Next to a majestic forest, in the southeast of Cameroon, the inhabitants of a village survive with their prosaic activi…
Surreal, mesmerizing, explosive. In this short documentary, the pyrotechnic rituals of a Mexican village light up the n…
How to talk about sexual abuse? From where can a survivor tell about it without breaking into tears? This is a courageo…
Boxer by day, nightclub watchman by night, Christ prepares for his next fight in the ring while in the streets of Libre…
Prolific musician Petra Nachtmanova embarks on a journey from Berlin, through the Caucasus and Turkey, to Iran, in sear…
With their tenacity and total commitment on the rugby field, the players of The Sydney Convicts prove that it is possib…
Set in Almadén, a decaying Spanish mining town, this beautifully photographed black-and-white film follows the life of …
Some people compare it to the industrial revolution or the renaissance, but how revolutionary is the rise of the realm …
Being gay in Cameroon, you have to face the daily struggle of not being able to express your physical love publicly, in…
In her sixties, Gwendolyn, a three-time weightlifting world champion, prepares for her next tournament while battling c…
In the midst of the chaos of the WWI war front, a brave soldier managed to photograph the harsh reality of that conflic…
An evangelical man returns to his Dominican provincial town, where he must face the difficult consequences of his fathe…
Hundreds of meters under the ground and the European night, men and machines carve the tunnels that unite a modern cont…
Having fled his country's civil war in his childhood, filmmaker Jude Ratman returns to Siri Lanka to confront the trace…
This posthumous portrait follows the trail of Uruguayan composer Alfredo Zitarrosa. Banished by a bloody dictatorship, …
Blood, punches, jumps and screams. These are the kind of things we will see when the fighters face each other in the in…
Focusing on the phenomenon of evangelical drug dealers that have become common in the Brazilian slums, this incisive do…
As nostalgic as it may seem, there are thousands of Lego collectors in the world who make stop-motion home movies with …
While a group of Russian army soldiers train intensively, a family mourns the death of their son, Dima. Two seemingly u…
After being defeated in World War II, Adolf Hitler fled to Argentina, where he died in 1962. Did he not? This docudrama…
Fifteen years after living as an exchange student in Arizona, filmmaker Fernanda Pessoa returns to the United States to…
An exorcist, a horse breeder, a stuntman. These are just some of the amazing characters you will meet at the electric a…
Inspired by the novel by Svetlana Alexievitch, this documentary is an intimate gaze at the faces of survivors who recou…
The voices of the Mapuche and Creole communities, in the Argentinian Patagonia, explain Transhumance, as they call it. …
Deep in a forest in Laotia, a young man supports his family by growing opium, the substance that both saves and condemn…
In times where modern medicine has progressively intervened in maternal childbirth, a woman embarks on a journey where …
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Since the day Ethan Bialick heard the rocket alert while visiting Tel Aviv, his life was changed forever. This animated…
The intrepid Ben Jacoby, known worldwide for his escapades on stilts, decides to challenge himself to achieve the Guinn…
Artist, professor, visionary. László Moholy-Nagy revolutionized the way art was created at the Bauhaus school in Weimar…
A renowned TV host uncovers the secrets of an iconic game show on the former East German television, back in the sixtie…
The 1969 Stonewall riots in New York marked a milestone in the beginning of the LGBTQ movement in the United States. Th…
Three surfers face the biggest challenge in the world of professional surfing: to paddle the impressive waves of Jaws, …
Blending footage from the pre-COVID19 world and during the pandemic, this film delves into the lives of a motley crew o…
After going blind while grieving the loss of her two children, a seventy-eight year old woman decides to overcome the s…
In the colorful and chaotic Sao Paulo, three Brazilian artists try to establish a collective dialogue with the inhabita…
Twenty years after World War II, Norway is once again living in fear after a series of terrorist attacks. It is 1965 an…
The Greek island of Lesvos is today a bridge to the European dream for thousands of Asian and African migrants. Through…
Mixing animations, old home videos and film footage of the present, filmmaker Steffan Strandberg recalls the most impor…
This may be the most powerful portrait of a man's loneliness you will ever see. Inspired by the novel "Moby Dick", livi…
Told with snippets from films of the time, before us is the incredible biography of Leonie Brandt, an actress who serve…
This documentary follows the hectic daily life of a pediatric physiatrist responsible for the air medical urgency on wh…
Filmed in black and white, with animated brushstrokes inspired by his work, this is an intimate, yet irreverent portrai…
Silent, incisive, radioactive. This short film, screened at Rotterdam and Locarno, follows the daily life of Sergey and…
Filmed over four years, this short film follows a group of young men who, amidst doubts, laughter and twists, give thei…
This documentary, awarded at the prestigious IDFA, films over the years two Iranian girls from their religious initiati…
Incredible as it may seem, exorcisms take place every day in present-day Poland. But what is really behind the return o…
Set against the seascapes of the little-known Russian Far East, this film documents Fatei's daily life as he and his fa…
Best Documentary Films
