Hot Docs is delighted to host you for an evening of drinks and networking with our Canadian delegation.Come meet four talented Canadian filmmakers and connect with Hot Docs staff including Executive Director Diana Sanchez, Festival lead programmer Gabor Petric, and delegation leader Lauren Clarke.

This Guest Meet Guest is sponsored by Hot Docs, CMF Sector Development, BC Creative and Documentary Organization of Canada.

Our delegation features:

Alona Metzer is a two-time CMPA Indiescreen Emerging Producer Award nominee. Her current project is DON’T COME UPSTAIRS, in which filmmaker Mike Lobel turns the camera on his family, uncovering the secret his father kept hidden for decades.

Hannah Donegan is an award-winning producer, director, and writer. Her current project is the Ford Foundation-funded feature EXCODED, about three victims taking on the steady creep of facial recognition tech in policing, immigration and even schools.
Jenny Rustemeyer is an award-winning producer and writer. Her current project, UP IN THE CLOUDS, DOWN IN THE VALLEY, follows a visually impaired conceptual artist on a mission to revolutionize accessibility for his community.

Ryan Mah is a filmmaker and co-founder of Black Rhino Creative based in Vancouver, Canada. His current project, CELEBRATE THE UNTOLD STORY, is the tale of Chinese-Canadian freestyle ski legend Wayne Wong, who became the unlikely pioneer of a counterculture sport in the early 70s.