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CPH:DOX has become one of the world's most important documentary film festivals, and it's only becoming more influential each year. The just-wrapped 2026 edition unveiled more than 50 world premieres alone and welcomed many of the top names in the industry – including Alex Gibney, Louis Theroux…

UPDATED with latest: The 2026 Oscars are history, so here’s look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Check back often for updates. March 31: Webby Awards nominations April 2: Anime Awards nominations 28: Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation May 10…

EXCLUSIVE: On April 1, 50 Cent teased his social media followers that Hulu was paying $75M for a new doc about the rapper, beating out Starz, Netflix and Apple. Given the timing it was clearly an April Fool's Day joke, right? Not entirely, it seems. Deadline understands that the…

PBS and HBO were among the platforms with multiple mentions Tuesday in the first batch of nominations revealed for the 86th annual Peabody Awards, which honor the year’s most captivating and impactful stories across broadcasting and streaming. Noms were unveiled today in the categories of…

With their 30th anniversary approaching, Spice Girls fans are awaiting the British girl group’s triumphant return in some form or another. After teasing plans for the milestone last year, Mel B recently explained that despite all five of the women “thinking about” coming together for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Catapult Film Fund has named its 2026 Research Fellows, a distinguished group of five filmmakers who will receive $10,000 each to develop their documentary projects. The cohort includes Isabel Castro (Mija, Selena Y Los Dinos), Oscar-nominated producer Lauren Domino (Time)…

EXCLUSIVE: The DOXA Documentary Film Festival – Western Canada's largest nonfiction film showcase – today announced the lineup for its 25th anniversary edition. The festival, running April 30-May 10 in Vancouver, will open with live cinematic performance piece Bella Sutra, directed and narrated…

The U.S. had its Wright brothers, France its "Light" brothers. A few years before Orville and Wilbur piloted the first flight, Auguste and Louis Lumière (coincidentally, the French word for light) were innovating in a different sphere – the new medium of cinema. The siblings shot some of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Raw Creative Director Liesel Evans is exiting the Tinder Swindler producer after nearly a decade. Evans, whose credits include Disney+’s In Vogue: The 90s and ITV’s The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed, is staying on for a while working on current and unannounced…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a habit of driving people out of his country. You know – free-minded people, the kind who believe in democratic values and independent thinking. That dynamic became apparent in the Oscar-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, about a beloved grade…

"Watch what you eat" used to be a commonly heard expression, typically urged in the context of dieting. But the maxim applies in a different way in the documentary Fork in the Road, which made its world premiere Saturday at the Sonoma International Film Festival in California's wine…

EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on Phillip Bloch AF: Always Fashionable, a documentary about stylist, fashion designer and author Phillip Bloch, the man who has famously styled Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lopez, Will Smith, the late Michael Jackson, the late River Phoenix…