Documentaries

MPEG Names Threinen EVP Distribution and Theatre Development

Tue, 01/28/2025 - 15:34 -- Nick Dager

The Mission Partners Entertainment Group has announced that Derek Threinen, a 25-year documentary film veteran, has joined the company as executive vice president, film distribution and theatre development. In this role, Threinen will lead the company’s film distribution strategies and manage the expansion of its theatre network. Mission Partners is currently in the process of building its first destination theatre, set to open later this year, with plans for future expansion.

Global Cinema Advertising Association, UN Celebrate World Food Day

Mon, 10/21/2024 - 09:55 -- Nick Dager

Last week, in recognition of World Food Day, the Global Cinema Advertising Association (SAWA) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched a global cinema campaign to spotlight the vital role small-scale farmers play in feeding the world. A New Day, an award-winning 45-second cinema spot, highlighting the lives of rural people and farming communities in Tunisia and northern Africa—one of the world’s harshest and most fragile desert environments—will be screened across cinema theatres worldwide.

Trafalgar, Hybe Releasing Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Party Edition

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 11:56 -- Nick Dager

Following its limited theatrical release, Jung Kook: I Am Still, the captivating documentary chronicling the solo journey of Jung Kook of the 21st century pop icons BTS, took the worldwide box office by storm. Now, due to overwhelming fan demand, Trafalgar Releasing and Hybe are pleased to announce the October 11 release of Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Party Edition.

Warners Bros. Expands Release of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 11:27 -- Nick Dager

Following the success of the Fathom Events preview screenings last week and the film now being Certified Fresh at 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, Warner Bros. Pictures is pleased to announce that Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s moving documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films and CNN Films acquired out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, will be expanding wide in theatres across North America on October 11.

Trailer Released for French Olympics Documentary

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 12:47 -- Nick Dager

Pi Studios and SRAB Films have begun showing the trailer for Crois Pas Qu’on Dort (Don’t Think We’re Sleeping in English), an inspiring and unique feature-length story of three young French athletes in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The 90-minute French language film, which was developed and produced by Pi Studios with the support of Nike, will premiere in mid-January 2025 followed by a release in theatres at the end of January.

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Seeking Works in Progress

Mon, 08/05/2024 - 09:39 -- Nick Dager

Submissions are open for the 2025 Big Sky Pitch. The film festival’s headline event of the DocShop Filmmaker’s Forum, the Big Sky Pitch is held during the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and invites up to ten film teams the chance to pitch their feature length documentary works-in-progress to a panel of top commissioning editors and funders of documentary film.

AMC, REI Co-op Studios to Screen Mountainfilm Short Films

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 10:23 -- Nick Dager

AMC Theatres, REI Co-op Studios, the outdoor specialty retailer’s in-house content division, and Mountainfilm, one of North America’s longest-running documentary film festivals, today announced an all-new content and marketing partnership that will bring a collection of festival-favorite short films to AMC locations across the country this fall.

Hot Docs Film Festival Temporarily Closes Toronto Theatre

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 10:32 -- Nick Dager

Ongoing financial uncertainty is forcing the Hot Docs Film Festival to temporarily close its flagship Toronto theatre and lay off staff for about three months, the organization said. Canada’s largest documentary film festival said it will shutter the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema starting June 12 as the organization tries to find a path back to profitability.

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