Am I Racist?, the controversial documentary that satirizes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, failed to make the Oscar shortlist of nonfiction features today, despite earning more money at the box office than any other documentary this year, by far. The film directed by Justin Folk features…

Will & Harper, the Netflix documentary about comedic actor Will Ferrell and his friendship with SNL pal Harper Steele who came out as trans, earned a spot on the coveted Oscar documentary feature shortlist today. It wasn't the only shortlist honor for the film directed by Josh Greenbaum. The tune…

A previously undisclosed documentary about the Titan submersible disaster is in post-production, with producers aiming for a 2025 debut at film festivals "and distribution across major platforms." Dirty Dozen Productions, working in collaboration with RadicalMedia, is behind the project, which is…

EXCLUSIVE: 011films and Ventureland are partnering on what promises to be the definitive documentary on undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk. We're told post-production is underway in Rome on the film directed and produced by Pablo Benedetti, who gained access to the Ukrainian…

One of this year's acclaimed Oscar-contending documentaries goes below the waves with a remarkable community of women free divers off the coast of South Korea. They're formally known as “haenyeo,” but sometimes referred to as "Korea's mermaids." Filmmaker Sue Kim's term for them: "A bad-ass girl…

EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the documentary October H8te, the explosive Oscar-contending film directed by Wendy Sachs. Briarcliff plans a theatrical release in the first quarter of 2025 for the film, which documents the sharp rise in antisemitism and…

One of the most extraordinary stories from World War II, paradoxically, is one of the least known: the sinking of the Lisbon Maru. This was the scene, in the ocean waters around a remote island off the Chinese coast: "On October 2, 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese freighter carrying 1,816 British…

Former Pres. Obama is going to bat for a baseball-themed documentary. The ex-POTUS sent an Instagram message to his 36 million+ followers on the social media platform, urging them to check out The Turnaround, a short film in Oscar contention directed by Kyle Thrash and co-directed and produced by…

A great documentary can make you fall in love with a real person you had never encountered before viewing a film. Such is the case, for me, with Lars Hammar, the protagonist of the Oscar-contending documentary The Last Journey. Dear Lars spent a career teaching French to kids in Sweden. Reaching a…

For his Oscar-contending documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, filmmaker Benjamin Ree drew inspiration from literary sources as much or more than cinematic ones. "One of my main interests is dramaturgy… and structure," he says over a breakfast of an omelet and waffles in Amsterdam. "I’m…

EXCLUSIVE: The single-most ambitious documentary of the year may be the Oscar-contending Piece by Piece, Morgan Neville's film about music producer, singer, performer, and fashion designer Pharrell Williams. The Oscar-winning filmmaker shot a full-on nonfiction feature about Pharrell – going into the…

As Oscar documentary branch voters mark their shortlist ballots, one of the features they're considering is the award-winning Netflix film Daughters, a cinematic experience that has deeply touched audiences since its debut at Sundance. The film directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae tells the…