Set in the suburbs of Cairo, this short film follows a man dedicated to pigeon fighting. His dilemma lies between embra…
This hilarious short film shows us a side of Gibraltar that we would never get to see if it weren't for documentary fil…
This short film follows filmmaker Heilika Pikkov's grandparents. They both renew their vows as a couple in their old ag…
Daughter and mother arrive at a Buddhist monastery in a land very far from their own. Both are victims of a complicated…
Bob Comber dreams of becoming the first person to cross the Sierra Nevada Wilderness Park in California in his wheelcha…
Tiina and Ülo live among various colorful objects accumulated throughout their life. This film tells the story of a dee…
14-year-old girl Khatemeh has run away to a women's refuge and is seeking a divorce from her husband, a man twice her a…
This film follows filmmaker Laurent Hasse as he embarks on a journey from the French Pyrenees to the coast of northern …
This HBO documentary film explores the issue of domestic violence and its impact on survivors. The film follows the sto…
What was the world like before human kind set foot in it? This short film contemplates the apparently unspoiled landsca…
Through a walk through a cemetery, a narrator reflects on how society and politics impact the individual dimension of t…
What is it like to return to the place where you were born 30 years after leaving? Filmmaker Régis Sauder returns to th…
Filmmaker Aljona Surzikova films the arrival of her new baby in the privacy of her family. But the joyful atmosphere is…
Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, this documentary sheds light on one of the most tumultuous times in Chile’s history and t…
Sensory, gripping and, to a point, claustrophobic, this documentary takes us into the world of a group of scientists on…
Photographs, travel videos, a female voice-over. Filmmaker Nora Särak creates a colorful and fresh collage to talk abou…
Former Yugoslav territories, 1980s - 1990s. Time of abrupt political changes and war. Behind all this there was a sound…
This short film, a winner at the Berlinale, is an exuberant scream that literally destroys the image of xenophobia agai…
Due to an autoimmune disease, Julika has lived without hair since the age of 9. Now, at 25, we experience with her what…
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
Featuring interviews with Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg and Michael J. Fox, this documentary explores how the Back …
Halfway between a making-of film and an cinematic essay on the process of a film workshop directed by Abbas Kiarostami,…
As a singer, conductor and performance artist, Barbara Hannigan has left an imprint on the academic musical internation…
Three women tell us how their enlistment in the Los AngelesPolice Department poses the challenge of completely changing…
After being found dead in his room, the painter and photographer Pierre Molinier left behind a peculiar body of work. T…
According to statistics, 95% of all incarcerated people will come home. Director Tamara Perkins follows three men in th…
In this short documentary essay, filmmaker Antoine Fontaine delves into a forgotten archive of 16mm film belonging to a…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
In the midst of a city that never stops building buildings, a man leaves his country life behind and decides to run in …
Among the most iconic musicians of the hardcore punk music scene in the United States are Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma…
Experimental filmmaker Khaled Abdulwaheds cinematically deconstructs a photograph of a cactus field in 1998 Syria. Now …
Through the daily lives of three traditional farmers in the Cornwall region, this documentary portrays contemporary rur…
After serving in Iraq and being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a man tries to get his life back …
Shot on three continents, this unique documentary follows the pioneer of avant-garde composer John Cage through miscell…
This gripping film follows the last log floater on the river Tara in Montenegro, a wild and very dangerous river.
In this documentary, the fog is the element that unites worlds and characters very different from each other. A film es…
A family filmed from within. The director captures his mother's fight against cancer, as his sister announces she is pr…
A traveling cameraman and father of three observes what happens when human skills no longer command a "market value".
This beautiful hybrid film navigates between documentary and fiction to illustrate, from their imaginary, the changes f…
After becoming pregnant, a filmmaker confronts a ghost from the past: having another abortion. Suddenly, her mother and…
Behind stars like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, a pianist, a drummer and a guitarist formed a trio that left their mar…
At 85 years old, Lucy tells us with passion and eloquence how as an transgender person she managed to navigate the most…
Respected in both North and South Korea, renowned composer Isang Yun dreams that music can one day reconcile the two co…
This documentary takes us into the reality of Libya after the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, through the life and w…
With humor, avant-garde spirit, and eloquence, this documentary reviews the fascinating life of the prolific French com…
This multi-award winning documentary is an incisive yet simple portrait of a Neo-Nazi in his seemingly harmless everyda…
Scientists, doctors, natural and surrogate mothers, hospitals, fertilization labs. This fascinating documentary explain…
Faced with the government's plan to build the Great-Western Airport in the Nantes area, France, opponents of the projec…
Best Documentary Films
