Documentary Films

Genres

Civil rights Documentaries
8

Backward Run

When thousands of people protest on the streets, television shows something very different. This animated short film is…
9.5

Batrachian's Ballad

This short film, a winner at the Berlinale, is an exuberant scream that literally destroys the image of xenophobia agai…
9

While I Breathe, I Hope

This documentary follows the difficult path of African-American politician Bakari Sellers in his quest to become the fi…
8

...And The Unclaimed

Trapped in an Indian society that does not accept their relationship, two young lesbian women commit suicide in Nandigr…
9

Still Alive

Five years after the Egyptian revolution that overthrew the Mubarak regime, four young Egyptians look back on that even…
5.5

Days Of Madness

Mladen and Maja seek their space in a society that rejects them. They also want their independence from the health syst…
10

Abandoned Land

Clinging to their land, Matsumura and his old father remain in the evacuated area around the Fukushima nuclear plant. F…
8

The Opium War

This documentary makes visible the social problem that has caused the cultivation of opium in Myanmar and the desperate…
10

Dreaming Against The World

Reminiscing about the days of the repressive cultural revolution, the Chinese artist Mu Xin tells us in this documentar…

Citizen Juling

After the murder of a Buddhist art teacher in southern Thailand, three filmmakers make a journey through the region to …
9

Do We Belong?

Shortly after Trump was elected president, an Indian immigrant is killed in a hate crime in Kansas. His widow carries t…
8

Bangkok Joyride: Chapter 1 - How We Became Superheroes

After his previous film was banned by sensors in Thailand, filmmaker Ing K. documents the Shutdown Bangkok protests in …