Over the last century, documentaries have evolved from recorded observations into some of cinema’s most daring, emotionally devastating, and artistically ambitious works. The genre has exposed ...

As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...

Documentaries encompass all that movies embody. Some are funny. Some are uplifting. Some are informative, some are disturbing, and so on. However, as ostensible depictions of reality, documentaries ...

Films from a record 75 countries and 58 first movies will feature in the program of the festival in Nyon. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel (VdR), ...

As industry consolidation continues, documentary films face a challenging path to supportive investors, wide distribution, and sustainable success. But the best documentaries of 2025 go a long way ...

Wiseman’s influence on non-fiction cinema is impossible to overstate. Over the course of six decades, his work was primarily about exploring American institutions. The world of cinema has lost another ...

A new study from The Center for Media and Social Impact sheds light on challenges facing the documentary film industry following the rescission of federal funding for public media. Titled “The State ...

Rachel Taparjan's first feature, debuting at Copenhagen, sees the director and another woman returning to the orphanage where they were adopted, putting her on a path to confronting a painful legacy.

Over eight years the event has grown a devoted following among Thai audiences hungry for contemporary Taiwanese storytelling and top-tier Asian non-fiction. It hands you a rare shot at seeing ...