Seneca Professor’s film accepted into Hot Docs

A documentary film written, directed and produced by Journalism-Broadcast Professor Igal Hecht has been accepted into Hot Docs — one of the world's biggest and most prestigious documentary film festivals.

The Hilltops is an insider’s look into the lives of those who live on the Hilltops of The West Bank. The documentary is part of the festival's Canadian Spectrum program and will be screened on May 1 at 4:30 p.m. at the ROM and on May 3 at 9:30 p.m. at the Cumberland 2 theater. Ticket Information

Professor Hecht is a graduate of the School of Communication Arts, where he has also been teaching for the past seven years. In 1999, he created Chutzpa Productions Inc., and has been making award-winning films ever since. To date, he has produced, filmed, edited and directed more than 40 documentaries and television shows for various channels. In fact, The Hilltops has already been sold to CBC Documentary and will air later this year.

Helping Professor Hecht on his latest project were Journalism-Broadcast graduates Diana Golts and Carlos Guevara.

Hot Docs runs from April 28 to May 8. Over the course of 11 days, more than 199 documentaries from 43 countries will appear on 16 different screens across Toronto.