After beating cancer, Sean Swarner takes on a major life challenge: conquering the North Pole and definitely becoming a…
Drawing on memories of his childhood vacation in Belgrade, Swiss director Nicolas Wagnières films an iconic hotel in th…
Compassion and redemption are discovered by a man as he manages a mental asylum run by its own patients in Juárez, Mexi…
Three filmmakers from Indonesia, South Korea and Serbia exchange video letters. The correspondance is full of faces and…
According to recent medical findings revealed in this documentary, pedophilia is a condition that is born with men and …
Through a poignant observational approach, this documentary dissects the dynamics of the safari tourism business in Sou…
Following the myth of a religious leader who claims to be the reborn Jesus Christ. A mother and her three children move…
In 1965, a group of intrepid young women didn't know they were making history by participating in a survival adventure …
Seen from the point of view of a 3-year-old girl, this documentary follows the tortuous migration journey of a refugee …
In this heartwarming short film, filmmaker Elisabeth Aspelin films the everyday life of her two young children: Karla a…
Amanda and Viengsay, two young Cuban women, strive every day to continue their careers in the demanding world of ballet…
Blending documentary and fiction in a way rarely seen before, this South American road movie follows an Argentinean man…
If in the last century the pioneering black ballerinas faced exclusion and discrimination, today there are still young …
In the context of a parliamentary coup in Brazil, a historic peasant movement begins to occupy lands owned by powerful …
Bhanu and Bhuntu, two young Indian women leave their villages to live and work in a suburban textile center. Through th…
In this documentary filmed inside a motel in Santiago, Chile, the women who do room service have a lot to say about lov…
Leonard Nimoy died in January 2015 but will be forever remembered for his role as Spock in the acclaimed series Star Tr…
In the midst of a Cuba undergoing major changes, a young athlete is torn between committing herself to her track team o…
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese filmmaker documents the radiation-free zone.…
In a public park, an army of crows emerges from the mist. A camera films them. A gun is fired. Is this short film a kin…
What is the future of learning?. Indian professor Sugata Mitra brings an innovative approach to education based on a de…
Filmed over the course of three years, this serene and delicate documentary follows three orchestral conduction student…
This short film is a simple and poetic look at the work of a patient and talented blacksmith from Houston, USA.
Investigating the involvement of a mysterious ancestor in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, filmmaker Anna Kryve…
A community is about to disappear. Faced with a government-imposed plan, the inhabitants of The Platz, a huge shanty to…
Through the lives of two Pakistani men, one dedicated to the spiritual life and the other a defender of an ancient musi…
Ivan cannot move without his electronic anklet. After years in prison, he is on probation and trying to get back to nor…
The traces of the first people who occupied the territory of Brazil detonate this documentary essay premiered in Rotter…
Premiered at the Berlinale, this film follows two Cuban boys in their minimalist - and full of freedom - everyday life,…
Unveiling a little-known version of the beginning of World War II, this informative documentary brings to light the her…
Everything around Asalif, an Ethiopian boy, is in constant change. The construction of a housing complex on his land af…
Dragan Jaćimović was the first Serbian man to reach the summit of Everest. This documentary uses excerpts from his diar…
This film documents the untold adventures of the African-Americans who went to the Spanish Civil War, in the thirties, …
What is a family? This documentary explores the enigma through Aliona, a special needs child who begins to live with an…
Coral, voyeuristic, incisive. This documentary, in the best style of the filmmaker Jean-François Lesage, dissects summe…
Filmed over two years, this documentary follows the vessel of the NGO "Mission Lifeline" in the Mediterranean on its mi…
By closely following Central American migrants on their perilous journey to the US-Mexico border, this bold documentary…
Eighteen-year-old Josefin travels from Sweden to Peru in search of answers. According to a family myth, her aunt was a …
For the first time, a forest route stretching from Germany to Romania is the scenery of a bikepacking race. This docume…
The bucolic setting of a river in the middle of a dense forest poses an existentialist scenario. Several characters imm…
In China they called "comfort women" to girls and women that the Japanese empire forced into sexual labor during the oc…
Shot in different countries, between antipodes like South Africa and Colombia, this short documentary is a visual essay…
This is more than just the biography of the editor of one of the most important films in history. It is a captivating j…
Summer of 2016. All the attention of the world is on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But from the favelas that …
This is a portrait of a young Chinese man filmed over the course of several years, from his fervent patriotism in his s…
In only 11 minutes, this short film documents how, on the eve of Fidel Castro's death, reporters and passers-by take ad…
Premiered at the Berlinale, this film takes us into the peaceful and thoughtful life in a retirement home that exists i…
The inhabitants of Montserrat, a small Caribbean island, are trying to regain the life they had before the eruption of …
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