by Lauren Wissot on November 14, 2025

Recipient of DOC NYC 2024’s Lifetime Achievement Award (as well as the 2025 Pennebaker Career Achievement Award at the upcoming Hamptons Doc Fest), the “virtuoso of essayistic documentary” Alan Berliner (Letter to the Editor, First Cousin Once […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 14, 2025

With my work concluded for this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards (see the winners highlighted below), I’m ready to get back to focusing more time on reviewing nonfiction films and series. However, while this week brings a lot of new […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 14, 2025

With my work concluded for this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards (see the winners highlighted below), I’m ready to get back to focusing more time on reviewing nonfiction films and series. However, while this week brings a lot of new […]

by Dana Harris on November 13, 2025

Exclusive: The 23-minute film, which follows activist Rev. Jeff Hood as he counsels death-row prisoners, will premiere at DOC NYC.

by Lauren Wissot on November 13, 2025

Steal This Story, Please! is a compelling and often unexpected look at the multi-award-winning investigative journalist (and author and syndicated columnist) Amy Goodman, best known as the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, which airs on […]

by Charisma Madarang on November 13, 2025

The film will delve into the Grammy winner’s collaborations with Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Madonna, and more

by David Ehrlich on November 12, 2025

Eddie Murphy opens up just enough to make things interesting in this fully authorized look at his life.

by Dana Harris on November 11, 2025

Exclusive: ITVS is committed to completing the 40 feature films in its pipeline “come hell or high water,” but it’s also committed to going digital first with its new vertical video fund.

by IDA Comms Staff on November 11, 2025

IDA Grantees at DOC NYC 2025 IDA Comms Staff Mon, 11/10/2025 – 16:19

by IDA Comms Staff on November 10, 2025

IDA Grantees at IDFA 2025 IDA Comms Staff Mon, 11/10/2025 – 12:48

by Maria Fontoura on November 7, 2025

Controversial new documentary coming to Netflix Nov. 28 investigates the origins of “Napalm Girl,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning image that galvanized the anti-war effort

by David Ehrlich on November 7, 2025

“Avatar: The Way of Water” might be the most digitally sophisticated movie ever made, but it only worked because all of its tech was in service to human emotion.

by IDA Comms Staff on November 7, 2025

IDA Announces 2025 Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund Grantees IDA Comms Staff Thu, 11/06/2025 – 16:23

by Pat Mullen on November 7, 2025

Min Sook Lee’s documentary There Are No Words topped the winners at this year’s Reel Asian International Film Festival. There Are No Words scored the Reel Asian-DOC Institute Best Documentary Award among the prizes handed out today. The NFB doc […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 7, 2025

This Sunday, the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards will be held in New York City, and I’ll be there for the event as always. Be sure to check out this year’s nominees, and tune in to the live-stream via YouTube, X, or Facebook (on […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 7, 2025

This Sunday, the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards will be held in New York City, and I’ll be there for the event as always. Be sure to check out this year’s nominees, and tune in to the live-stream via YouTube, X, or Facebook (on […]

by idastaff on November 5, 2025

IDA Member Spotlight: Christine La Monte idastaff Wed, 11/05/2025 – 11:04

by norman lebrecht on November 3, 2025

This new classical music documentary film caught my attention. It’s about violinist Mi-Young Park and pianist Pong- Hi Park, two sisters who came to America following the Korean War. Produced to mark the Curtis Institute of Music centenary, this […]