The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund

Deadline of Monday, December 2, 2024, 5:00pm EST.

The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund has invested $1.43 million to enable more African documentary filmmakers to tell their stories and contribute to the next generation of African documentary talent.

Each year, up to five funded projects are invited to participate in a year-long mentorship program, which includes private filmmaker labs at Hot Docs and the Durban FilmMart/Durban International Film Festival or other festivals and markets in Africa.

The Fund also collaborates with The New York Times—Op-Docs to commission shorts from African filmmakers to showcased on The Times’s Emmy® Award–winning online forum.

To date, the Fund has awarded 100 projects from 26 countries.