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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...