by This Guy Edits on November 28, 2025

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by Pat Mullen on November 28, 2025

Hollywood often looks to documentaries for inspiration, but a documentary getting the scripted treatment in Canada remains rare. However, the acclaimed 2017 documentary Birth of a Family offers just the right ingredients for a dramatic adaption. […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 28, 2025

I hope all my American subscribers had a great Thanksgiving holiday last week. I just want to say how thankful I am to all my email subscribers, online readers, and paid supporters, especially in months like this when I’m swamped with my other […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 28, 2025

I hope all my American subscribers had a great Thanksgiving holiday last week. I just want to say how thankful I am to all my email subscribers, online readers, and paid supporters, especially in months like this when I’m swamped with my other […]

by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) on November 26, 2025

Artwork from The Keith Haring Foundation via Eventbrite Keith Haring fans take note: a newly unearthed 1989 documentary about the making of “Tuttomondo” will have its world premiere on Dec. 20. The film follows Haring as he explores Pisa, paints […]

by NDE on November 26, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! This holiday I’m giving away two of my “live” story consulting recordings when you buy my popular filmmaking seminars. Read about both seminar descriptions below. (But use this PURCHASE LINK to […]

by Pat Mullen on November 24, 2025

The Canadian documentary The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs, and Who Has Control led the winners of this year’s DOC NYC with the Audience Award as the overall festival favourite. The film directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and produced by Julie Bristow and Abby […]

by Cheyenne Roundtree on November 24, 2025

The singer co-directed the live 3D concert documentary with Oscar-winner James Cameron 

by Megan Durnford on November 21, 2025

The 38th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), ran from November 13 to November 23. It was the first festival under new Artistic Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez. As usual, IDFA was a veritable feast of the […]

by David Fear on November 21, 2025

An abandoned movie on hunting the Zodiac Killer turns into a side-eyed look at something even more rampant than mass murder: true-crime documentaries

by Christopher Campbell on November 21, 2025

The holidays are just around the corner, and I’m happy to share any special deals or gifts targeting documentary fans. Zipporah Films has already provided this year’s info for its offers on orders of Frederick Wiseman films. They’re giving […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 21, 2025

The holidays are just around the corner, and I’m happy to share any special deals or gifts targeting documentary fans. Zipporah Films has already provided this year’s info for its offers on orders of Frederick Wiseman films. They’re giving […]

by Jordan Ruimy on November 20, 2025

Variety reports that the IDFA has become a key stop on the Oscars campaign trail for documentaries, thanks to its late-fall timing and strong programming showcasing the year’s top nonfiction titles. Academy executive Michael Benedict attended this […]

by David Ehrlich on November 19, 2025

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed film follows Sara Shahverdi, the first councilwoman in the history of her remote village.

by Jordan Ruimy on November 19, 2025

Half a century on, 1975 feels like a moment of transition — the New Hollywood movement was in full bloom, but with the first hints of the blockbuster era creeping in. The studio system, still reeling from the upheaval of the late ’60s, had […]

by Kate Erbland on November 19, 2025

Exclusive: Neville’s essay film “Breakdown: 1975” features a murderers’ row of talking heads, from Martin Scorsese to Ellen Burstyn, to track how the culture of the mid-’70s led to some of our best films. And it’s coming to Netflix next month.

by IDA Comms Staff on November 18, 2025

IDA Announces Nominees for 41st Documentary Awards IDA Comms Staff Tue, 11/18/2025 – 12:56

by David Ehrlich on November 18, 2025

Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock update “Bowling for Columbine” for a country that still refuses to address one of its most preventable crises.