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Virtual reality documentaries are blazing a new trail in storytelling and art
Source: Hyperallergic Virtual reality offers intriguing possibilities for documentaries. Before the advent of workable VR, many saw cinema as the medium with the most potential to transport the audience. Now, you can strap on a headset and find yourself anywhere,...
“RBG” and “Three Identical Strangers” announce the arrival of CNN Films
Source: Variety CNN Films became the belle of the indie box office this summer thanks to a pair of unlikely popcorn-season smashes. The film arm of the cable news channel produced “RBG,” a deep dive into the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and...
How documentaries became the hottest genre of the summer
Source: TIME Ah, summer! The season of superhero blockbusters and exhilarating action movies - enterprises that demand little more of us than shutting down some of our brain power and sinking into cushy stadium seats. But the summer of 2018 has put a wrinkle in that...
Here are the 2018 Emmy Nominees in the Documentary Categories
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Icarus (Netflix) Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (Netflix) Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (PBS) Spielberg (HBO) The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO) Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series American Masters (PBS)...
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment launches documentary unit
Source: Deadline Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have launched Imagine Documentaries, a venture to develop and produce feature documentaries and non-scripted television projects. Grazer and Howard have named Justin Wilkes to run the...
Laurene Powell Jobs is financing a documentary movie studio
Source: Bloomberg Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs, is investing more of her fortune in Hollywood by backing a movie studio alongside Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Emerson Collective...
Netflix has launched a podcast to help you keep up with Netflix documentaries
Source: Fast Company Netflix has launched a new podcast series that will take fans behind the scenes of its growing library of original documentaries like "Making a Murderer," "The Keepers," "13th," the new Rachel Dolezal doc, "The Rachel Divide," and this year's...
Oscars announce new rules for documentary features
Source: Los Angeles Times On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a series of new rules for next year's Oscars — most notably, a new regulation that could potentially expand the number of documentary features eligible for awards...
“Icarus” wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
Source: Entertainment Weekly After striking a chord during the Winter Olympics, "Icarus" made an impression during the Oscars. The documentary from director Bryan Fogel about Russia’s state-sanctioned doping program earned the award for Best Documentary Feature...
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405″ wins Oscar for best documentary short
Source: Realscreen Frank Stiefel’s "Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405" was named Best Documentary Short at the 90th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles last night. The doc features 56-year-old artist Mindy Alper, who has spent nearly all of her life battling...
“Last Men in Aleppo” director Feras Fayyad might skip the Oscars after his producer and star are blocked from visiting the U.S.
Source: IndieWire Best Documentary Feature Oscar nominee “Last Men in Aleppo” recently made history by becoming the first film from a Syrian directing-producing team to garner Academy recognition. Yet for the filmmakers — who say they have just learned that Syria...
“Kailash,” “Of Fathers and Sons” take top documentary prizes at Sundance
Source: Realscreen Derek Doneen’s "Kailash" and Talal Derki’s "Of Fathers and Sons" were awarded the two top documentary awards at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Doneen picked up the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for his film "Kailash" which tells the story of Nobel Peace...
Oscar Nominations 2018: The Documentary List
Documentary Feature Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Faces/Places Icarus Last Men in Aleppo Strong Island Documentary Short Subject Edith + Eddie Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop Receive all of the day’s stories in one email every...
“Strong Island” and “Jane” win top awards at the 2018 Cinema Eye Honors
Source: The Wrap Yance Ford’s harrowing Netflix documentary about race and the justice system, “Strong Island,” took the two top awards, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction, at the 11th Annual Cinema Eye...
Three New York Times Op-Docs Vie for Best Documentary Short Oscar
Source: IndieWire The Best Picture shortlist for the upcoming Academy Awards recently set a record for its depth: 341 titles, revealing little about the expected contenders for film’s most-coveted prize. But just ten films are on the shortlist for Best Documentary...
Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me 2” pulled from Sundance, dropped by YouTube Red after admitted sexual misconduct
Source: Entertainment Weekly Days after filmmaker Morgan Spurlock posted his essay “I am part of the problem” on Twitter, his movie, "Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!," has been pulled from the Sundance Film Festival. The decision to pull the documentary from the...
HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins to Step Down
Source: Variety Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, is leaving the cable network after 38 years. Nevins, 78, has presided over the non-fiction arm of HBO to tremendous acclaim, producing over 1,000 documentaries and amassing a collection of awards...
Morgan Spurlock admits to sexual misconduct. Steps down from his production company.
Source: Reuters Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock stepped down from his production company, Warrior Poets, on Thursday after saying on social media that he had engaged in sexual misconduct. The “Super Size Me” director posted a message through his...
15 documentary features make Oscars shortlist
Source: Variety The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. The 15 titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary...
Ten documentary shorts make Oscars shortlist
Source: Variety The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected ten films as contenders for the documentary short subject category for the 90th Academy Awards. The ten titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary branch, who viewed this...