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The 20th Camden International Film Festival in Maine – one of most highly-anticipated annual gatherings for the documentary community – has kicked off with some major news. Elise McCave, head of film at Kickstarter, was announced Thursday night as the new executive director of the Points North…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has turned to one of its most trusted documentary directors to tell the story of the Liver King’s steroid scandal. The streamer’s Untold franchise has enlisted Joe Pearlman to helm the Liver King film after he directed the Robbie Williams and Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now…

Andrea Bocelli possesses not only an extraordinary operatic voice, but another unique gift – the capacity to sense sound bouncing off of surfaces. Except, he doesn't think it's such an unusual ability at all. "It’s basically the concept that bats use for their orientation. When you walk, you make…

EXCLUSIVE: A multi-part film about the Fleischer Brothers, creators of a pioneering animation studio that launched Betty Boop, Popeye The Sailor, and Superman cartoons, has won the richest prize in documentary. Today, the Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns, and the Crimson…

Belgian artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, whose latest documentary Soundtrack To a Coup D'Etat is expected to be an Oscar contender, has been named Guest of Honor at the upcoming International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. The honor recognizes a distinguished career that includes Blue Orchids…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks EMEA has commissioned a six-part series about flawed investigations into notorious killers from the U.S. and UK. Woodcut Media is making Faces of Evil for Crime + Investigation. The series will explore the twists-and-turns of the flawed investigations into the likes of the…

Young filmmaker Jazmin Jones and her collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross put on their detective caps – possibly with tinfoil lining underneath – in the award-winning new film Seeking Mavis Beacon. The "Mavis" they are seeking became a beacon of hope for people wanting to learn to type back in the day…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the production company behind Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert and Showtime's Sheryl is teaming with pop and reality TV star Jessica Simpson on a multi-part documentary about the musician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and best-selling author. Production is currently…

Daisy Ridley is going from Star Wars to soccer stardom in her latest gig. The actress has signed on to narrate We Were There, an eight-part doc series about the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar from the country’s Supreme Committee, UK indie Noah Media Group and Host Broadcast Services…

In one of the most explosive documentary premieres in TIFF history, a film sharply critical of Benjamin Netanyahu bowed before a packed house in Toronto Monday night, despite a last-ditch effort by the Israeli prime minister to block it. The Bibi Files, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Alexis…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Pratt has boarded Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey, a feature documentary directed by Rich Hull and former combat chaplain Justin D. Roberts, as an executive producer. Also new to the project is Falling Forward Films, the outfit led by distribution veteran Scott Kennedy…