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EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture Academy has rejected a plea from producers Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and fellow makers of Kiss the Future to reconsider its decision ruling the documentary ineligible for Oscar consideration. The award-winning film — exploring the 1990s siege of Sarajevo and how the city's…

EXCLUSIVE: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will host the world premiere of American Coup: Wilmington 1898, about a forgotten chapter in American history that saw a white supremacist mob terrorize Black residents of a North Carolina city, overthrowing an elected city government. The film…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we cruise into Oscar season. Check back often for updates. September 26: News & Documentary…

Spacey Unmasked, the Channel 4-Max documentary series detailing new allegations against the double-Oscar winner, has been nominated at the prestigious UK Grierson Awards, as the shortlist in each category is whittled down from eight docs to four. Spacey Unmasked is nominated in the new Best Popular…

Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features…

Sweden has selected The Last Journey as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.   The documentary by popular Swedish TV hosts and journalists Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson, known at home as Filip och Fredrik, sees the duo take Hammar's father…

A new docuseries from Investigation Discovery following the rise and fall of Sean “Diddy” Combs from Maxine Productions (Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV) is in production. Following allegations of abuse and assault that have permeated for years, Combs was arrested in New York on Monday. He…

The 20th Camden International Film Festival has wrapped the in-person portion of the event in coastal Maine with the announcement of awards in several categories, including one that will launch a filmmaker into the Oscar race. Kix, a documentary shot in Budapest, Hungary, won CIFF's prestigious…

The 20th Camden International Film Festival in Maine – one of most highly-anticipated annual gatherings for the documentary community – has kicked off with some major news. Elise McCave, head of film at Kickstarter, was announced Thursday night as the new executive director of the Points North…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has turned to one of its most trusted documentary directors to tell the story of the Liver King’s steroid scandal. The streamer’s Untold franchise has enlisted Joe Pearlman to helm the Liver King film after he directed the Robbie Williams and Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now…

Andrea Bocelli possesses not only an extraordinary operatic voice, but another unique gift – the capacity to sense sound bouncing off of surfaces. Except, he doesn't think it's such an unusual ability at all. "It’s basically the concept that bats use for their orientation. When you walk, you make…

EXCLUSIVE: A multi-part film about the Fleischer Brothers, creators of a pioneering animation studio that launched Betty Boop, Popeye The Sailor, and Superman cartoons, has won the richest prize in documentary. Today, the Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns, and the Crimson…