L.A. Times Short Docs Acquires ‘On Healing Land, Birds Perch,’ Oscar-Shortlisted Film On Legacy Of Infamous Vietnam War Photo

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Times Short Docs has acquired streaming rights to the Oscar-shortlisted documentary On Healing Land, Birds ...

HBO released an explosive Border Patrol documentary. Why is its star angry?

Death at the Border' recounts the death of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented immigrant who died in 2010 after ...

‘The Pearl Comb’ Filmmaker Ali Cook On The Desire To Create A “Terrifying” Mermaid Tale

In addition to landing the shortlist, the 21-minute short film has taken home awards for Best Short Film at the Cleveland ...

‘The Singers’ Filmmaker Sam Davis On Making A “Sneaky Crowd-Pleaser” That Landed The Oscars Shortlist

The 17-minute short has garnered wins for Best Director and Best International Film at HollyShorts London, the Grand Prize ...
PRIMETIMER

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not: All the revelations that the new documentary exhibits

Marina Zenovich’s Chevy Chase documentary traces SNL and movie fame, feuds, Community fallout, and a 2021 health crisis, plus ...
Arkansas Times

Brent Renaud documentary shortlisted for an Oscar

A short documentary about the late Arkansas documentarian Brent Renaud, who was shot and killed in March 2022 while reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been shortlisted for an Oscar.
PBS

Surviving CECOT

This short documentary tells the story of three Venezuelan men who were branded by the U.S. government as Tren de Aragua gang members and deported by the Trump administration to CECOT, a prison in El ...
The New York Times

The Great Beatles Documentary That’s Nearly Impossible to See (Legally)

With “The Beatles Anthology” now on Disney+, we dig into “The Compleat Beatles,” another documentary on the band that is difficult to see legally but had an impact on a generation. By Jason Bailey ...
The Daily Californian

Documentary short ‘Amal | Hope’ exudes superficial optimism

Pianists Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg are an example of unity at a time of geopolitical tension. In his documentary short “Amal | Hope,” director Eros Zhao puts their story on film, trying to ...
The New Yorker

“Rovina’s Choice” Shows How the Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

around the world for almost 200 years. Until Donald Trump and the Republicans stopped those food deliveries. [Reporter] This is one of the executive orders. The President Trump signed literally in his ...
Democracy Now

“Criminal Justice Is Criminal”: New Film Is “Musical Indictment” of Cash Bail & Deadly Houston Jail

The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys on the poor and mentally ill. We’re joined by three contributors to the film ...
Variety

IDFA Reveals First Titles for Short Documentary Section, Including ‘Air Horse One,’ ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,’ ‘An Open Field’

IDFA, one of world’s leading documentary festivals, has announced the first titles for its short documentary section, and revealed the lineups for the Signed, Best of Fests and Paradocs sidebars. The ...