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What’s the biggest documentary festival in the world? The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. For now. Upstart CPH:DOX in Copenhagen aims to overtake IDFA as the top showcase for nonfiction film worldwide. On the new episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we sit down with CPH:DOX Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm for a conversation about the growth of the festival in the …

Scott Cummings' documentary Realm of Satan, made in collaboration with the Church of Satan, is described as a “nonfiction adjacent” film.

Sundance programmers Basil Tsiokos and Sudeep Sharma discuss the 2024 festival’s documentary film lineup on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.

The Last Repair Shop, the documentary short from filmmakers Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, recently made the Oscar shortlist.

John Legend, Mike Jackson and Amy Schatz discuss their HBO documentary Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School on the Doc Talk Podcast.

Over the past 40-plus years, no figure in American documentary has been more important than Sheila Nevins.

The teams behind the four documentaries have taken the remarkable step of banding together to launch a joint For Your Consideration Oscar campaign.

Elaine McMillion Sheldon discusses her documentary King Coal, an examination of the way coal has come to dominate Appalachia.

North Korea. Your house is on fire. What do you try to rescue first? Your kids? Your pet? No, the first thing you reach for is the portrait of the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un and his father and grandfather that is hanging on your wall, as mandated by the authoritarian government. Everything else can wait. Such …

In the film Beyond Utopia, Madeleine Gavin obtained secret footage that shows what life is truly like for ordinary people in the country.