The streaming service announced four original documentaries, all of which will premiere on Netflix before the year’s end. Its docs “What Happened, Miss Simone?”, which premiered at Sundance 2015, and “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015, both received Oscar nominations this year.
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Amanda Knox will be one of four non-fiction works Netflix will premiere at next month’s film festival. Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison in the aftermath of the high-profile murder of Meredith Kercher. Last year, two Netflix documentaries were nominated for Academy Awards: What Happened, Miss Simone? and Winter on Fire. In the Netflix Original Documentary “Amanda Knox”, directors Rod Blackhurst (Tribeca Audience Award-winner “Here Alone”) and Brian McGinn (IDA Award-winner “Chef’s Table”) and producer Mette Heide (Peabody Award-winner “India’s Daughter”) explore the notorious case that made headlines around the world. It will be available on Netflix on September 16.
A Netflix original short documentary following three volunteer rescue workers in Aleppo, Syria and Turkey in early 2016 as they try to save civilians affected by war in the region.
The White Helmets hits Netflix first on 16 September, followed by Amanda Knox on 30 September, Into the Inferno on 28 October and The Ivory Game on 4 November.
Into the Inferno-a film from Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer about humans’ relationship with volcanoes. “We’re dedicated to pushing the boundaries of the documentary type, and our movies screening at Toronto symbolize each rising expertise and iconic filmmakers throughout an exciting time for documentaries”.
The Oscar-winning actor has executive produced The Ivory Game from acclaimed directors Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson, which “goes undercover into the dark and sinister underbelly of ivory trafficking” to reveal harrowing truths about the corrupt activity.
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Netflix has already announced that Ava DuVernay’s documentary The 13th, about racial injustice and the USA prison system, will become the first nonfiction film to open the New York Film Festival, also in September.
