Will the Writers Strike Benefit the Documentary Business?
The breakdown of the Writers Guild of America's contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers could benefit the documentary industry.
The breakdown of the Writers Guild of America's contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers could benefit the documentary industry.
Hot Docs keeps homeless films on buyers' radars, such as 'The Disappearance of Shere Hite,' 'Joan Baez I Am a Noise,' 'Praying for Armageddon' and 'Confessions of a Good Samaritan.'
Peacock's 'Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed' executive producer unpacks the explosive doc that corroborates the Menendez brothers' claims.
Featuring films about Stephen Curry, Michael J. Fox, the 2023 Hot Docs Festival hopes to draw attention to distribution challenges for nonfiction films.
Filmmaker Lisa Cortes on why her Little Richard documentary is timely to today and cementing the singer's legacy for a new generation.
Drafthouse Films has acquired global distribution rights to Alex Winter’s documentary “The YouTube Effect.”The film, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in…
The trailer for Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s Cannes entry “The Mother of All Lies” debuts here (below). The documentary hybrid, about the lies that pervaded El Moudir’s…
On Tuesday, on the eve of the opening of Belgrade’s Beldocs Film Festival, festival director Mara Prohaska Markovic sent her condolences to the families of those killed in two…
Nearly 10 years after his death, Peter O’Toole is making a return to the screen in a BritBox documentary from Jim Sheridan.The revered Irish director, known for narrative films…
Hot Docs has wrapped its 30th anniversary edition, handing out its top cash prize and announcing the audience top picks after an 11-day festival, which presented 214 films from 72…
Last year, during an online panel at Hot Docs film festival featuring Ukrainian documentary filmmakers who were staying in place, Oksana Karpovych told attendees how she’d gained…
DR Sales has sold Canadian distribution rights for Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei’s “Praying for Armageddon” to LevelFilm. The deal was revealed follows the film’s North…
Oscar nominated director Nicole Newnham (“Crip Camp”) was at Hot Docs with her latest film “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” a portrait of a feminist pioneer. The helmer was also…
Danish filmmaker Christian Einshøj’s “The Mountains” has won Hot Docs’ Best International Feature Documentary Award and a Cnd. $10,000 cash prize, it was announced this morning in…
Our list of the must-watch documentaries of 2022.
By Pat Saperstein
Variety editors ranked top documentaries about Hollywood -- films that examine productions gone out of control and key figures behind the scenes.
Here are some of the best politically relevant documentaries to help make sure you're up to speed on the historical background of some of the most important issues.
Here are 10 noteworthy true-crime documentaries dating back to the late 1980s.
The docs that made the short list for the Academy Awards, and who could take home the Oscar.