46:, and is considered the most important award at the festival. Although the festival releases a preview list of the Top 20 contenders in audience award voting while the festival is underway, the Canadian films in the list are identified only as a film that is eligible for the Rogers Award rather than by title, so as not to give away the Rogers Award contenders in advance of the final announcement. The festival concludes with a repeat screening of the Rogers Audience Award winner, following which the preview list is updated to reveal all of the hidden Canadian film titles.
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International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Documentaries
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923:"Hot Docs adds $ 50,000 Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian film".
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Bracken, "Hogtown, Little Jesus lead pack at Hot Docs".
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Barnard, "Record crowds pick Chasing Ice as top film".
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Guy Dixon, "Hot Docs' attendance spikes by 33 per cent".
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Nick
Aveling, "Hot Docs festival posts record year".
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Canadian International Documentary Festival
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1088:"Hot Docs film fest posts big gain in audience".
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1368:"Yintah Wins Rogers Audience Award at Hot Docs"
1058:"Hot Docs pulls record crowds with 13th fest".
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995:"Hurley's cavalcade of calamity continues".
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1161:"Hot Docs boasts record audience numbers".
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1028:"Hot Docs announces audience favourites".
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