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  • Producers Guild Announces Movies and TV Shows Nominated for 36th PGA Awards

    Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A REAL PAIN
    Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A REAL PAIN. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.

    The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominees in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards.

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  • PGA Announces Documentary Film Nominees for 36th Producers Guild Awards.

    Gaucho Gaucho
    Gaucho Gaucho (courtesy Sundance Institute)

    The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the 2025 Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards.

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  • ‘Agent of Happiness’ ‘Black Box Diaries’ Among Nominees for 40th IDA Documentary Awards

    Agent of Happiness
    Agent of Happiness (Film Movement)

    The The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the nominations for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards.

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  • 2024 IDA Documentary Awards Reveals Feature and Short Docs Shortlist

    Dahomey by Mati Diop
    Dahomey © Les Films du Bal – Fanta Sy

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) unveiled the shortlist for this year’s IDA Documentary Awards. The shortlist was selected from more than 700 entries across all categories, representing 77 countries.

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  • ‘Mediha’ – Hasan Oswald’s Documentary Tells the Remarkable Story of Former ISIS Captive | Trailer

    Mediha documentary trailer and release date
    Mediha by Hasan Oswald

    Following the story of a former ISIS captive, the documentary ‘Mediha’ tells the remarkable story of the resilience of a young girl named Mediha coming to terms with her life after being held captive by ISIS, with the help of her film camera. The documentary follows her journey as she searches for her missing family members and helps investigators identify her captors.

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  • ‘Mediha’ Wins Grand Prize Award at 29th Stony Brook Film Festival

    Stony Brook Film Festival 2024 Winners
    (Flickr | Staller Center for the Arts)

    Mediha bested 36 films from 19 countries to take home the Grand Prize Award at 29th Stony Brook Film Festival. Directed by Hasan Oswald, this documentary chronicles the journey of a young Yazidi girl returning from ISIS captivity. Using her camera to process her trauma, she documents her experience while rescuers continue to search for her missing family members. The film vividly illustrates the extraordinary endurance of the human spirit and the critical need to amplify the voices of those who have been unheard for too long.

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  • ‘Atikamekw Suns,’ ‘The Complex Forms,’ ‘Mediha’ Win Top Awards at 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

    Atikamekw Suns directed by Chloé Leriche
    Atikamekw Suns

    The 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced the juried and audience award winners at the Closing Night Award Ceremony in Mammoth Lakes on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

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  • ‘Never Look Away’ to Open, ‘Black Box Diaries’ to Close 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Line-up

    Margaret Moth in Never Look Away by Lucy Lawless
    Never Look Away by Lucy Lawless

    This year’s tenth anniversary edition of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) taking place in-person from May 22-26, 2024, at venues across Mammoth Lakes, California, opens on May 22 with the California Premiere of Never Look Away, directed by Lucy Lawless.

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  • 2nd DC/DOX Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Documentaries on Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, Ani DeFranco

    Look Into My Eyes directed by Lana Wilson
    Look Into My Eyes by Lana Wilson

    DC/DOX documentary film festival in the nation’s capital unveiled the lineup including films on Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much, Ani DeFranco in 1-800-ON-HER-OWN, and designer Diane Von Furstenberg in Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge.

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  • ‘Mediha’ to Open 28th Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London Lineup

    Mediha directed by Hasan Oswald
    Mediha

    Now in its 28th year, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London, from 14-22 March, 2024, presents a line-up of 10 award-winning, international feature-length films.

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  • 21st Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Unveils Official Selections + Jeanie Finlay Retrospective

    Your Fat Friend by Jeanie Finlay
    Your Fat Friend

    The 21st annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival returns February 16-25, 2024 in Missoula, Montana featuring over 150 nonfiction films, and a virtual program streaming online February 19-29.

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  • Clair Titley’s ‘The Contestant’ to Open 14th DOC NYC Documentary Festival Lineup

    The Contestant directed by Clair Titley
    The Contestant

    Clair Titley’s The Contestant will open the 14th DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival — running in-person November 8-16 and continuing online through November 26, presenting more than 105 feature-length documentaries .

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