Sean Farnel

Sean Farnel provides creative, marketing and distribution services to documentary producers, companies and institutions. He was the first Director of Programming for Hot Docs, which tripled its audience during his six-year tenure. Prior to joining Hot Docs, Sean created the popular screening series Doc Soup and founded the documentary program at the Toronto International Film Festival. Sean has done research and strategic consulting for the National Film Board of Canada, DOC, FilmFreeway and other media companies in the private and public sectors.