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EXCLUSIVE: Toto and His Sisters, a film by Oscar-nominated documentarian Alexander Nanau, has started streaming today for the first time in the U.S. on emerging service Documentary+. The streaming outlet was launched by XTR. Founded in 2019, XTR is a backer of notable documentary projects such as a multi-part look at…

Following the devastating 2015 fire at the Colectiv nightclub in Romania, Collective director Alexander Nanau set out to undercover why the victims of the fire were dying at alarming rates months after the incident. What he uncovered was a deep network of corruption. “It continued to shock us. I understood pretty…

After being branded as "the enemy of the people" in recent years, both here and in some other countries, journalists may be surprised to find themselves portrayed as heroes in a number of recent documentaries, including an Oscar-contending film. Collective, the Romanian film nominated for Best Documentary Feature and…

When documentary maker Alexander Nanau started filming a team of investigative journalists in the aftermath of a tragic fire, no one knew the staggering level of corruption they would uncover. The blaze at Bucharest's Colectiv club in 2015 left 27 dead and 180 injured. When more burn victims began dying in hospitals…

When fire erupted at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania in 2015, the blaze killed 26 people on the spot. But the worst, in many respects, was yet to come. One after another, survivors dispatched to hospital burn units began to succumb to infection, driving up the toll over a period of months to 38 more dead…

UPDATED with video: Romanian director Alexander Nanau joined Deadline’s Contenders International awards-season event to talk about his searing documentary Collective, one of the year's most acclaimed films as winner of the European Film Award for documentary. It is also Romania’s official entry to the International…