This experimental short film is an observational study of the Alps and how the human trail permeates their geography.
Marah, Noor, Mona and Betty have something in common, the love for speed and for their country. In this action-driven d…
This is the biopic of James Randi, who was a magician and is known for his contrary positions towards the paranormal an…
This film essay presents five different atmospheres and stories in a planet that is torn between decadence and resistan…
This documentary makes a portrait of the Ithanvong family and their epic journey from war-torn Laos to a town in Santa …
When thousands of people protest on the streets, television shows something very different. This animated short film is…
In the everyday of four small homes, this documentary traces imprints of the larger world as four families of Filipino …
A 26-year-old Kurdish-German woman returns to Turkey and becomes the mayor of her city, near the border with Syria and …
This short film premiered at the prestigious IDFA takes us into Ostend's Ibis, a boarding school where children with be…
"If today would be a great adventure, in 1948 it was an epic" says a certified voice in this documentary about the bigg…
A glimpse into the soul of Teresa Smith, an African-American mother who through her profound singing finds a way to dem…
Jaki is 27 years old and has to deal with... well, everything that entails. A hybrid short film about a state of mind i…
Filmmakers Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra resort to their common imaginary, vibrant scraps of images and sounds tha…
A congress bill promises to return the lands to those affected by violence in Colombia. The filmmaker visits this ghost…
This beautiful documentary portrays a small ethnic community in Udmurtia, Russia, and its unique singing, a precious ar…
Rejected by society, Dario and Maury decide to move to a gay nudist beach in Roma. Full of brushstrokes of pop, psyched…
Miguel and Rubén, two Cape Verdean immigrant descendants living in Portugal, find themselves in limbo. They both have d…
Through a thorough research, this exciting documentary reveals how the tobacco industry operates to maintain its demand…
A girl draws a sketch of her schoolyard and explains how this space is divided between boys and girls at recess every d…
This Oscar-Nominated animation illustrates the dilemma of Bill Babbitt, who must make a decision when he realizes his b…
This film makes visible the small community of Malana, in the mountains of the Himalayas, where an advanced concept of …
For the protagonists of this film, life on land is on hold. On board a cruise ship, normality has other rules. This sho…
In this Berlinale award-winning short film, a film crew shoots the tests that scientists are doing on laboratory mice. …
Mixing reality and fiction, we see the trial and the interpellation of those involved in the murder of a young Portugue…
Immersed in the middle of the Colombian jungle, surrounded by nature and the violence that gravitates in the area, Mr. …
This film invites us to a hypnotizing experience in a slow motion world. A high speed camera allows us to feel the move…
The world knows who Mandela was for South Africa, but we don't know about F.W. de Klerk, the president that ushered in …
Mystical and visceral at the same time, this short documentary presents a poetic approach to the culture of berry plant…
This documentary follows four outcasts in Montreal at night: Kye, Tobie, Paul, Kim. The four support each other and dru…
A group of Yodelers in the Swiss Alps must face unprecedented fame, and an impending presentation in Shanghai becomes a…
This documentary follows the difficult path of African-American politician Bakari Sellers in his quest to become the fi…
In the Cerro Rico mines in Bolivia, three humble women try to survive in a microcosm hostile to women. And dynamite is …
Danka makes a living cleaning the fifteen rooms of a hospice in Berlin. This film makes a portrait of her, a woman who …
The arrival of a magic car creates a change in a small town in Iran where children often drop out of school due to the …
This film documents the last days of work of men and women who work blocking and unblocking the chains of the pedestria…
A series of impressive photographs of Algerian landscapes and the voices of its inhabitants reflect the traces of the A…
With discretion and subtlety, this film documents in a school in Portugal the experience of the Generación Orchestra, a…
Marcos, a young Brazilian living in Argentina, faces a dilemma in his family's WhatsApp group that involves the impeach…
In this short film a kite surfer based in Qatar tells us about his passion for a sport in which the waves and the wind …
This documentary rescues part of the vast propaganda footage that the Soviets shot in Africa to document their humanita…
This animated short documentary illustrates in less than two minutes the arrival of an Iranian refuge in Germany, his n…
This beautifully photographed documentary follows the unique life of a fisherman in a small Lisbon coastal community.
Trapped in an Indian society that does not accept their relationship, two young lesbian women commit suicide in Nandigr…
Through interviews with the movement's protagonists, this documentary addresses the story of the Inkotanyi, the armed g…
In the safety of a desolate house, a group of homeless people in the city of Porto tell us what it is like to live and …
Retired in the peninsula of Kamchatka, Russia, a war correspondent abandons his lifelong profession to shoot films anch…
In this semi-animated documentary, the artist Christoph Faulhaber questions our current digitized world through his own…
Through beautifully crafted puppets made of beach sand, this animated short film tells us an endearing story of childho…
Best Documentary Films
