CPH:DOX has crowned winners at the latest edition of the renowned nonfiction film festival in Copenhagen. The DOX:Award, the festival's top prize, went to Always, the directorial debut of Deming Chen. The film tells the story of a young poet, 8-year-old Youbin, who lives "deep in the lush…

Patrick Mahomes and his family didn't get a free trip to Disneyland this year, but his team is doubling down with the Mouse House. ESPN and Disney+ have ordered a docuseries about the Kansas City Chiefs. The series comes from Connor Schell's North Road-backed Words + Pictures in association…

CPH:DOX, the internationally-renowned nonfiction film festival in Copenhagen, is confronting a dramatically altered geopolitical order, one that threatens the values of freedom of expression upon which the documentary field is founded. The theme of this year's festival, decided several months…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and Dartmouth Films are marking five years since the death of George Floyd with a feature doc that will be given a theatrical release. BACKLASH: The Murder of George Floyd [working title] will feature interviews with members of Floyd's family, Chief Medaria Arradondo, the…

Over 40 years after HBO aired his Live From Long Island special, the cable network is back in business with Billy Joel. The Piano Man star is the subject of a two-part documentary – Billy Joel: And So It Goes – that will launch this summer. The two-part is directed by Susan Lacy, who…

It's been a day of dramatic developments for No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary about life for Palestinian residents in the rural West Bank area of Yasafer Matta. Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian filmmakers who joined two Israeli directors to make the film, was released from…

EXCLUSIVE: Haliey Welch, the young woman who became famous overnight after the release of the viral "hawk tuah" video, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary. Emmy-winning production company Bungalow Media + Entertainment (Cyber Sleuths: The Idaho Murders for Paramount+; Little Richard: I…

EXCLUSIVE: Gentlemen – or make that, kids – start your engines. Imagine Documentaries is developing a docuseries on the BabyRace Driver Academy, "the prestigious Italian go-karting program that serves as the first step for exceptional young drivers aiming for Formula 1 stardom." Emmy…

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran. But filmmaker Feras Fayyad, who endured torture in Assad's prisons, never gave up the certainty that one day the…

UPDATED to note the producers and executive producer of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. CPH:DOX, the renowned documentary festival in Copenhagen, is presenting what might be called an Ai Weiwei double feature. On Wednesday, the festival hosts the world premiere of Animality, the great Chinese artist's…

The International Documentary Association is adding a quartet of distinguished members of the nonfiction film community to its board of directors. Joining the board are Inti Cordera, a documentary film director, producer, and founder of La Maroma Productions Nathalie Seaver, executive…

Starz has picked up the five-part docuseries Magic City: An American Fantasy, about the popular Atlanta strip club known as the Black Studio 54 and its longtime influence on hip-hop. The series created and executive produced by Cole Brown, is slated to debut this summer. Drake's DreamCrew…