EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominees Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard, and Alisa Payne are joining the Oscar-contending short documentary Water Cooler as executive producers. Emma V.F. directed the film, which she shot in the corridors of immigration court at Federal Plaza in New York City. Filming openly, V.F. captured scenes of jarring contrast: ICE agents engaged in […]

EXCLUSIVE: While riding awards-season surf in the wake of his performance as swineherd Eumaeus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, John Leguizamo has signed on as executive producer for Cyclovia, a new feature doc from BAFTA-winning director Finlay Pretsell shot across five regions of Colombia with the producing team behind The Look of Silence, A House […]

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International Documentary Festival Amsterdam has revealed the 47 projects selected for IDFA Forum 2026, the festival’s prestigious co-production and co-financing market. The final lineup, culled from almost 900 submissions, “brings together projects in development, production, and near completion, showcased across the Forum Pitches, Roundtable Presentations, Rough Cut Presentations, and IDFA DocLab Forum (new media),” IDFA […]

It's a familiar ache for anyone who has ever tried to chase a visual narrative, an effort that can feel like trying to catch smoke in a jar. How do you articulate the essence of a disappearing world without romanticizing or patronizing it? How do you give voice to a quiet life without shouting? B...

The 2026 London Film Festival rolls into action this week. And among the headline international galas, there is once again a strong collection of homegrown titles. The most exciting is perhaps Dependence, a moving, formally experimental documentary directed by debut filmmaker Grace Harper Brighouse. Dependence premiered earlier this year at Camden, where it won the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lightdox has acquired international sales rights to Nostalgia for the Future leading into Film Fest Gent in Belgium where the documentary screens on Sunday. The film narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling examines the enigmatic filmmaker Chris Marker (1921-2012), one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. The Belgium–Netherlands–Italy co-production, directed […]

A chemical train derailment. A small Ohio town. The lingering shadow of existential dread mixed with the undeniable resilience of community. This is the heart of *The Bulldogs*, a new feature-length documentary that has just dropped its first trailer in anticipation of its Slamdance premiere late...

EXCLUSIVE: World Children’s Day on November 20 will see the theatrical release of the Oscar-contending documentary Ash and Crayons, Evegeny Afineevsky’s examination of horrors inflicted on Ukrainian children in Russia’s war of aggression, and their indomitable will not only to survive but to thrive. Briarcliff Entertainment is releasing the feature, which focuses on seven kids […]

Look, I'm going to be frank. The sheer scale of what we're potentially looking at with Netflix circling Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) isn't just an "industry trend." It's an existential shudder for independent documentary filmmaking. If you've spent years honing your craft, wrestling with ARRI Min...

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Upcoming LANC DOCS presentations and documentary film events in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.