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Kelvin Harrison Jr. Joins Jury, Will Present Golden Globes Prize for Documentary in Cannes
Actor-producer Kelvin Harrison Jr. will join the jury and present the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary in Partnership With Artemis…
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MetFilm Boards Sundance Awards Winner ‘To Hold a Mountain’ for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
MetFilm Sales has acquired international sales rights to Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić’s feature documentary “To Hold a Mountain,”…
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Dogwoof Boards ‘The Cycle of Love,’ From ‘White Helmets’ Director, Executive Produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (EXCLUSIVE)
Documentary sales, distribution and production company Dogwoof has boarded international sales rights to “The Cycle of Love,” directed by…
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Industry Arm Agora Unveils Lineup of Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s industry arm Agora, which runs March 8 to March 12, has unveiled its lineup of projects. Agora offers…
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Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff on Why Billie Jean King’s Story Needed to Be Told in ‘Give Me the Ball’: ‘We Need Heroes. We Need People Who Have Fought the Hard Fight’
Tennis icon and legend Billie Jean King has had documentaries, articles and even a movie, “Battle of the Sexes,” tell her story. “Give Me…
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Projects From ‘Apolonia, Apolonia,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Directors Among Lineup for Financing and Co-Production Event CPH:Forum
This year’s edition of CPH:DOX’s financing and co-production event CPH:Forum, which runs March 17-19, will showcase projects by 101…
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Ondi Timoner on How Her Altadena Fire Doc Aims to Help Heal and Stop Foreclosures
Veteran documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her wife, Morgan Doctor, were working on a film in Budapest when they got a phone call…
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Cairo Award Winner Mohanad Yaqubi on Lebanese Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab: ‘It’s as If She’s Making the Film and I’m the Instrument Making This Happen’
“Revolutionaries Never Die” was the winner of the top award at this year’s Cairo Film Connection, the industry program of the Cairo Film…
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Documentary Filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias on Revealing the Terror of Portugal’s Fascist Regime
Portuguese documentary filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias, who is the guest of honor at IDFA, spoke to the festival’s artistic director Isabel…
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‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon’ Wins at IDFA, Artistic Director Talks Sensitive Political Times: ‘It Makes You Have a Certain Care for How You Say Things’
Two Iranian films have been crowned the main winners of the 38th edition of IDFA, with Mehrdad Oskouei’s “A Fox Under a Pink Moon” taking…
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AI-Generated Images Threaten Future of Documentary as People ‘Will Stop Believing Anything’: ‘Deep Fake Is the Crime, AI Is a Tool’
Few issues are as widely dissected and discussed within the film business today as the possibilities and consequences of AI technology.…
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Namir Abdel Messeeh Says Screening ‘Life After Siham’ in Cairo Offers a Special Tribute to His Late Parents
Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh’s “Life After Siham” is screening in the Special Screenings section of the Cairo Intl. Film…
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‘Silent Flood,’ Documentary About a Relgious Community in Ukraine, Boarded by Filmotor Ahead of IDFA Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Prague-based sales outlet Filmotor has secured international sales rights to Ukrainian filmmaker Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s documentary…
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IDFA Stands for ‘Artistic, Bold Filmmaking,’ Chiefs Say, but ‘That’s Not Always What’s Celebrated at Some TV Stations and Streamers’
As Forum, the industry program of documentary festival IDFA, launches today, Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, the festival’s head of industry,…
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Filmmakers Behind IDFA Openers Talk Role of Short Documentary at Times of Sociopolitical Unrest: ‘Art Is Never About Length’
This year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in the Dutch city between Nov. 13-23, will open with a…
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María Silvia Esteve on Trailing Survivor of Sexual Abuse Case by Catholic Priest in ‘Mailin’: ‘There Was a Structure Protecting Him’ (EXCLUSIVE)
One day, almost a decade ago, Argentinian filmmaker María Silvia Esteve (“Silvia”) turned on the television and saw a woman talk about her…
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Hulu’s Caroline Flack Doc Gives Late British TV Host of ‘Love Island UK’ a Chance to Tell Her Truth
In December 2019, one of Britain’s most successful television hosts, Caroline Flack, became the target of relentless media scrutiny after…
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Dawood Hilmandi’s Documentary ‘Paikar’ Picked Up by Taskovski Ahead of IDFA World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Taskovski Films has picked up sales rights to documentary “Paikar,” the debut feature by Afghan-Dutch filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi, which…
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DOC NYC’s ‘The Big Cheese’ Follows American Cheesemongers’ Attempt to Earn International Respect
Sara Joe Wolansky left her job as a video producer at The New Yorker in 2022 to pursue a feature documentary career. After a few months of…
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Dawn Porter to Receive Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s 2026 Tribute Award (EXCLUSIVE)
Veteran documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter has been selected to receive the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival‘s 2026 Tribute award. The…
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Vladimir Putin Portrait ‘The Face of Power’ From Emmy-Winning Director James Jones Boarded by Dogwoof (EXCLUSIVE)
International documentary sales, distribution and production company Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights for “The Face of…
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‘Time to the Target’ Director on How Bruegel Influenced His Portrait of Hometown Lviv Under Russian Fire
In Vitaly Mansky’s arresting portrait of life during wartime, “Time to the Target,” he allows audiences to breathe, to absorb the smallest…
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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Protagonist Reveals Threats, Braces for ‘Second Wave of Hate’ From Russia Amid Oscar Campaign: ‘We Are Going to Kneecap You’
The protagonist of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” Pavel “Pasha” Talankin is preparing for more negativity from Russia amid the ongoing Oscar…
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Artist Segues From Stripping to Boxing to Battling Demons in ‘Everything Works Out (in the End)’
Documentarian Maximilien Dejoie confesses he was feeling the stress while following his subject for Ji.hlava doc fest main competition…