Hot Docs Festival’s Future Appears More Dire Than Ever After President Marie Nelson Exits
The future of Toronto's Hot Docs Festival appears more dire than ever after president Marie Nelson departs the struggling organization
The future of Toronto's Hot Docs Festival appears more dire than ever after president Marie Nelson departs the struggling organization
JoJo Siwa is reuniting with "Dance Moms" creator Jeff Collins to create a new docuseries looking at the star's personal and professional life.
Jacob Rees-Mogg is set to get his own Discovery+ docuseries titled 'Meet the Rees-Moggs.'
Greg Whiteley, best known for 'Cheer' and 'Last Chance U,' talks filming the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for the Netflix doc 'America's Sweethearts.'
Fox Rich, subject of Garrett Bradley's Oscar-nominated doc 'Time' and director of its sequel, talks about the film and her fight for justice
Timothy Treadwell ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to live among its grizzly bears. He returned yearly, until his death by one of creatures he sought to protect and, on some level, to become.
Alex Honnold has a dream: to climb the 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without a rope. The doc is gripping — but what about its daredevil hero? This Oscar-winning doc is a nail-biter.
Wisconsin director Mark Borchardt attempts to film his fraught horror movie "Coven." With a crew made up of friends and family members.
"Truffle Hunters" is a heavenly delicacy meant to be savored, a true meditation on nature and food.
The future of Hot Docs Film Festival, one of North America’s largest dedicated to documentaries, is not looking bright. Less than two months after the Toronto-based festival…
Seven Southeast Asian documentaries and short films are to receive S$140,000 ($104,000) from the Singapore International Film Festival’s SGIFF Film Fund 2024. The two…
Hulu, which touched on the legacy of “Baywatch” as part of its 2022 scripted limited series “Pam & Tommy,” is heading back to the beach. The streamer is set to premiere the…
JoJo Siwa is reuniting with “Dance Moms” creator Jeff Collins to create a new docuseries looking at the star’s personal and professional life. The untitled unscripted series will…
“Chasing Chasing Amy,” a documentary feature which has played at over 75 film festivals and featured on The Popcorn List of outstanding undistributed films, has been picked up…
It has been three years since Garrett Bradley’s documentary “Time,” centering on Sibil “Fox Rich” Richardson’s two-decade fight to get her husband Robert released from prison, was…
SPOILER WARNING: This interview discusses plot points from “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” now streaming on Netflix. Last Thanksgiving, Greg Whiteley…
Five documentary filmmaking teams haven been selected to participate in the Catapult Film Fund and True/False Film Fest’s ninth annual Rough Cut Retreat. The immersive…
In Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber’s documentary “War Game,” the directing duo map out what America’s next coup d’état might look like. The 94-minute docu takes place on Jan. 6…
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