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Toronto, April 28, 2014 – Hot Docs is pleased to announce that Toronto-based producer Michael McNamara has been named this year’s recipient of the Don Haig Award. The Award is presented by the Hot Docs Board of Directors to an outstanding Canadian independent producer with a feature-length film in competition at the Festival, and selected by a jury of independent producers, including Merit Jensen Carr, Nick de Pencier and Michael McMahon. The Award recognizes creative vision and entrepreneurship, as reflected in the recipient’s body of work and Festival film, as well as a track record of mentoring emerging Canadian filmmakers. McNamara is the producer of DAVID & ME (D: Ray Klonsky, Marc Lamy), which had its world premiere at Hot Docs on Sunday, April 27. He will be presented with a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Don Haig Foundation, at the Hot Docs Awards on Friday, May 2.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to get this award,” says McNamara. “Don Haig’s generous spirit touched so many emerging film makers and helped build an entire industry. It’s so fitting that this award is a part of Hot Docs. I’ve attended Hot Docs since the films were running on TV screens perched on bars along College Street. I love the festival, I love what it’s doing for documentary and the city of Toronto, and I love everything this award stands for. I’m deeply honoured to receive it.”
Michael McNamara has been an editor, a sound recordist, a cameraman, a writer, a producer and a director, sometimes all at once, for thirty years. Fourteen years ago, Michael started up Markham Street Films with partner Judy Holm, and has followed his passion for pop culture, music, art and science, writing and directing films such as 100 FILMS & A FUNERAL and ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT, series like DRIVEN BY VISION and FANBOY CONFESSIONAL, and science docs such as LIGHTS OUT! which recently won an award at the AFO Science Film Festival in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Michael believes that there is truth in humour and his films invite us to explore the world with curiosity and warmth. His creative talents in both documentary and scripted have resulted in excellence and awards for Markham Street Films and he has increasingly used these talents to work with young filmmakers, such as Ray Klonsky and Marc Lamy, co-directors of DAVID & ME at this year’s Hot Docs, and Daniel Perlmutter, whose feature comedy BIG NEWS FROM GRAND ROCK will hit the festival circuit in the fall.
Past winners of the Don Haig Award include filmmakers Merit Jensen Carr (2013), Mia Donovan (2012), Rama Rau (2011), Philip Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji (2010), Brett Gaylor (2009), Yung Chang (2008), Hubert Davis (2007), and Guylaine Dionne (2006).
Hot Docs (HERE), North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 21st annual edition from April 24–May 4, 2014. An outstanding selection of 197 documentaries from Canada and around the world will be presented to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions and market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs Deal Maker and The Doc Shop. In partnership with Blue Ice Group, Hot Docs operates the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
The Hot Docs documentary Box Office, located at 2 Bloor Street West, Cumberland Terrace–Lower Level is open for ticket, package, and pass sales and ticket redemption. Tickets can be purchased in person, online at www.hotdocs.ca, or by phone at 416-637-5150. Single tickets to screenings are $14.60 each, and $19.25 each to special events. Late night screenings (after 11 p.m.) are $6.20 each or $12.40 for an All-You-Can-Eat Late-Night Pass (one ticket to each of the nine screenings). A Festival 10-Pack is $125, a Festival 20-Pack is $215, and a Bloor Cinema All Access Pass is $130. Hot Docs offers free same day tickets for all screenings before 5 p.m. to seniors (60+) and students with valid photo I.D. at the venue box offices (subject to availability).
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