EXCLUSIVE: Swedish directorial duo's Alexander Rynéus and Per Bifrost's haunting documentary Once You Shall Be One Of Those Who Lived Long Ago won glowing reviews when it premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last month. The work, about a dying mining community in northern…

EXCLUSIVE: New York indie distributor Monument Releasing has set a limited U.S. theatrical release for Scott Cummings' Sundance documentary Realm of Satan and unveiled the first official trailer. The film will begin its cinema run on July 17 in Philadelphia prior to opening in New York at the…

The shadow of the Maysles brothers looms large over the surprise winner of the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a documentary that can't help but summon up the spirit of the duo's 1975 masterpiece Grey Gardens. That film told the story of two women living in squalor in the New York…

EXCLUSIVE: Audun Amundsen’s documentary Click the Link Below, exploring the world of high-rolling digital marketing and lifestyle gurus, world premieres at the DocEdge festival in New Zealand this week and Deadline can reveal the trailer. A $7,500 payment for an online digital marketing course…

Everything outside may be going to hell, but Sunny Side of the Doc might be the non-fiction world's only real happy place right now. Currently in its 35th year, the event is a testament to the resilience of documentary filmmaking, both in its ongoing support for reality-based storytelling in all its…

Oh Yeah!, a documentary short on the iconic song by Yello and its impact on pop culture, has been acquired by Documentary+ Originals and Rolling Stone Films ahead of its June 7 world premiere at Tribeca Festival. Directed by Nick Canfield (Iris, The Reverend, Making A Murderer), Oh Yeah! is the…

As Ryan Reynolds gives the late John Candy‘s life and career the documentary treatment, he’s learning a lot about the Canadian comedy legend. The Golden Globe nominee recently shared an update on the doc he’s making with Colin Hanks through Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company, which he…

EXCLUSIVE: Baby Monster Media has acquired world sales rights for documentary Uncle George: The Music Man about Chicago music scene legend George Daniels. The Los Angeles-based sales agent, production entity and distribution company will introduce the work to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival's…

This year’s Tribeca Festival in June will open with the world premiere of HBO’s two-part documentary Billy Joel: So It Goes. The announcement was made Sunday by festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal during an appearance at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The project’s presence on HBO’s 2025 slate was…

The height of a documentary's importance is usually judged by the magnitude of the stars willing to get involved. In the case of Wendy Sachs' October 8, it's telling that the only Hollywood faces to appear onscreen are Will & Grace's Debra Messing and cult character actor Michael Rapaport. "I know…

President Donald Trump has made it clear he's siding with Vladimir Putin in the war in Ukraine, thereby endorsing the Kremlin leader's sustained targeting of defenseless civilians in his campaign of annihilation. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights puts the number of Ukrainian civilian…

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Sam Mendes is to sit in the documentary director's chair for the first time. Mendes is directing a BBC doc telling the story of two members of the British Army's Film & Photographic Unit who accompanied the troops liberating the Bergen-Belsen concentration…