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The joke goes: "The women in Montreal are so beautiful. Where do you send all the ugly women? To Toronto?"

Canadian culture is very difficult to define. There are very few unifying traits that identify a person as a true Canadian. Sure, for the most part there's hockey and the fact that we're all polite, but even so, is that all it takes to make us a part of the "true north strong and free"? Well, according to a new documentary entitled Let's All Hate Toronto, one thing that brings all Canadians together is their hatred for Toronto.

The elite of the documentary film world gathered this morning at Revival for a press conference announcing the lineup of this year's Hot Docs festival. It's a powerhouse program, which TVO's Rudy Buttingnol attributes to the filmmakers and the growing importance of the medium. "Documentaries are helping change the way people think," says Buttingnol, who will also receive the inaugural Outstanding Industry Achievement Award. "Just look at how governments around the world are now trying to address the problem of the environment...I can't help but think documentaries had something to do with it."

If laughter is the best medicine, then Albert Nerenberg wants to take you to med school. The documentary filmmaker who has brought about such films as Stupidity and Escape To Canada has recently turned his camera lens towards laughter. And now, after all his research, he is teaching Advanced Laughter Workshops to show people how to laugh.