In October 2017, Juan Martín Guevara traveled to Bolivia to be present at the events commemorating the murder of his br…
This is the biopic of James Randi, who was a magician and is known for his contrary positions towards the paranormal an…
Immersed in the middle of the Colombian jungle, surrounded by nature and the violence that gravitates in the area, Mr. …
The world knows who Mandela was for South Africa, but we don't know about F.W. de Klerk, the president that ushered in …
This documentary follows the career of Joan Fontcuberta, considered the most important contemporary visual artist in Sp…
This beautifully photographed documentary follows the unique life of a fisherman in a small Lisbon coastal community.
How long can a human being remain alive underwater? For Goran Čolak, the world champion in free diving, the meaning of …
This documentary is the result of a series of visits the filmmaker makes over the course of a year to the house of Pier…
How could Beethoven compose his best pieces after his deafness? This documentary is a thorough investigation into the e…
An Austrian Jew in his nineties lives in the solitude of his wealthy house in Malawi. This film shows us his life in th…
This documentary makes the curious portrait of Dorian, a prominent musician that has a feral cat colony in the tunnels …
This documentary brings to the canvas a unique point of view, based on the turnaround in the life of visual artist Vera…
This documentary shows all the facets of Alexandro Jodorowsky, cult filmmaker, mime artist, performer, comic writer, cr…
This is the fascinating portrait of Corradino d’Ascanio, the inventor of the helicopter and the most famous scouter in …
Through the life story of his grandmother, a filmmaker explores his roots in Algeria while portraying the universe of t…
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 …
Some make documentaries of successful people, while others - like the case of this short film - prefer to look at those…
This biographical documentary portrays the multifaceted Argentine artist José Martinez Suárez, a 90-year-old man with t…
This documentary presents us the inspiring career of the Polish filmmaker Kazimierz Karabasz, the ideologist of the "pa…
This documentary draws a portrait of the economist and activist Arcadi Oliveres who led the student struggle against th…
The true story of Bowling Legend Bob Perry, who battled, drugs, alcohol, the Mafia, and federal prison to emerge as one…
Since Evelin’s amputation of both legs, friends abandoned her. She is stuck in her apartment for years now, moving only…
The access to precious archival footage and vibrant musical clips gives us the opportunity to witness an evocative port…
Shooted over the course of nine years, this intimate film documents the fatherhood, the breakup of his relationship and…
Shot during the dusk for two months in a row, in this film a disciple documents the daily life of his irreverent film p…
Known as one of the best dancers in Tehran and having been Iran's first female film director, Shahrzad's artistic caree…
This is the tale of what happened to the Americanized Children of Holocaust survivors. The film includes the testimonie…
Discover the life and work of Walter Pfeiffer, a Swiss photographer who at his 70 years of age is still at the forefron…
This is a filmed portrait of João Carlos Castanha, a 52 years old actor who is also gay, son, cross dresser and capable…
Loved and hated, Arthur Chu tries to reinvent his life after his controversial participation in "Jeopardy!", the TV sho…
An intimate and minimalistic approach allows us to witness the daily routine of Mrs. Loosli in her home in the Swiss Mo…
Told in first person, the director of this documentary narrates the story of his friendship with Asier Aranguren, a mem…
Musician and singer from London Wayne Paul returns to the East London neighborhood where he grew up, a place where a vi…
The acclaimed animator and filmmaker Jimmy Murakami returns to the concentration camp where he was held as a child alon…
The visits to his homes in Italy and France become rich occasions for director Patricia Pereyra to interview the renown…
A documentary about Henriette Zéphir, a french woman who began to paint “pushed” by a spiritual presence she felt by he…
The portrait of Yvonne Robert, a ninety-year-old woman with immeasurable wisdom who poured into naive painting all the …
A Cuban psychiatrist, a nurse in Switzerland and a shepherd in Bosnia Herzegovina; three people in three equidistant pa…
A cinematic poem about Belen Palacios, a peasant, social leader and renowned Quitiplá musician, an African-Venezuelan r…
The prominent American thinker Russell Jacoby takes an x-ray of the current state of contemporary American society and …
Considered a rock star in his native Croatia, Nenad Bach moves to the United States with almost nothing in his pockets,…
Lithuanian photographer, the legend of Soviet Sixties' generation Vitas Luckus tragically passed away in 1987. Yet the …
Carolina is 20 and she has Down syndrome. She met documentary director Mariana Viñoles five years ago, and now here the…
At the age of 11, filmmaker Fatima Jebli Ouazzani and her parents emigrated from Morocco to the Netherlands. Seven year…
Nora Noh, the best fashion designer, who dominated the scene of Korean women’s fashion and culture of the time. She was…
The film tells the story of Marcel Cellier who traveled to Eastern Europe, where he collected and documented sounds tha…
Mirko Ilic is an outstanding comics artist based in New York City. In 2015, 38 pieces of his artwork were included in t…
Best Documentary Films
