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Yves Raspaud may be the grumpiest man in Europe. The shepherd, who tends flocks in a very remote section of the French Pyrénees, mostly communicates in guttural utterances which do not seem to express a favorable view of things. Of late, Raspaud has had a lot to rasp about – namely, a mandate from…

The 37th edition of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam is well underway, after opening with the world premiere of a film that might be called part nonfiction, part fiction, part real and part artificial. About a Hero stars Werner Herzog, or an AI facsimile thereof, and uses a famous…

Buddyhead, the LA music website and record label, is getting the documentary treatment. The group, which was created by Travis Keller and The Icarus Line's Aaron North in 1998, was infamous for its brash attitude in the late '90s and early 2000s with pranks such as stealing Limp Bizkit frontman Fred…

EXCLUSIVE: An award-winning documentary about the woman known as "the Russian Erin Brockovich" is getting support from… the real Erin Brockovich. The environmental activist famously portrayed by Julia Roberts on screen has signed on as an executive producer of Black Snow, which traces the evolution…

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nisha Pahuja has signed on as an executive producer of Mediha, the Oscar-contending film about a Yazidi girl who was seized by ISIS and sold into slavery. Pahuja, who earned an Oscar nomination earlier this year for To Kill a Tiger, joins fellow EPs Emma…

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. November 20: Movie for Grownups…

Prime Video’s November programming will dip its toe into Christmas and other holiday offerings such as The Holiday (2006) starring Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jack Black. The streamer will also add some films with sequels arriving in theaters this month, like Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Ridley…

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning documentary filmmaker Pinny Grylls, and award-winning filmmaker, video artist and actor Sam Crane have signed with Anonymous Content for representation. The duo teamed to direct their debut feature, Grand Theft Hamlet, which won the Documentary Grand Jury Award at SXSW this…

EXCLUSIVE: Firelight Media today revealed Fellows for its flagship 18-month mentoring program, the Firelight Documentary Lab. See the list of mentees and their projects below. The new class’ projects include stories of Palestinian families attempting to rebuild ordinary lives in the midst of…

The music documentary Takin' Care of Business took care of business at the inaugural Round Top Film Festival in Texas. The film about Canadian rock musician Randy Bachman – founder of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive – earned the Audience Award at the debut event in the small town…

In February 1961, a remarkable outburst took place at the United Nations in New York – jazz artists Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, writer Maya Angelou and others crashed the Security Council to protest the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. That little-remembered demonstration…

Production is underway on Celtics City, a multipart documentary series on the 18-time NBA champion Boston Celtics from HBO Sports Documentaries and 30 for 30 co-creators Bill Simmons and Connor Schell. Directed by Emmy winner Lauren Stowell, the series will premiere on HBO and will stream on Max in…