Hot Docs sells its cinema for $6.25 million, but will continue leasing it

The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Gabriel Li (Mandatory Credit)

TORONTO - Hot Docs has sold its flagship cinema but will continue to run the space in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood.

The organization that runs Canada's largest documentary film festival says the buyer is a "neighbour who is interested in supporting the arts in Toronto," who has asked to stay anonymous.

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