Chicago filmmakers say the challenge is securing wider distribution in an industry that increasingly takes its cue from streaming-service algorithms. The movie chronicles her journey to know her ...

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As locals, filmmakers, journalists and sundry industry professionals streamed into the college town of Columbia, Missouri for the 12th edition of nonfiction film festival True/False — which concluded ...

In some years, a single film seemingly dashes unimpeded to the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature — Summer of Soul in 2022, for instance, or Citizenfour in 2015. This is not one of those years. In a ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — A new documentary about beloved comedian John Candy will open this year’s Chagrin Documentary Film Festival this fall. “John Candy: I Like Me” will make its Northeast Ohio debut ...

The 27th edition of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, launching on April 3, will feature a lineup of 34 feature documentaries and 15 short docs. The Durham, N.C.-based, four-day doc film fest ...

MTV Documentary Films has picked up world rights to David Osit’s Sundance doc Predators. The film digs into Dateline’s popular and controversial series To Catch a Predator. MTV will release the film ...

Documentary films can, of course, be about a variety of subjects, including social justice, environmental causes or traumatic events. But what if the documentary is about you? Your life. Your family.