As we head into the latter half of 2024, some frontrunners are emerging among documentaries in the race for Oscar recognition.
On the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey assess the state of play at this (admittedly) early stage in awards season, with…
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: PBS Documentaries has launched a Prime Video channel in Canada.
Echoing its U.S. counterpart, the channel will kick off with a wealth of docs from pioneering filmmaker Ken Burns’ collection. These will include The Vietnam War, Baseball, The American Buffalo, The U.S. and the Holocaust and…
One fish, two films.
The massive 1975 hit Jaws will get a pair of documentaries to mark the 50th anniversary of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster. One of them, Jaws: Making a Splash in Hollywood, tossed chum in the water at Sunny Side of the Doc last week – looking for a bite from potential buyers at…
EXCLUSIVE: As it preps for the release of notable titles like Nickel Boys, production company Louverture Films has added a handful of key execs and collaborators, including two principal partners and a chief financial officer.
As those new arrivals come aboard, co-founder Danny Glover has announced…
Several documentaries in production are leaving Sunny Side of the Doc – the world's biggest nonfiction film marketplace – with renewed momentum and exposure.
Sunny Side wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony announcing winners of the Pitch Sessions in multiple categories. Winning Best History Pitch…
An unseen interview that captures comedian Richard Lewis holding court at Greenblatt’s Delicatessen in Hollywood is set for release on Saturday, June 29.
Filmmaker/Documentarian Gregg Barson conducted the Lewis interview for his 2011 documentary, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis.
Barson…
Sunny Side of the Doc, the world's biggest documentary-focused marketplace in the world, wrapped its 35th edition Thursday, after gathering 2,100 participants over four days in La Rochelle, France.
The anniversary event brought together major broadcasters, streamers, foundations, distributors…
The LatAm Content Market will hold its inaugural event next March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing together regional and global stakeholders in the documentary, nonfiction, and reality TV industry.
Sunny Side of the Doc, the largest documentary-focused marketplace in the world, is partnering on…
EXCLUSIVE: Sky, Warner Music Entertainment and Screen Scotland are collaborating on a feature doc profiling the unique legacy of Scottish funk sensation Average White Band, with Warner taking North American distribution.
Directed by Anthony Baxter (Eye of the Storm), Montrose Pictures’ Average White…
As Georgia O'Keeffe was to the landscape of New Mexico, artist Chiura Obata was to the grandeur of Yosemite.
The national park in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains inspired the Japanese-born painter, who found in Yosemite a perfect embodiment of what he called "great nature" (dai shizen in…
Network Entertainment has entered production on a new documentary celebrating the life and career of Bernie Taupin, the legendary lyricist best known for his longtime songwriting partnership with EGOT winner Elton John.
Directed by Matthew Miele (Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion) and featuring newly…