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Documentary

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シネマトゥデイJapan渡辺謙、大先輩・山崎努の生きざまに感銘 ドキュメンタリー映画お披露目をサプライズでお祝い 2日、都内で開催中の第39回東京国際映画祭「Nippon Cinema Now部門」に出品された俳優・山崎努(※崎=たつさき)を追ったドキュメンタリー映画『山崎リバーサイド -俳優の肩ごしに-』(※崎=たつさき)ワールドプレミア上映舞台あいさつに、山崎努が出席。サプライズゲストとして渡辺謙が花束を手に駆け付け、山崎がこの作品に強い覚悟を持って挑んだことを伝える場面もあった。

11.02

Malay Mail ShowbizMalaysiaElizabeth Holmes finally finds a test she can pass: Theranos fraudster’s documentary tops US box office LOS ANGELES, Nov 2 — You Can See Everything , the documentary about jailed biotech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes that is generating major Oscars buzz, prevailed in a slow weekend at the Halloween box…

11.02

The Japan TimesJapan‘In Their Traces’: An unflinching documentary about the survivors of sexual violence Veteran director Shigeru Kobayashi's documentary was made over the course of nine years and spotlights three women of different generations.

11.01

The Guardian FilmUKOne in a Million review – deeply moving film about displacement, freedom and the upheaval of starting again Following a Syrian mother and daughter over a decade, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes capture a family transformed There’s a startling moment in this BBC refugee documentary when Syrian mother Nisreen…

11.02

Film IrelandIrelandPodcast: Documentary Filmmaker Sinéad O'Shea on 'All About the Money' In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh catches up with Director Sinéad O'Shea, as her latest feature All About the Money hits cinemas.

11.02

The CurbAustraliaAmy Goodman & Carl Deal on the importance of a free press media and the documentary Steal This Story, Please! Amy Goodman is one of the founding minds behind the vital independent media organisation Democracy Now! Over decades, Democracy Now!

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The Hollywood ReporterIndigenous Documentary ‘Ceremony’ Lands at Netflix Canadian director Bianchi Hanuse’s film that debuted at SXSW will launch on the streamer in 2027.

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natalieJapan入江悠初のドキュメンタリー「館長、最後の日」予告、映画館の日常が揺らぎ始める 入江悠が初めてドキュメンタリー映画の監督を務めた映画「館長、最後の日」の予告編がYouTubeで公開された。

11.02

The Playlist‘Naza’ Trailer: Gaza Documentary Featuring Testimony From 24 Israeli Soldiers Expands To Over 100 Theaters “After October 8, everyone kept saying, there are no innocent people in Gaza. Whatever we do, they deserve it.” That chilling testimony from an Israeli soldier is just one of the disturbing…

10.30

Asian Film FestivalsAsia26th DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 Dear Asian filmmakers, the DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Kosovo) is accepting short films and documentaries until March 31, 2027.

10.30

The Playlist‘To Hold A Mountain’ Trailer: Sundance-Winning Documentary Follows A Shepherd & Daughter Fighting To Protect Their Land For generations, shepherds have spent summers grazing livestock on Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, one of Europe’s largest mountain pastures.

10.30

The A.V. Club FilmUSAAI documentaries won’t let the dead rest We are reaching AI saturation. Small restaurants lean on generative AI to create generic menus, neighborhood flyers regularly use its weirdly soulless fonts and graphics to advertise events, and…

10.29

POV MagazineCanadaWindsor Film Festival Highlights Top Spot for Docs on the Circuit It’s a big year for documentaries at the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF). The festival has a whopping tally of over 60 documentaries within its feature film slate, which marks one of the…

10.28

The Film VerdictEuropeDOK Leipzig’s New Director Ola Staszel on Why Documentaries Are More Important Than Ever In her first edition at the helm of DOK Leipzig, Ola Staszel discusses challenging stereotypes about eastern Germany, the political sensitivities surrounding films about Palestine, and the growing…

10.28

Sinema FocusAfricaPolice Block Screening of Kenyan Documentary ‘The People Shall’ at Kilifi Creek Festival (EXCLUSIVE) Police have blocked the screening of Kenyan documentary at the , running from 23-31 October. Speaking exclusively to Sinema Focus , co-director Mark Maina said police officers arrived at Mazingira…

10.27

Slant MagazineUSA‘Closure’ Review: Michał Marczak’s Hypnotic Documentary Flouts True-Crime Conventions Michał Marczak’s Closure doesn’t feel much like nonfiction until its closing title cards. The film ends with a standard call to action, directing curious viewers to a site where they can follow the…

10.27

POV MagazineCanadaPossible Love Review: Class Seen through the Documentary Lens Possible Love (South Korea, 160 min.) Dir. Lee Chang-dong Prod. Lee Joon-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Pritchard A documentary camera serves as the mediator of and catalyst for deeply rooted class…

10.23

Hyperallergic FilmUSAThis Iranian Documentary Wasn’t Meant to Begin This Way I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies (2026) poster (all images courtesy Film at Lincoln Center) Mani Haghighi’s documentary, I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise…

10.19

The CurbAustraliaJared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence on their documentary Aftermath Jared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence’s fascinating documentary Aftermath is a unique and powerfully convincing meditation on how vulnerability can become gullibility leading to those who were directly…

10.16

The CurbAustraliaNatalia Laska on her tender and gentle documentary The Piano Tuner Natalia Laska's tender and gentle, yet deeply humorous and charming, documentary The Piano Tuner follows her partner, Martin Tucker as he traipses across Australia, from Hobart to Darwin, tuning…

10.15

HanCinemaKoreaKorean Documentary Opening Today 2026/09/11 in Korea (2026/09/11) Korean documentary opening today 2026/09/11 in Korea: 'The Young David Yonggi Cho'.

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