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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…

In the new trailer for Netflix The One About Matthew Perry, the late Friends star reflects on his TV success and the toll it took. In a voiceover early in the clip, Perry says, “I said God, you can do anything you want to me just please make me famous.” When fame arrived, Perry reflected, “God did…

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…

In comedian Dane Cook’s mind, “some people brighten up a room by leaving it.” That’s certainly been true in his case, considering the devastating personal lows that have come intertwined with dizzying career highs. From a middle-class Massachusetts family, Cook first took the mic in Boston…

EXCLUSIVE: In June, in rural Ohio, 16 children, from toddlers to teenagers were found living in a 12×12 room in conditions so deplorable that authorities described it as “pure evil". This story is set to be explored in a new feature-length documentary for Oxygen. The Versant-owned cable…

EXCLUSIVE: Hit British comedy The Inbetweeners has re-entered the zeitgeist lately with the unveiling of a new Netflix movie. Stars Joe Thomas and James Buckley are taking advantage with a Channel 4 documentary dealing with the show’s favorite topic, adulting. Thomas and Buckley, who can both be…

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…

UPDATED with latest: With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences setting its dates for the 2027 and 2028 Oscars (the latter the ceremony’s 100th anniversary), the rest of the awards docket for those two years is falling into place. After the Oscars announcement, SAG-AFTRA’s Actor…

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…

France's Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, also known as Cinemed, and Beirut-based Arab cinema platform Aflamuna have unveiled the selection for their fifth project incubator event, which will take place within the framework of the festival in October. The initiative, bannered the…

EXCLUSIVE: Range has signed David Gelb, the four-time James Beard Award–winning, Emmy- and Grammy-nominated filmmaker, for representation. Known for his work in the culinary world, Gelb’s critically acclaimed debut feature Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which he shot and produced himself in a 10-seat…