(Toronto) The Documentary TV Series Lac-Mégantic — This is not an accidentby Philippe Falardeau, won the Audience Award at the Canadian documentary festival Hot Docs in Toronto on Sunday.
The four-episode television series, which chronicles the causes of one of Canada’s worst rail disasters, ranked first in the audience poll for this 30e Hot Docs edition.
The TV series is currently presented on Vidéotron’s pay channel Vrai, but Quebecor has decided to offer the first month free if the customer subscribes before the 1er June.
In addition, the Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary went to Someone Lives Here, by Zack Russell. The documentary looks at a young carpenter who built shelters for the homeless.
When Spring Came to Buchaa German-Ukrainian film about what happened after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the small Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kyiv, won the audience award for a medium-length documentary.
Finally, an American film about a biologist’s efforts to protect desert tortoise populations from crows, Eco-Hack!received the audience award for a short documentary.
Hot Docs presented 214 films from 72 countries during the 11-day festival in Toronto this year.