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It's been a day of dramatic developments for No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary about life for Palestinian residents in the rural West Bank area of Yasafer Matta. Related Stories <a href="https://deadline.com/category/news/" class="c-span__link a-font-accent-bold-xs u-color-brand-red u-text-transform-uppercase…

EXCLUSIVE: Haliey Welch, the young woman who became famous overnight after the release of the viral "hawk tuah" video, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary. Emmy-winning production company Bungalow Media + Entertainment (Cyber Sleuths: The Idaho Murders for Paramount+; Little Richard: I…

EXCLUSIVE: Gentlemen – or make that, kids – start your engines. Imagine Documentaries is developing a docuseries on the BabyRace Driver Academy, "the prestigious Italian go-karting program that serves as the first step for exceptional young drivers aiming for Formula 1 stardom." Emmy…

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran. But filmmaker Feras Fayyad, who endured torture in Assad's prisons, never gave up the certainty that one day the…

UPDATED to note the producers and executive producer of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. CPH:DOX, the renowned documentary festival in Copenhagen, is presenting what might be called an Ai Weiwei double feature. On Wednesday, the festival hosts the world premiere of Animality, the great Chinese artist's…

The International Documentary Association is adding a quartet of distinguished members of the nonfiction film community to its board of directors. Joining the board are Inti Cordera, a documentary film director, producer, and founder of La Maroma Productions Nathalie Seaver, executive…

Starz has picked up the five-part docuseries Magic City: An American Fantasy, about the popular Atlanta strip club known as the Black Studio 54 and its longtime influence on hip-hop. The series created and executive produced by Cole Brown, is slated to debut this summer. Drake's DreamCrew…

CPH:DOX, the world-class documentary festival in Copenhagen, is underway – kicking off with the world premiere of a film that could not be more timely. Facing War, directed by Tommy Gulliksen, examines the final years of Jens Stoltenberg's 10-year stretch as secretary general of NATO as he…

Roku has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Just a Bit Outside, a documentary that chronicles the 1982 season of the Milwaukee Brewers. Viewers can stream the film on The Roku Channel from April 11-June 30. No subscription is required. Just a Bit Outside chronicles the ups and downs…

Netflix has lined up a stellar trio of quarterbacks for the second season of its eponymous NFL docuseries. The streamer is launching the second season of the series in July and has signed up Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow and Detroit Lions' Jared Goff alongside Kirk Cousins, who is returning…

UPDATED with latest: The 97th Oscars is in the rearview — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we move move toward Emmy season and look ahead to the Tonys, music awards and more. Check back often for…

Miami Beach city commission meetings typically don't generate national and international news, but that could happen Wednesday. The commission is due to take up a resolution spearheaded by Mayor Steven Meiner that would cancel the city's lease with a movie theater showing the Oscar-winning docu…