News on Documentary Films

Czech human rights film festival goes East to Bucharest

2010-03-18T00:16:22Z

<div><p>Czech film festival One World, one of the biggest in Europe dealing with human rights issues, is going East to Bucharest this week, under the patronage of former anticommunist dissident Vaclav Havel.</p><p>Under the motto "Choose to care", One World Romania will showcase ...

chateau marmont celebs 4

2010-03-08T18:17:10Z

The director of the Academy Award winning documentary feature "The Cove' Louie Psihoyos, with his Oscar outisde Chateau Marmont Los Angeles, California - 07.03.10

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French filmmaker Severin Blanchet killed in Kabul

2010-02-26T10:45:32Z

<div id="subtitle">French documentary filmmaker Severin Blanchet killed in Kabul</div><div><p>Severin Blanchet, a French documentary filmmaker who was training young Afghans, died Friday during an attack by insurgents in a hotel for foreigners in Kabul where he was staying. He was 66.</p><p>The

2010-02-11T19:30:58Z

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 11: Director Debra Solomon and Vice President of HBO Documentaries, Lisa Heller attend the HBO Documentary screening of "Getting Over Him In 8 Songs or Less" at the HBO Theater on February 11, 2010 in James Kyson Lee The Heroes star shooting a documentary on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Los Angeles, California - 03.02.10

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Famed film editor struck, killed by car in NYC

2010-02-22T13:17:30Z

<div id="subtitle">NY police: Award-winning editor for Errol Morris' documentaries struck, killed by getaway car</div><div><p>An award-winning film editor who worked on many of Errol Morris' documentaries, including "The Fog of War," was struck and killed by a getaway car speeding from a Manhattan drugstore robbery, police and her mothe...

2010 Park City - Celebrity Sightings - Day 4

2010-01-24T13:31:54Z

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 24: Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attends the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2010 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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rosie odonnell hbo film 2

2010-01-20T18:16:42Z

Ben Gold and Judy Gold HBO Documentary Films and GLAAD co-host a special screening for 'A Family Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration'...

rosie odonnell hbo film

2010-01-19T17:18:38Z

Vivienne Carpenter-O'Donnell, Kelli Carpenter, Chelsea Carpenter-O'Donnell, Rosie O'Donnell, Blake Carpenter-O'Donnell and Parker Carpenter-O'Donnell HBO Documentary Films and GLAAD co-hos...

Oprah's channel to feature film club series

2010-02-23T17:34:16Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In the tradition of Oprah Winfrey's famous book club, the talk show host's cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, will launch a documentary film club, with a focus on films with inspirational themes.</p><p&gt...

"Anvil" rocks film documentary awards

2010-02-23T20:33:38Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock on, Anvil. The aging band that never tasted music stardom found a measure of Hollywood fame on Friday when "Anvil, The Story of Anvil" won two film awards, including best documentary, from a key group of moviemakers.</p><p>The

15 documentary features make Oscar's short list

2010-02-24T03:34:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Sorry, Michael Moore: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' not on short list of potential Oscar nominees</div><div><p>Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them.&...

Canada Michael Moore

2009-11-18T20:18:42Z

Documentary maker Michael Moore speaks at a health-care conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)

HBO Documentary Screening Of "Terror In Mumbai"

2009-11-04T21:17:01Z

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) Director Dan Reed, SVP of HBO Documentary Films, Nancy Abraham, President of Family Programming for HBO Sheila Nevins, Film narrator and

2009-10-13T00:16:23Z

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 12: Sarah Howard attends the HBO Documentary Screening Of "Schmatta" at HBO Theater on October 12, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)

HBO Documentary Screening Of "Finishing Heaven"

2009-09-22T18:31:23Z

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R back row) Vice President of HBO Documentary Films Lisa Heller, co-producer Laurie Shapiro, film subject Ruby Lynn Reyner, director Mark Mann, co-producers David Shapiro and Ian Rosenberg, and

30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2009-09-21T19:16:29Z

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: (L-R) Film producer Diana Holtzberg and film director Jeffrey R. Stimmel win the emmy for "Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming" for HBO Documentary Films' "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale" during the 30th annu...

Japan Dolphin Killing

2009-09-20T08:00:51Z

In this undated photo released by Oceanic Preservation Society, Louie Psihoyos, director of an award-winning documentary about Japan's dolphin slaughter, is shown. Psihoyos said Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, he plans to attend the screening of "The Cove" at the Tokyo film f...

Exclusive "We Believe" Screening Event At The MPAA in Washington, DC

2009-09-19T18:17:27Z

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Tim McGuire (C) shakes hands with guests at a reception and screening for the new documentary film "We Believe," which McGuire produced, on September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. Directed by John Scheinfeld, "We Believe" is about the

French documentarian killed in El Salvador

2010-02-25T12:20:27Z

<div><p>A French filmmaker who made a documentary about gangs in El Salvador has been shot dead on a road near the capital, police said.</p><p>The body of Christian Poveda, 54, was found on Wednesday in El Rosario county along with documents he was carrying close to his vehicle, a National Civil Police spokesman told AFP.&am...