Documentary filmmakers discuss AI, budgets, and the genre's future

Colin Hanks (John Candy: I Like Me), Matt Robins (Lost Women of Alaska), and Keith Scholey (Ocean With David Attenborough) ...

What To Expect At ESSENCE Film Festival, From Exclusive Premieres To Star-Powered Conversations

More than 600 submissions shaped this year's ESSENCE Film Festival, featuring first looks, exclusive screenings, and Sanaa ...
IndieWire

Every Documentary Filmmaker Should Be Worried About the Success of ‘Melania’

The film is the latest streamer-funded, carefully choreographed, boring, celebrity puff piece being branded as a documentary. It's also a harbinger of what sorts of "true stories" are being championed ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking Takes Center Stage in Copenhagen: “We Should Win an Oscar for Pretending That Everything Is Normal”

"Updated Reflections on Contemporary Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking," a panel during the industry conference of CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, drew a crowd. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The ...
Yahoo

Frederick Wiseman, giant of documentary filmmaking, dies aged 96

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world of cinema has lost another giant. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker and one of the greatest ...
Variety

Final Oscar Predictions: Documentary Short — Can ‘All the Empty Rooms’ Hold Off ‘The Devil Is Busy’ and ‘Children No More’?

Oscars Best Documentary Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s been a banner year for the documentary short contenders, with each nominee presenting a compelling case for why it could ...