Latest in National Geographic Documentary Films

National Geographic Documentary Films, distributers of the Oscar-winning Free Solo and Oscar-nominated The Cave, has obtained the rights to Saudi Runaway, the Susanne Regina Meures-directed documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is slated to screen at Berlin International Film…

It’s safe to say that Free Solo is on a roll. Less than two weeks after the film won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, its TV premiere broke records for National Geographic. The commercial-free airing drew 1.45 million viewers in Live+3 to rank as the most watched National Geographic Documentary Films premiere…

The gripping human drama that played out in front the world last summer is getting the feature docu treatment. National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlighted an untitled film about the rescue of a Thai boys soccer team trapped deep inside a flooding cave from Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald. It was on a…

EXCLUSIVE: In the new trailer for Into the Okavango, we see the picturesque landscape and animals of Okavango Delta — and the threats endangering the African river basin. National Geographic Documentary Films’ follow-up to the Jane Goodall docu Jane takes us on a journey alongside Dr. Steve Boyes as he and a group…

National Geographic Documentary Films and the Sundance Institute today announced Ilinca Calugareanu as the inaugural recipient of the Further Filmmaker Fellowship. The Romania-born filmmaker was selected for her embodiment of National Geographic's ethos, pushing the boundaries of exploration, science and storytelling…

UPDATE with photo: Nat Geo just got its Hollywood ending. Rock climber Alex Honnold today pulled off the first-ever free solo climb of famed El Capitan’s 3,000-foot vertical rock face at Yosemite National Park, with National Geographic Documentary Films shooting the historic feat for a new docu feature. Tentatively…