With a rainstorm raging outside, the Hot Docs festival got off to a damp start at Toronto's historic Winter Garden Theatre on Thursday. The sold-out audience of soaked film enthusiasts laughed ruefully when Nick de Pencier, the producer and cinematographer of the opening night gala, Act of God, quipped, 'We couldn't have asked for better weather.'
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