DOC NYC, a Key Spot for Oscar Campaigning, Boasts 33 World Premieres
Debuting docs at DOC NYC include one about Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double on Harry Potter films
Debuting docs at DOC NYC include one about Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double on Harry Potter films
Michael Moore expounded about the Israel-Hamas war and Netanyahu while accepting a tribute award
Smaller distributors stretch their resources to compete against deep-pocketed rivals backed by streamers
Documentary filmmaker Thom Zimny unpacks how the events and people in Sylvester Stallone's life influenced his art
Sam Green hopes '32 Sounds' will become the second documentary ever nominated for best sound at the Oscars
The 1997 race for the Heisman Trophy will be explored in an installment of the 14th season of ESPN’s “30 for 30″ series.” Titled “The Great Heisman Race of 1997,” the ESPN…
At the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, the Baltic Film sidebar has showcased an impressive range of work from the Baltic states – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia…
Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly, who won the best director award at documentary festival IDFA on Thursday for “Life Is Beautiful,” has expressed his sense of helplessness…
Sean Pean says the cost in human lives of Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine is on “all of us.” Political dithering in the West has given Russia great advantages in the…
At documentary festival IDFA this week, National Geographic’s exec VP of marketing and communications Chris Albert – whose slate includes IDFA entry “The Mission,” about the death…
It took director Ariel Kuaray Ortega almost two decades to be able to tell a story he’s heard throughout his entire life: the strange tale of Canuto, a man who mysteriously…
Shoghakat Vardanyan’s “1489,” which follows the director’s family after her brother goes missing while serving in the Armenian army, won documentary festival IDFA’s best film…
Eleven documentary projects from 11 countries have been selected for the Intl. Documentary Assn.’s annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant. Selected from 371…
Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, DC and R.J. Cutler’s production hub This Machine are developing a documentary about the iconic Mad magazine. Oscar-and Emmy-winning…
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