Documentary

  • Jacqueline Olive’s Sundance Award Winning Film ALWAYS IN SEASON Gets September Release

    ALWAYS IN SEASON Directed by Jacqueline Olive
    ALWAYS IN SEASON Directed by Jacqueline Olive

    With support from Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship, Tell It Media, Multitude Films and Fourth Act will distribute Jacqueline Olive’s award winning documentary Always in Season, winner of a Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary film will open in New York City on Friday, September 20th at The Metrograph, followed by runs in Los Angeles and select American Multi-Cinema Inc (AMC) theaters across the country. The broadcast premiere will air and stream on Independent Lens on PBS Winter 2020.

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  • Magnolia Picture to Release SCANDALOUS, Documentary on National Enquirer

    National Enquirer
    National Enquirer

    SCANDALOUS, a new documentary directed by Mark Landsman (THUNDER SOUL, LOS JETS) that leads viewers on a wild ride through the larger-than-life pages of the National Enquirer, highlighting the publication’s impact on journalism, business, culture and politics has been acquired by Magnolia Picture for release in US. Magnolia is planning a November 15 theatrical release. CNN Films will have North American broadcast rights, while AGC International will oversee international distribution rights.

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  • Lifetime Partners with Gretchen Carlson on Beyond the Headlines Companion Documentaries

    Catherine Oxenberg, Gretchen Carlson
    Catherine Oxenberg, Gretchen Carlson

    Lifetime greenlights two Beyond the Headlines companion documentaries, with award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Gretchen Carlson, to join the network’s upcoming Ripped from the Headlines slate. Following the movie premieres of Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter and The College Admissions Scandal, the new one-hour documentaries produced by A+E Originals, will offer provocative insights and an in-depth look at the people and stories behind the news which captivated the nation. This marks Carlson’s second collaboration with Lifetime, as she executive produced and reported on workplace sexual harassment in the documentary Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence.

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  • Immigration Documentary I’M LEAVING NOW Sets September Release Date

    I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy)
    I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy)

    The documentary I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy), a searing and intimate portrait of one undocumented worker on the margins, directed by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, will open on Friday, September 6 at the Maysles Cinema in New York, followed by other cities.

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  • I AM PATRICK SWAYZE Documentary Wins Grand Prize at San Antonio Film Festival

    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze

    The documentary I Am Patrick Swayze, which held its world premiere at the San Antonio Film Festival (SAFILM) on August 2, was awarded the Festival’s Grand Prize.

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  • Coming Soon: Laura Fairrie to Direct LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY Documentary on Best-Selling Author

    JACKIE COLLINS
    JACKIE COLLINS

    Laura Fairrie is directing LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY, the “truth-is-stranger-than-fiction” documentary about best-selling author, rebel, actress, millionaire Hollywood chronicler, mother, sister, survivor, and unlikely feminist, Jackie Collins.  

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  • Toronto International Film Festival Unveils 2019 Documentary Lineup, Films from Feras Fayyad, Bryce Dallas Howard, Alex Gibney

    The Cave directed by Feras Fayyad
    Al Ghouta, Syria – Dr. Amani in the underground tunnels. (Photo credit: National Geographic) (The Cave directed by Feras Fayyad)

    The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its lineup of 25 documentary films covering high-profile figures including Truman Capote, Merce Cunningham, Ron Howard, Bikram Choudhury, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Imelda Marcos; as well as a broad range of themes, including journalism, immigration, global politics, environmentalism, capitalism, and racism.

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  • THE KINGMAKER Documentary on Imelda Marcos to World Premiere at Venice Film Festival

    THE KINGMAKER
    Imelda Marcos on her 85th birthday in KINGMAKER. Photo Credit: Lauren Greenfield.

    Emmy winning director Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles), latest film The Kingmaker, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this August. The documentary centers on the indomitable character and controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand’s presidency rocketed her to the global political stage.

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  • The Documentary GIFT Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s Bestseller in Theaters in Fall

    Gift directed by Robin McKenna
    Gift directed by Robin McKenna

    GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. Exploring the parallels between artists’ work and a gift economy, it’s a reflection on the creative process, the reasons we “labour in service of our gifts.”

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  • Showtime Releases Trailer for True Crime Docu-Series MURDER IN THE BAYOU

    MURDER IN THE BAYOU
    MURDER IN THE BAYOU

    Showtime will premiere the network’s first true crime docu-series, Murder In The Bayou, on Friday, September 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, from director Matthew Galkin (Kevorkian) and author Ethan Brown, whose New York Times Best Selling book Murder In The Bayou is the inspiration for the series. The five-part docu-series investigates the unsolved murders of eight women whose bodies were discovered between 2005 and 2009 in drainage canals and on desolate back roads in and around the town of Jennings, Louisiana in rural Jefferson Davis Parish. 

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  • 3 Documentary Film Projects Win 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships

    2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, and Yusef Srouji.
    2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, and Yusef Srouji.

    SFFILM and the Catapult Film Fund have announced the three filmmaking teams that have been awarded 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, andYusef Srouji. These fellowships are awarded to filmmakers working in the early stages of developing compelling, story-driven documentary features, and run August through December of this year.Also, in keeping with SFFILM’s broader commitment to the Bay Area’s documentary filmmaking community, SFFILM’s popular Doc Talks series of nonfiction filmmaking workshops will continue at the organization’s FilmHouse residency space through a renewed grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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  • Phillip Baribeau’s UNBRANDED Follows Cowboys in American West on Scientology Network’s Documentary Showcase

    UNBRANDED
    UNBRANDED

    Scientology Network’s Documentary Showcase, the weekly series providing a platform for independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues, presents Unbranded on Friday, August 2, a journey that celebrates the return of an icon of the American West, the wild mustang.

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