This is the extraordinary story of Bruno Banani, the only inhabitant of the small island of Tonga, in the South Pacific…
Through an acute investigation across several continents, this documentary educates us about the lithium, the mineral t…
Premiered at the Berlinale, this film takes us into Casa Roshell, an underworld where the art of feminization and trans…
Why is it so important to be pretty? Why does the gaze of others matter so much? This personal documentary explores the…
Full of humor and freshness, this film is a road movie across Finland that follows a group of Argentines who come to di…
This documentary makes us travel through the route of the sand that will feed Cape Verde's hunger for new hotels and re…
Mariana left her parents' house to live with her boyfriend in Lisbon. But when he leaves for New York, Mariana begins a…
With a “direct cinema” approach, this film follows Peipei, a young female artist who does not conform to the institutio…
Even though they don’t speak English, Illiterate women from towns around the world with no electricity try to learn how…
Did you know that millions of people eat insects on a daily basis? This documentary demonstrates how this habit can hel…
This film portrays the youth with fewer opportunities in Brussels through a public vocational school where the students…
Amid an apparent calmness, this film makes a portrait of a fragmented Nicaraguan family thorugh Estela and Sebastián, w…
This documentary follows the last days of the show Gardenia, made by a group of transsexuals and drag queens in the aut…
Filmmaker Frédéric Ramade follows a curious shaman on his tour throughout France. The trip will be a meeting of seeming…
The guide of a museum presents a famous painting to sighted people, blind people and a deaf and blind man, each group w…
In a small village in northern Iran, the life of the inhabitants revolves around Barre, a fighting bull that sustains t…
This Oscar-winning documentary follows the incredible feat of Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, the first man to descend M…
In northern Uganda, Patricia dedicates her life to helping women to give birth in her small village. This beautiful pho…
A dreamy animated documentary about the dangers of early cinema.
Through a bold accompaniment to the crew aboard a trawler in the Barents Sea, we witness their hard days, their hopes, …
In the Philippines, an innocent man faces the death penalty in a controversial murder case that separated two families …
This short film illustrates the life of Tim, a young French son of an absent Iraqi father and a Jewish mother, who is i…
13-year-old Jonas tries to recreate the traveling circus life where he grew up in the backyard of his new house in a vi…
The ocean, a place of infinite pleasure. This essay documentary reflects on the concept of maritime transport, the men …
Through interviews with experts and people involved in the gender issue, this documentary sheds light on the representa…
Directed by documentary master Michael Glawogger and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film deals with the ex…
Guided by the reflections of José Mujica, known as the world’s most austere president, three stories in three different…
In this short film made like a collage, an eloquent female journalist recounts her experience as a freelance correspond…
29 years old Italian Enea really wants to have sex. As Italy doesn’t offer any legal solution to the desire of a person…
Through old family footage, a filmmaker digs in her personal relationship with his father, an engineer who had her glor…
Above and Below is a rough and rhythmic roller coaster ride seating five survivors in their daily hustle through an apo…
Young Mohamed Bouazizi never knew what would happen after he set himself on fire in front of a police station in Tunisi…
A filmmaker discovers what happened to the dream of who was his next-door neighbor 16 years ago, a man who built an oce…
Fall and Winter is an epic and spectacularly photographed journey across the U.S. in search of what is causing our unfo…
The inside story of drug lord Pablo Escobar through the eyes of his only son.
What happens if one crime is committed to prevent another? This documentary shows us how environmentalist Ken Ward is w…
Filmed in a grainy black and white, this short film makes a portrait of Jurgen Blin, a retired German boxer who fought …
As farmland is becoming scarce, large corporations secure their control through the land grabbing business. This docume…
An Indian family faces the dilemma of eating or not their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their live…
Alternating beautiful animations with the intimacy of customary moments, this film is a journey into the creative world…
This observational documentary captures the conversations, confidences and emotionally charged moments of migrants in c…
Karine is a professional embalmer. As the one in charge of freezing life in an inert body, every day is a battle for pe…
This beautiful and heartbreaking short film captures the previous instants of a group of young Russian women who face t…
With a stunning camera work, this short film portrays the craftsmanship of prisoners in four prisons in Serbia, where i…
This documentary takes us to Portugal and Spain to show us three incredible eco-sustainable life experiences based on s…
Through exclusive interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, this documentary tells the story of the first image captured of …
This beautiful film ventures to take a closer look at the naked body and the fragile spirit that lies within it. The fi…
Dragan Wende conquered the night scene of a divided Berlin during the Cold War. 25 years later later, the directors of …
Best Documentary Films
