Sting to Narrate Documentary About ‘The Godfather’ Composer Nino Rota
Musician and songwriter Sting will narrate Walter Fasano’s documentary “Nino – A Film About Nino Rota,” which is…
Ji.hlava’s Emerging Producers Reveal Pitches for Upcoming Projects
Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2026 Emerging Producers…
Venice Title ‘Letters From the Silenced Country’ Boarded by Filmotor
Filmotor has picked up world sales rights for “Letters From the Silenced Country” by Belarusian writer-director Andrei Kutsila,…
Luxbox Acquires ‘Life of Jorge Luis Borges’ Ahead of Venice Premiere
Luxbox Films has acquired the world sales rights to Mariano Llinás‘ epic five-and-a-half -hour documentary “Life of Jorge…
France, Panama Join Tres Tigres on Ardélia Istarú ‘Quemada’
Renowned Costa Rican actor, playwright and poet Ana Istarú will appear alongside daughter Ardélia Istarú in the latter’s…
ESPN Doc ‘Give Me The Ball!’ To Open Croatia Intl. Film Festival
‘ “Give Me The Ball!,” an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, will open the third annual Croatia…
Kino Lorber Acquires Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story of Documentary Film’
Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Documentary Film,” a 16-volume…
‘To Hold a Mountain’ Wins Top Prize at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
“To Hold a Mountain,” a documentary from directing duo Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić about sisterhood and solitude in…
‘Bodies (of War)’ Explores Lives Reshaped by Ukraine Conflict
Two-time Berlinale Silver Bear winner Małgorzata Szumowska (“Body,” “Mug”) and longtime collaborator Michał Englert have quietly wrapped production…
‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ Director Lines Up Work With PBS, Secret Doc
Earlier this week, American director David Borenstein was supposed to pitch his next project at CPH:DOX’s prestigious Forum…
‘Closure’ Wins Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Polish filmmaker Michał Marczak’s “Closure,” which follows a father’s obsessive search for his vanished son and its devastating…
‘A Dog Called Money’ Director Preps Doc on Resilient Afghan Family
Irish photojournalist and filmmaker Seamus Murphy (“A Dog Called Money”) is developing a feature documentary that tells the…