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  1. Bitcoin FilmFest

    BFF’26 announced its Golden Rabbit winners: Bitcoin Castle took Best Movie and Audience Choice, while MaxisClub won Best Short. Both were named live at the June 7 Warsaw gala.

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  2. Deadline

    Doug Liman’s AI-made feature Bitcoin (formerly Killing Satoshi) will use likenesses of Bezos, Zuckerberg, Putin, and Eric Trump. The $70M film shoots in just 20 days.

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  3. Benzinga

    Jack Dorsey is backing a Bitcoin-only world premiere of the Julian Assange documentary Six Billion Dollar Man — tickets are 0.01 BTC, no other currency accepted. The global watch party is set for June 27.

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  4. Decrypt

    The documentary Finding Satoshi, from Tucker Tooley and Matthew Miele, names Hal Finney and Len Sassaman as Bitcoin’s likely co-creators. Coinbase’s CEO called it “the most thoughtful take on this subject” yet made.

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  5. Variety

    Ben McKenzie’s self-financed crypto-skeptic documentary Everyone Is Lying to You for Money landed a US limited theatrical release. It premiered at SXSW London 2025 as a full-throated takedown of the crypto industry.

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  6. Deadline

    Gal Gadot and Isla Fisher joined the cast of Doug Liman’s AI-made Satoshi thriller Bitcoin. The $70M project is heading to the Cannes market alongside co-stars Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson.

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  7. Variety

    LifeHack, the Fassbender-produced screenlife thriller built around a Bitcoin cyber-heist, got a US theatrical release date of May 15. The film unfolds entirely through screens and devices.

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  8. Netflix

    Netflix’s Biggest Heist Ever documents the 2016 Bitfinex hack, in which 120,000 BTC were stolen. The film follows the IRS investigation that eventually traced the funds to Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein.

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  9. HBO

    HBO’s Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, directed by Cullen Hoback, claimed to reveal Satoshi Nakamoto’s real identity. The film sparked heated debate across the Bitcoin community over whether its case actually holds up.

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  10. Bitcoin FilmFest

    Bitcoin FilmFest 2026 was confirmed for June 4-7 at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. The fourth edition brought world premieres and an AI shorts competition to the festival.

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