Feature Docs – 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 ...

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 ...

Extra: Abacus sells “Savage Waters” for UK/Ireland; Monte-Carlo TV Fest reveals doc prizes

Andrew Tracy — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:24:03 +0000

Abacus sells adventure surfing doc Savage Waters to Tull Stories for UK/Ireland Abacus Media Rights (AMR) has locked a deal with UK distribution and exhibition outfit Tull Stories for the feature-length ...

Extra: Banijay’s “The Fifty” for Telemundo; DCD Rights closes CEE sales

Andrew Tracy — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:18:28 +0000

EndemolShine Boomdog producing Banijay format The Fifty for Telemundo in U.S. Banijay has revealed more details about the upcoming U.S. Hispanic edition of The Fifty for Telemundo, after the Spanish-language network ...

HBO slates Sundance doc “The Stroll” to mark Pride Month

Justin Anderson — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:04:57 +0000

HBO and Max have set a June 21 premiere for The Stroll, the Sundance-premiering doc about transgender sex workers in New York’s meatpacking district, as part of its programming for ...

MTV Documentary Films acquires 2023 SXSW-premiering doc “Pay or Die”

Andrew Jeffrey — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:45:26 +0000

MTV Documentary Films has picked up the worldwide rights to the documentary feature Pay or Die, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year. Directed by Scott Alexander Ruderman and Rachael Dyer, ...