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Documentary on Journalist Bill Moyers in the Works From Kathleen Hughes and Tom Casciato
For decades, journalist Bill Moyers reported on some of the most pressing matters in American politics and culture. Now, he will be the…
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‘Stories of a Lie’ Picked Up for Sales by Odd Slice Films Ahead of IDFA World Premiere as Clip Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
Newly launched sales company Odd Slice Films has boarded “Stories of a Lie,” directed by Olia Verriopoulou, due to world premiere at IDFA…
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‘Soap Bubbles’ Tracks Down a Long-Gone Bohemian Dynasty: ‘A Big Industrial Empire Can Burst Like a Bubble’
Czech documentarian Tatana Markova says she became intrigued by her subject in “Kingdom of Soap Bubbles” – a once-great Bohemian dynasty…
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Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Peter Farrelly Use Their Star Power to Give Life to Doc ‘The Man Who Saves the World?’
When Gabe Polsky pitched his latest documentary, “The Man Who Saves the World?” to the major streamers, they weren’t interested. “I made a…
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Israeli Hostage Survivor and Subject of Doc ‘Holding Liat’ on Recent Hostage Release: ‘After a War of This Scale We Can’t Have Things Go Back to What They Were’
In the documentary “Holding Liat,” director Brandon Kramer follows elderly American Israeli couple, Yehuda and Chaya Beinin, as they fight…
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Square Eyes Acquires ‘The Kartli Kingdom’ Ahead of IDFA World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Vienna-based sales outlet Square Eyes has secured international rights to “The Kartli Kingdom,” directed by Tamar Kalandadze and Julien…
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DOC NYC Unveils Full Lineup Including ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Predators,’ ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ and More
DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has unveiled the full lineup for its 16th edition, featuring 116 feature documentaries…
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Finnish Documentary ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Follows an Unconventional Mother-Daughter Duo Who Spend Their Days Surrounded by Death
Finnish filmmaker Hanna Nordenswan makes her feature documentary debut with “Sense and Sensibility,” which tells the story of the unique…
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ESPN’s Timely Doc ‘Berlusconi: Condemned to Win’ Bridges Sports and Politics: ‘It’s A Story About the Seduction of Winning’
The late Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire and former four-time Italian prime minister who once described himself as the “Jesus Christ of…
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‘The Last Dive’ Director Talks Manta Rays, Writing Documentaries and Camden International Film Festival
In “The Last Dive,” director Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, an ex-Hell’s Angel-turned manta ray conservationist, on a personal journey…
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Oscar-Winner Chai Vasarhelyi Details Making Nat Geo Doc ‘Lost in the Jungle’: ‘The Most Complicated Film I’ve Ever Made in Terms of Access’
In “Lost in the Jungle,” Oscar winners Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi (“Free Solo”) teamed with Colombian filmmaker Juan Camilo Cruz to…
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Alexander Rodnyansky’s ‘Notes of a True Criminal’ Debuts Teaser Trailer as Film Premieres in Venice: ‘I Portray War as a Persistent Curse’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The exclusive teaser trailer for Alexander Rodnyansky’s documentary “Notes of a True Criminal,” which premieres out of competition at the…
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Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs on Venice Festival Doc ‘Marc by Sofia’: ‘I Felt Very Comfortable Exposing Everything to Sofia‘
Two longtime friends will make for among Venice’s most-discussed red-carpet pairings. Sofia Coppola is the director of “Marc by Sofia,” a…
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Venice Documentary ‘Do You Love Me,’ a ‘Love Letter’ to Beirut, Picked Up by Light Dox as Clip Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
Light Dox has acquired sales rights to Lana Daher‘s documentary “Do You Love Me,” which has its premiere in Venice Days, a sidebar to the…
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Marianne Faithfull Doc ‘Broken English’ Acquired by Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ahead of Venice World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian distribution company I Wonder Pictures has acquired rights to Venice-bound “Broken English,” a portrait of the late Marianne…
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‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?’ Director Says the Doc Was Not Made to ‘Help Rehabilitate His Career in Any Way’
In the Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?”, police, lawyers, journalists, investigators, and Smollett rehash the events…
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Armenian Documentary ‘There Was, There Was Not’ Acquired in U.S. by Suncatcher, Watermelon (EXCLUSIVE)
Suncatcher Productions and Watermelon Pictures are partnering up for the U.S. release this fall of “There Was, There Was Not,” Emily…
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Marcelo Gomes’ Documentary About Dreams ‘Creatures of the Mind’ Acquired by Utopia Docs (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales agency Utopia Docs has acquired Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Gomes’ “Creatures of the Mind,” which had its international premiere at…
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‘You’re No Indian’ Doc Exposes the Human Rights Crisis Behind Tribal Disenrollment: ‘Our People Are Being Erased by Systems With No Accountability
In January, Ryan Flynn’s documentary “You’re No Indian” was abruptly removed from the 2025 Palm Springs Film Festival lineup because of…
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Did the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Really Get a 400% Pay Raise? And Whether Netflix’s ‘America’s Sweethearts’ Made a Difference in the Negotiations
WARNING: This story contains spoilers for “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” Season 2. For decades, conventional wisdom…
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Documentary Festival DC/DOX Became A Counterprogramming Option During Trump’s Military Parade
Over the weekend, just blocks away from President Trump’s June 14 military parade in Washington, D.C., the third annual DC/DOX got…
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Lena Waithe Boards Elegance Bratton’s Documentary ‘Move Ya Body: The Birth of House’ as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
Emmy-winning writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe has signed on to executive produce the documentary feature “Move Ya Body: The Birth of…
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Amy Schumer on Her Tribeca Doc ‘Room to Move’: ‘We Want To Destigmatize Autism’
After watching Alexander Hammer’s “Expecting Amy,” a 2020 docuseries about Amy Schumer‘s difficult pregnancy, Jenn Freeman’s life changed.…
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Fisher Stevens on Indigenous Doc ‘We Are Guardians’: ‘We Aren’t Going to Get Paid to Do These Social Impact Films, But We Have to Continue to Make Them’
In 2019, Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman began filming “We Are Guardians,” a documentary about Indigenous forest…