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...

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...

Source:  Deadline In typical fashion, this year’s Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature began at the Sundance Film Festival in January with the festival yielding several standouts. Winner of the U.S. documentary Grand Jury Award was Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles’...

Source:  IndieWire Nominees for the 2018 Cinema Eye Honors were unveiled on Nov. 3 in San Francisco. The nominations announcement officially launches the 11th edition of the Cinema Eye Honors, which celebrates outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction film. This...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Winners for the second annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were announced Thursday by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. "Jane" took home the evening’s top award for best...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino" director Tara Wood is the latest filmmaker to state that she would like her documentary project to part ways with its distribution partner, The Weinstein Co. "As a woman, creator and protector of "21 Years:...

Source:  Variety The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association jointly announced the nominees for the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards on Monday. Leading the nominations with four was “Kedi,” a Turkish...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Days before Morgan Spurlock debuted his highly anticipated "Super Size Me" sequel at the Toronto International Film Festival, the documentary already was drawing buyer interest. Netflix made a play for Spurlock's poultry industry...

Source:  Realscreen Pay-TV network Starz is entering the world of documentaries with a series of new acquisitions. The docs will premiere this fall on Monday nights, beginning with "The Age of Consequences" on Sept. 18. The PF Pictures doc investigates the impacts of...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Ava DuVerney asserted that there are different ways to address the criminal justice system, and urged those with those views  to "stand up and be heard." She made these remarks last night at the Creative Arts Emmys, where her Neflix...

Source:  The Wrap PBS isn’t just for your grandparents anymore. The public broadcasting mainstay is continuing to solidify its presence as a digital media player, launching a YouTube channel in collaboration with Independent Lens, the Emmy award-winning indie...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Facebook is putting a human touch on its new video efforts. The social network has ordered a 12-episode docuseries from Brandon Stanton, the man behind the popular photo blog, Humans of New York. The half-hour series will also be...

Source:  Film School Rejects  1.  Storytelling is Storytelling 2.  1 + 1 = 3 3.  Do Something Lasting 4.  Plans Will Change 5.  There Is No Single Career Path 6.  Never Stop Learning Read the story at Film School Rejects.  Receive all of today’s stories in one email...

Source:  Moviemaker Magazine For several years, our documentary "On a Knife Edge" had a great beginning and a wonderful middle, but no end in sight. On the face of it, our story (about a teenage Lakota boy growing up on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation) had one...

Source:  Fstoppers In November of last year, Jonny Von Wallström sold his feature-length documentary film, "The Pearl of Africa," to Netflix.  He had been attempting to chase down the video streaming service for several years.  This included hunting down contact...