“I of the Water” tops 2023 Hot Docs Forum prize winners

U.S. doc I of the Water topped the winners list at this year’s Hot Docs Forum pitch contest, taking home a CA$50,000 cash prize. Hot Docs’ flagship industry event, the Forum ...

May 4, 2023

U.S. doc I of the Water topped the winners list at this year’s Hot Docs Forum pitch contest, taking home a CA$50,000 cash prize. Hot Docs’ flagship industry event, the Forum ...

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Andrew Jeffrey joined Realscreen in 2021 as its news editor. Here, he helps to oversee assignment, reporting and editing for Realscreen's daily newsletter. Prior to his work covering documentary and non-fiction film and TV, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for CBC Edmonton, and as a reporter for The Star Calgary, where he covered daily news on beats such as local and provincial politics, health care and harm reduction, sports and education. His work has appeared in other Canadian news outlets such as TVO, the Edmonton Journal and Avenue Magazine.

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