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Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Nix was supposed to board a flight to Copenhagen today, en route to the CPH:DOX festival to pitch her latest project. But the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced that event to shift online only, one of countless ways the coronavirus emergency is impacting the documentary…

The documentary Sea of Shadows has gained a prominent advocate as it steams into awards season. Renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall is praising the film, which tells the story of dramatic efforts to save the last few remaining vaquita whales—an adorable dolphin-like creature native to the Sea of Cortez off Baja…

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic is diving in with its latest eco-thriller documentary after dominating last year’s awards-season with its eventual Oscar winner Free Solo. Now comes Sea of Shadows, from The Ivory Game director Richard Ladkani. National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the pic in a $3 million…

National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the Richard Ladkani-directed documentary Sea of Shadows in a $3 million worldwide deal. The film just won the Sundance Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary and becomes just the latest of an avalanche of distribution deals at Sundance. Pic’s produced by Terra Mater…