Oscar-nominated filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky logged countless miles to make his latest documentary, Cries from Syria—with the passport stamps to prove it. "[I] was in Jordan… Lebanon and Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah territory," he tells Deadline of the places where he shot material for the film. "I was in all European…

The Producers Guild has announced nominees for the 2018 PGA Awards’ Documentary Motion Pictures category, with subjects ranging from Jane Goodall and Ben Bradlee to the Middle East and Earth itself. Winners will be announced January 20 at the 29th annual PGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Here’s the list in…

“This movie is a lot about kids. It's a younger generation that was born, and in their first steps, they're going into the war,” Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky says, reflecting on his Syrian Civil War documentary Cries from Syria. “Their first toys are guns. It's amazing, their spirit, these kids. This…

A documentary about the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and another about the cats of Istanbul took two of the top prizes tonight at the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Jane, about chimp maven Jane Goodall, won Best Documentary at the Penn Gillette-hosted ceremony in Brooklyn, and Kedi dragged…

As Donald Trump’s presidency tries once more to pass legislation designed to restrict travel to the U.S. for citizens of some Muslim-majority countries, HBO Documentary Films gears up for the March 13 launch of Evgeny Afineevsky’s Sundance-premiering Cries From Syria, which takes a comprehensive and unflinching look…

HBO has released the official trailer for Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. Narrated by Helen Mirren,  Cries From Syria takes an in-depth look at the Syrian war from the inside out. The film…

Helen Mirren has come aboard to narrate Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. HBO has set a March 13 bow for the docu; the date coincides with the sixth anniversary of the start of the war. Cries F…

Content Media has boarded international rights on Sundance doc Cries From Syria. The film, directed by Oscar and Emmy nominee Evgeny Afineevsky, is world premiering in Park City. Content will begin introducing the pic to buyers at the EFM in Berlin next month. HBO acquired the important doc last week and will premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: As the U.S. broadcast media remains laser-focused on all things Donald Trump, it’s easy to forget that there’s other news in the world. And we need to take notice of it. Take this clip of Cries From Syria, Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary that HBO acquired last week and screens at Sundance. The filmmaker’s…

HBO has acquired U.S. TV rights to Cries From Syria, the follow-up documentary from Evgeny Afineevsky, who helmed last year’s Oscar- and Emmy-nominated Winter On Fire. Syria is having its world premiere in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premieres section this month, and HBO will debut it on Monday, March…