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TVF International is in Cannes with more than 200 hours of new factual programming, including the science doc Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary.

Factual commissions have held up better than other genres, MIPDoc’s opening session revealed yesterday, but the segment is facing its own share of disruptive shifts, including the need to explore branded entertainment and other funding models and audiences’ desire for immersive experiences.

Documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter, founder of Trilogy Films, shared her creative processes in a MIPDoc keynote.

LOOKSfilm's The Last Days of Kabul—Life and Death of a Republic has been chosen as the winner of this year's MIPDoc Pitch.

ZDF Studios’ Time: A Journey Through Thousands of Years analyzes long-term studies to see the effect time has on our lives, possibly making moments of joy rare.

Paramount+ has commissioned the two-part docuseries Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, about the titular Grammy Award-winning musician and her recent activism for incarcerated women.

The new documentary series Frontiers is on offer from NHK Enterprises.

Boat Rocker has inked a deal with Shark Teeth Films for the production of three new unscripted series, including a fourth installment of Secrets in the Ice.

Sky Documentaries has lined up the documentary Daley (w.t.), about British double Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson, for a July premiere.

ZDF Studios has brought to market the new documentary Tepui—Into the House of Gods, produced by Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion for ZDF’s Terra X slot.