The 2019 Camden International Film Festival announced the winners with awards going to Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss’ Lovemobil, Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s Erde (Earth) and Feras Fayyad’s The Cave.
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MR TOILET: The World’s #2 Man, Engaging Doc on Jack Sim, a Crusader for Global Sanitation, Sets November Release Date
What do you get when you cross an eccentric self-made man with a load of crap? Jack Sim.
Political Documentary A GERMAN YOUTH Opens in LA on October 11th
Big World Pictures will release the documentary film A GERMAN YOUTH (Une Jeunesse Allemande) by Jean-Gabriel Périot in Los Angeles.
5 Documentary Films Awarded 2019 SFFILMDocumentary Film Fund Grants
Five documentary films win 2019 SFFILMDocumentary Film Fund awards totaling $125,000, which support feature-length documentaries in post-production.
Breaker Brings Reggae Doc RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS to Brooklyn and Detroit
Breaker celebrates the power of reggae by releasing the film Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records directed by Nicolas Jack Davies about the legacy of Trojan Records.
Fascinating Documentary MADE IN BOISE on Gestational Surrogacy Kicks Off Fall Season of PBS Independent Lens
Made in Boise, an engrossing look at the complex and controversial world of gestational surrogacy kicks off the Fall season of PBS documentary series Independent Lens.
Sports Documentary MAKING COCO: THE GRANT FUHR STORY Gets Theatrical Bow in St. Louis
“Making Coco: The Grant Fuhr Story” by award-winning filmmaker Adam Scorgie makes it theatrical debut in St. Louis on October 1st.
Watch New Trailer for I’M LEAVING NOW Engaging Documentary of an Undocumented Worker
Cinema Guild released the Trailer for the documentary I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy), by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, an intimate portrait of an undocumented worker.
STOLEN SON: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary on Rohingya Crisis Debuts August 31
CNN travels to Cox’s Bazar in ‘Stolen Son: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary’, a powerful new film that tells the story of one mother’s desperate attempt to find her missing 12-year-old son.
Documentary PARKLAND RISING to World Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival
Timely and vital, the documentary Parkland Rising executive produced by Katie Couric and will.i.am, will World Premiere at the upcoming 20th anniversary Woodstock Film Festival.
12 Documentaries Selected for European Film Awards 2019
The European Film Academy announced the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 12 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for 2019 European Film Awards.
TO KID OR NOT TO KID, Maxine Trump’s Documentary on Women who Decide to Live Childfree, in Theaters in November
The documentary To Kid Or Not To Kid by filmmaker Maxine Trump, is a new film that aims to tackle the myth that living childfree is weird, selfish or somehow wrong.
Thomas Heise’s Award-Winning Documentary HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME Premieres at Toronto Film Festival
Thomas Heise’s Berlin Film Festival award winning documentary Heimat Is A Space in Time will make its North American Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Iran Selects Documentary FINDING FARIDEH for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film
Finding Farideh directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Ataee was selected as Iran’s entry in the Best International Feature category at the 92nd Academy Awards.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 Documentary Premieres on HBO on September 11
In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 offers a unique eyewitness perspective on that tragic day and its aftermath from former Stuyvesant students, blocks from the World Trade Center.
Spotlight on Documentary Lineup of 57th New York Film Festival Features Films on Roy Cohn, Merce Cunningham
This year’s Spotlight on Documentary section of the 57th New York Film Festival features portraits of iconic figures, intimate reports from inside the American prison system.
DON’T BE NICE, Documentary on Bowery Slam Poetry Team Heads to Theaters in September
The award-winning documentary DON’T BE NICE directed by Max Powers that chronicles the upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team will open in theaters in September.
FLC’s Retrospective of Agnès Varda to Showcase Over 30 Films from 60-plus-Year Career
Film at Lincoln Center announced its holiday series, a career-spanning retrospective of Agnès Varda, the most comprehensive survey to date of the late filmmaker’s vast canon.
Jacqueline Olive’s Sundance Award Winning Film ALWAYS IN SEASON Gets September Release
With support from Sundance Institute, Jacqueline Olive’s Always in Season, winner of a Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival will be released in Fall 2019.
Magnolia Picture to Release SCANDALOUS, Documentary on National Enquirer
Magnolia Pictures will release SCANDALOUS, a new documentary directed by Mark Landsman that leads viewers on a wild ride through the larger-than-life pages of the National Enquirer.
Lifetime Partners with Gretchen Carlson on Beyond the Headlines Companion Documentaries
Lifetime greenlights two Beyond the Headlines companion documentaries, with award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Gretchen Carlson.
Immigration Documentary I’M LEAVING NOW Sets September Release Date
The documentary I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy), a searing and intimate portrait of one undocumented worker on the margins, by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda sets September release date.
I AM PATRICK SWAYZE Documentary Wins Grand Prize at San Antonio Film Festival
The documentary I Am Patrick Swayze, which held its world premiere at the San Antonio Film Festival, was awarded the Festival’s Grand Prize.
Coming Soon: Laura Fairrie to Direct LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY Documentary on Best-Selling Author
Laura Fairrie is directing LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY, the “truth-is-stranger-than-fiction” documentary about the best-selling author.