''Hot Docs at Home'' is a Canadian television programming block, which premiered April 16, 2020 on

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

. Introduced as a special series during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the series aired several feature documentary films that had been scheduled to premiere at the 2020

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June ...

before its postponement. The films aired on CBC Television at 8 p.m. EST on Thursdays and on the CBC's

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later the same evening, and were made available for streaming on the CBC Gem platform. During the same period, the Documentary Channel also aired a number of older documentary films which were screened at past editions of the Hot Docs festival. Several of the films broadcast on the series received Canadian Screen Award nominations in television documentary categories at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, with ''

9/11 Kids ''9/11 Kids'' is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by Elizabeth St. Philip. The film profiles the ongoing effects of the September 11 attacks on the United States through the stories of the now young adults who were in the classroom where ...

'' winning the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political documentary.

Schedule

Films broadcast on the series were:Kevin Ritchie
"Hot Docs 2020 movies to premiere on CBC Gem"
'' Now'', April 6, 2020. * April 16: '' Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art'' -

Barry Avrich Barry Michael Avrich ( ; born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian film director, film producer, author, marketing executive, and arts philanthropist. Avrich's film career has included critically acclaimed films about the entertainment business including '' ...

* April 23: ''

'' - Elizabeth St. Phillip * April 30: '' Finding Sally'' - Tamara Mariam Dawit * May 7: ''

Meat the Future ''Meat the Future'' is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by Liz Marshall. The film profiles various scientists who are working on the development of cultured meat. The film premiered as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Do ...

'' - Liz Marshall * May 14: ''They Call Me Dr. Miami'' - Jean-Simon Chartier * May 21: '' Influence'' - Richard Poplak and Diana Neille * May 28: ''

The Walrus and the Whistleblower ''The Walrus and the Whistleblower'' is a 2020 Canadian documentary film directed by Nathalie Bibeau.John Law"CBC premiere Thursday for documentary on Marineland, Demers conflict" ''St. Catharines Standard'', May 24, 2020. The film profiles Phil D ...

'' - Nathalie Bibeau

References

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