amazing documentary on reaching it's Kickstarter goal!
The Defector was workshopped at docXchange at Hot Docs and then pitched at the Hot Docs Forum in 2011.
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Help put When the Drum is Beating in Theaters and on TV by Whitney Dow
Help ensure the award winning film When the Drum is Beating is distributed to the world.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $65,749 pledged
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Dec 05, 2011
Congratulations to When the Drum is Beating on reaching their crowd funding goal!
The 2011 Hot Docs film will now have the opportunity to be seen internationally.
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Tomorrow We Disappear by Jim Goldblum
A feature documentary about Kathputli, India's last magician's colony. Help preserve this mystical place before it is destroyed.
Successful!- 154% funded
- $61,931 pledged
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Nov 13, 2011
Congratulations to Tomorrow We Disappear on surpassing their Kickstarter Goal!
They recently successfully pitched their project at the 2011 docXchange in Denmark.
We can't wait to see the finished film!
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The Undocumented by marco williams
THE UNDOCUMENTED is a 90 cinema verite documentary that exposes a little known consequence of current U. S. immigration policy.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $76,130 pledged
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Oct 28, 2011
Congratulations to The Undocumented and Marco for reaching their crowd funding goal!
The Undocumented pitched at the Hot Docs Forum (then the Toronto Documentary Forum) in 2009.
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The Light In Her Eyes by Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix
Documentary film about an inspiring female Qur’an teacher giving women the tools to challenge cultural traditions in Damascus, Syria.
Successful!- 210% funded
- $21,041 pledged
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Sep 10, 2011
Can't wait to see The Light In Her Eyes on the big screen when it premieres at IDFA next month!
Congratulations to 2011 Hot Docs Forum alumni the The Light in Her Eyes on more than doubling their fundraising goal!!
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Within Every Woman - The Documentary Film by Tiffany Hsiung
An exploration of the complex layers of shame and healing, through the lives of 3 survivors of sexual slavery during WWII.
Successful!- 113% funded
- $56,525 pledged
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Jun 30, 2011
Congratulations to 2011 Hot Docs Forum alumni Within Every Woman on surpassing their funding goal and becoming one of the 100 most successful campaigns on Kickstarter and the most successful Canadian campaign to date!
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When Two Worlds Collide by Yachaywasi Films
A story of a man, of a people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources, the Amazon Rainforest.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $5,196 pledged
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Jun 22, 2011
Congratulations to Peruvian film and 2011 Hot Docs Forum alumni When Two Worlds Collide on successfully reaching their funding goal!
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Uranium Drive-In, a documentary film by Suzan Beraza
A proposed uranium mill in rural Colorado is creating a raging debate among residents that is tearing the community apart.
Successful!- 109% funded
- $5,496 pledged
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Jun 04, 2011
Congratulations to 2011 Hot Docs Forum alumni Uranium Drive-In on successfully reaching their funding goal!
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"Finding Vivian Maier" - a feature length documentary film by Toneloof
This film unravels the discovery of 100,000 negatives from a mysterious photographer that shocked the world of photography.
Successful!- 525% funded
- $105,042 pledged
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Mar 14, 2011
Finding Vivian Maier followed up their extrememly successful Kickstarter campaign with a pitch at the Hot Docs Forum in Toronto on May 5th 2011.
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A WHOLE LOTT MORE by Victor Buhler
A film about Lott Industries, who employ 1200 workers with developmental disabilities. How can we create more opportunities for the disabled to work?
Successful!- 124% funded
- $18,612 pledged
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Oct 31, 2010
A Whole Lott More followed up their successful Kickstarter campaign with a pitch at the Hot Docs Forum in Toronto on May 5th 2011 where they shared the 'Cuban Hat Prize' for favourite audience pitch.
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The Waiting Room: Sudan at crossroads by Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque
A referendum on self-determination will likely split Sudan in two. The Waiting Room is an intimate portrait of a society at a historical crossroad.
Successful!- 111% funded
- $11,176 pledged
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Oct 16, 2010
The Waiting Room followed up their successful Kickstarter campaign with a pitch at the Hot Docs Forum in Toronto on May 5th 2011.
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TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay – Away From Keyboard by Simon Klose
Will Anakata, Tiamo and Brokep stay online?
Successful!- 205% funded
- $51,424 pledged
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Sep 27, 2010
TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard followed up their successful Kickstarter campaign with a pitch at the Hot Docs Forum in Toronto on May 5th 2011.
