PhoenixSerenity<p>After months of internal strife and questions surrounding its <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FinancialSustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialSustainability</span></a>, Hot Docs, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>'s largest <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FilmFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmFestival</span></a>, announced it will begin "temporary" layoffs and a three-month closure of its landmark cinema in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HotDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotDocs</span></a> is expected to publicly announce the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> and closure of its <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TedRogersCinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TedRogersCinema</span></a> on Wednesday afternoon, changes which it says are necessary "to address urgent <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> challenges."</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/hot-docs-announces-temporary-closure-and-layoffs-citing-urgent-financial-challenges/article_096c7a9a-183f-11ef-9b80-af85a8cc05dd.amp.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/entertainment/movi</span><span class="invisible">es/hot-docs-announces-temporary-closure-and-layoffs-citing-urgent-financial-challenges/article_096c7a9a-183f-11ef-9b80-af85a8cc05dd.amp.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FilmIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanadianFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianFilm</span></a></p>