Premiered at the prestigious Visions Du Reel, this short film tells the story of a day in the life of Makenzy, a boy li…
Set in Almadén, a decaying Spanish mining town, this beautifully photographed black-and-white film follows the life of …
By observing a group of Kazakh migrants working in a remote rural village in Russia, we learn about their harsh story o…
With open doors to their intimate lives and precious childhood memories, this documentary follows Jack and Yaya, two ol…
A trip to a big city means for Lee and Jia to leave behind the old red house where they have lived for the last few yea…
Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless…
The history of an entire town converges in one period of the year: Holy Week. This documentary gives a subtle chronolog…
AleksEy and Valya are a couple that don't see each other often. He is a truck driver, and Vaya is used to wait for him …
While a group of Russian army soldiers train intensively, a family mourns the death of their son, Dima. Two seemingly u…
Fifteen years after living as an exchange student in Arizona, filmmaker Fernanda Pessoa returns to the United States to…
As nostalgic as it is contemporary, this gaze at a remote rural village is a precious opportunity to appreciate the sim…
Deep in a forest in Laotia, a young man supports his family by growing opium, the substance that both saves and condemn…
When a large construction project begins in a small German town, the consequences are unpredictable.
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 …
The inhabitants of a tourist area nestled in Chilean Patagonia are the faces of contradiction. Tourism flourishes while…
As the future of Russia hangs in the balance in the impending presidential election, the inhabitants of a Siberian vill…
In his native Norway and across other European landscapes, this documentary follows the incomparable Tomas Espedal, one…
In a remote Arctic village in northern Norway, an indigenous rapper tries to make a living with his music. But, will he…
A public park in Moscow becomes the scene of dispute when believers of Russian Orthodox Christianity want to take a plo…
How do those who cannot see with their eyes conceive the world? What other perspectives of what surrounds us can we lea…
Daniel Burmeister, a bearded film buff, goes from town to town making ultra low-budget films starring the locals themse…
Blending footage from the pre-COVID19 world and during the pandemic, this film delves into the lives of a motley crew o…
A narrator introduces us to the microcosm of Milan's troubled China Town. When an Italian guy proposes marriage to a lo…
In the colorful and chaotic Sao Paulo, three Brazilian artists try to establish a collective dialogue with the inhabita…
With the landscape of the Balkans as a backdrop, this documentary follows a family of Aromanians, an ethnic minority tr…
This may be the most powerful portrait of a man's loneliness you will ever see. Inspired by the novel "Moby Dick", livi…
In a remote mountainous region of China, Hou Junli and his family remain in a small village that has seen so many leave…
Filmed only a year after the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, this film - named after the onomatopoeia its …
In the best style of the Cine-Verité school, filmmaker Dmitry Kabakov portrays a humble village near Moscow, where Russ…
Silent, incisive, radioactive. This short film, screened at Rotterdam and Locarno, follows the daily life of Sergey and…
This independently filmed short film is a glance at the Chinese community in Brazil, with all its nuances, stereotypes …
A globetrotter who went from being a science student all over Europe to a respected Catholic priest in Germany. This do…
Three filmmakers from Indonesia, South Korea and Serbia exchange video letters. The correspondance is full of faces and…
Made as a thematic triptych (Hope, Faith and Love) this documentary follows eight single men who embark on a long journ…
In just four minutes, three faces discuss past lives, an unfortunate accident and what the future holds. A cigarette is…
This documentary, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, is a visceral portrait of the irreverent youth of a small tow…
In this documentary filmed inside a motel in Santiago, Chile, the women who do room service have a lot to say about lov…
In a building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, all the inhabitants are part of a program to overcome crack addiction. In every cor…
Leonard Nimoy died in January 2015 but will be forever remembered for his role as Spock in the acclaimed series Star Tr…
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese filmmaker documents the radiation-free zone.…
The town of Kiruna, in northern Sweden, is collapsing due to mining activity. This documentary follows its characters a…
This short film is a simple and poetic look at the work of a patient and talented blacksmith from Houston, USA.
Marcelo is a dandy, a homosexual, a voracious reader and, in one of his past lives, a German poet obsessed with a blue …
In bucolic rural Germany, the lives of four German teenagers are about to change. Childhood is behind them and the firs…
A collection of super8 films takes Joachim Michaud to the New York where Emilienne, an adventurous woman who could be h…
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…
Best Documentary Films
