Arts & Culture – Realscreen

Geena Davis, CreativeChaos reteam for Canadian version of #MeToo doc

Andrew Tracy — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:11:06 +0000

NYC-based production house CreativeChaos is reteaming with Oscar-winning actor and producer Geena Davis to create a Canadian adaptation of their award-winning documentary on the #MeToo movement, This Changes Everything. This Changes ...

Exclusive clip: Storyville head talks Gloria Gaynor doc “I Will Survive”

Andrew Jeffrey — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:20:33 +0000

The musician bio-doc has been one of the most prevalent and popular non-fiction genres at film festivals throughout the first half of this year, with high-profile titles at Sundance, SXSW and ...

Tribeca ’23: “Rather” director Frank Marshall on news icon’s life and career

Justin Anderson — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:00:07 +0000

The new feature documentary Rather, which just had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, recounts the life and career of iconic television journalist Dan Rather, who seems ...

Bell Media, Corus Entertainment add to 2023-24 slates

Andrew Jeffrey — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:41:17 +0000

Several new unscripted and reality series were unveiled this week, as part of Upfront presentations from leading Canadian media companies. Ahead of its 2023 Upfront presentation on Thursday (June 8), Bell ...

HBO sets June premiere date for Rock Hudson doc

Andrew Jeffrey — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:25:59 +0000

HBO has set a June 28 premiere for a new original documentary on Rock Hudson (pictured left), one of Hollywood’s iconic leading men of the ’50s and ’60s, to coincide ...

Exclusive clip: “Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall” charts evolution of global pop phenomenon

Andrew Tracy — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:02:11 +0000

Making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday (June 8), Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall offers an ambitious, transnational chronicle of the birth of Jamaican dancehall culture in ...

Extra: BBC slates Montreux Jazz Fest doc; All3Media taking “Blue Therapy” to market

Andrew Jeffrey — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:16:38 +0000

BBC sets air date for music docuseries They All Came to Montreux The BBC has slated They All Came to Montreux, a three-part docuseries about the Montreux Jazz Festival, to air ...

HBO acquires “The Lionheart” out of Tribeca, sets Taylor Mac doc release date

Andrew Jeffrey — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:31:22 +0000

HBO has acquired a pair of upcoming documentaries that are making their world premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. HBO Sports Documentaries has picked up the North American TV and streaming ...

Tribeca ’23: “Kiss the Future” filmmaker on doc about U2 and power of art amid Siege of Sarajevo

Andrew Jeffrey — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:46:45 +0000

It was witnessing the rise of extremist nationalism around the world in recent years that inspired filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain to embark on a documentary project that eventually became his new ...

Sales round-up: Cineflix Rights, Media Ranch, TVFI close content deals

Andrew Jeffrey — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:23:50 +0000

Cineflix Rights locks North American content deals Cineflix Rights has closed a raft of content deals from North American producer partners in the lead-up to Realscreen West 2023, which begins on ...