Hot Docs’ TDF is AOK

On April 28 and 29, the doc world's deepest pockets descended on Toronto for the fifth edition of the Toronto Documentary Forum. Hobbled last year by SARS, Hot Docs organizers pursued an aggressive marketing initiative to pull global buyers back to the event, and it worked. Over the two days, 84 commissioning editors from 14 countries heard 38 projects pitched in a room so full, not every buyer could fit around the table. What follows is a list of the projects that elicited the most response, even if it had to be shouted down from the observation deck.

May 1, 2004

On April 28 and 29, the doc world's deepest pockets descended on Toronto for the fifth edition of the Toronto Documentary Forum. Hobbled last year by SARS, Hot Docs organizers pursued an aggressive marketing initiative to pull global buyers back to the event, and it worked. Over the two days, 84 commissioning editors from 14 countries heard 38 projects pitched in a room so full, not every buyer could fit around the table. What follows is a list of the projects that elicited the most response, even if it had to be shouted down from the observation deck.