Matthew Carey joined Deadline fulltime in 2020, after a long association as a freelancer, to specialize in coverage of the nonfiction film landscape. Matthew is a writer and producer whose work has appeared on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. He has written extensively about documentary film for CNN and CNN.com, Documentary magazine, NBCNews.com and TheWrap.
Drill an ice core into an Icelandic glacier and the frozen cylinder will tell the history of the Nordic land going back millennia – volcanic eruptions deposited as peppery flecks, air bubbles trapping ancient atmospheric data.
But what happens when those glaciers melt? Does history itself…
September brought a rash of film festivals (well, maybe "rash" is the wrong word; that sounds like a skin condition. How about a "slew" instead?). In any case, it was one film festival after another this month, beginning with Venice, continuing with Telluride, then Toronto, and for documentary…
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Beth de Araújo's breakout year is continuing with the announcement of a signature award from the upcoming Orcas Island Film Festival in Washington state.
The festival announced Tuesday it will honor the director of Josephine with its Jean-Marc Vallée Vanguard Award, named…
The lineup for the 2026 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is taking shape, with the announcement Tuesday of more than 100 titles joining the roster.
The 39th edition of the world's largest documentary festival revealed selections across its Signed, Paradocs, Best of Fests, and…
EXCLUSIVE: Lightdox has acquired world sales rights to the documentary My Home of Wind and Sand ahead of its world premiere Tuesday at the Zurich Film Festival.
Filmmaker Patrick Wally spent over a decade on his film, a portrait of women's rights, human rights and climate activist Najla Mohamed…
The International Documentary Association is coming to the defense of NAZA filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
The nonprofit organization posted a letter to its website urging the Israeli government to stop what the IDA terms a “campaign of threats” against the directors, whose film is…
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Ross Kauffman, Sarah Sarandos, and Scott Veltri have signed on to produce They Were Good Dogs, a documentary that exposes cruel treatment of beagles "bred, caged and tested on in the name of research for pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemicals and household…
EXCLUSIVE: A documentary on rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is coming together through Seven Bucks Productions, the company founded by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, and New Zealand's Pango Productions.
The companies announced Friday they have tapped New Zealand-based filmmaker Zoë…
A trailer is out for the buzzy documentary Musk, Oscar winner Alex Gibney's brutal takedown of the world's richest man. Watch it above.
As Deadline reported exclusively, Bleecker Street has moved up the theatrical release date of Elon Musk doc to October 9, citing intense public interest in the…
EXCLUSIVE: President Lincoln, quoting the Bible, famously said of America on the brink of civil war, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In our present moment of intense political division, those words seem particularly relevant.
The new documentary The Great Experiment, directed by…
EXCLUSIVE: 1-2 Special is releasing a trailer for Closure, the award-winning documentary that has emerged as a strong contender for Oscar consideration.
Michał Marczak directed the film that follows a father, Daniel Dymiński, on a relentless search for his missing teenage son Chris, who was last…
The oldest human being alive right now, in case you've been wondering, is Ethel Caterham of Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, England, who turned 117 in August. She succeeded to the title of oldest person in the world after the death of Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun who died in 2025 at the age…