Each year Hot Docs is pleased to host a number of official delegations at the Festival. The delegations, each a total of 10 - 20 established producers and broadcasters working in social, cultural and political documentary genres, will partake in the wealth of networking opportunities, market events and conference sessions offered, including the Toronto Documentary Forum, Hot Docs' renowned international co-financing market event.

The following have confirmed International Delegations:

Italy led by Doc It! and the Italian Trade Commission
Brazil led by the Brazilian TV Producers Association
Catalan led by Catalan Films & TV
Nordic region led by the Norwegian Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Danish Film Institute, Icelandic Film Centre and Swedish Film Institute
South Korea led by the Korean Film Council

Visit www.hotdocs.ca for more information.

Hot Docs is pleased to announce the following group of esteemed filmmakers, industry professionals and journalists who will form the 2008 Hot Docs Festival Jury. Together they will determine the best of this year's festival selections in the International Spectrum, Canadian Spectrum and Shorts to Mid-length categories:

Massoud Bahkshi, Filmmaker, Documentary & Experimental Film Center (DEFC), Iran
Elena Fortes Acosta, Festival Director, Ambulante Documentary Film Festival (Documental Ambulante A.C), Mexico
Elvis Mitchell, Film Critic/Radio Talk Show Host, KCRW ("The Treatment"), USA
Rada Sesic, Programmer, IDFA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Iikka Vehkalahti, Commissioning Editor, YLE TV 2 Documentaries, Finland
Arturo Perez Torres, Filmmaker/Producer, Open City Works, Canada
Johanna Schneller, Freelance Journalist, The Globe and Mail, Canada
Michael Burns, Producer, Manifest Communications, Canada
Molly Dineen, Filmmaker/Producer, UK