A filmmaker films his own family and asks whether he is a good son. The scenes we see next comppose a cinematic explora…
Lucie was born with a protruding ear that she got from her mother. In this documentary she tries to find answers in her…
Through the life story of his grandmother, a filmmaker explores his roots in Algeria while portraying the universe of t…
The filmmaker Iman Behrouzi prepares to make a film for the woman he loves, which triggers within his family a debate a…
Through old family footage, a filmmaker digs in her personal relationship with his father, an engineer who had her glor…
No one knew that a great 75-year-old poet lived in a small town in eastern Serbia until his son begins posting videos o…
In the midst of loneliness and far away from their loved ones, the elders of an old age in Iran try to follow their dai…
The filmmaker Renato Borrayo films the first year of his first son Carlos. He is dark skin and was born in the Russian …
A woman of Turkish roots travels from Brussels to Turkey and Armenia in an intimate search for his identity.
Daniela films her mother as she prepares to leave the family house. Inside, we feel the absence of the diceased father.…
An Indian family faces the dilemma of eating or not their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their live…
Through the diary written by his grandmother during her days of work in an ammunitions factory during the Second World …
Judit tries to convince her mother Ica to move to a house near her before the Alzheimer's separates them further than t…
Through family photographs, quotidian landscapes and memories, this film portrays a generation and a time of misery and…
This documentary tells the compelling story of a mother and daughter who resolve to uncover their wartime past buried h…
A young man decides to make the journey his adopted brother could not finish. Years ago, his brother died in a plane cr…
A lovingly filmed portrait of the filmmaker’s parents who make out a living making ‘jaggery’ sweets from toddy palm syr…
This observational documentary follows a man who works in the construction of the largest prison in Uruguay. But on the…
The visits of a sacred painting to the houses of ordinary Polish people frames the visit of a homeless person to his mo…
A young filmmaker revisits the footage of his parents, two famous Myanmar actors in the 60s. By watching the tapes, he …
In the beautiful Vietnamese bay of Ha Long, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a family faces its imminent separation when t…
The documentary is "a father's 'love letter' to his adult daughter Cáitrín, a young American woman who has a dream: to …
Dissatisfied with his personality, a young mathematician from a family of divorced academics decides to punish his moth…
Lulú lives with the uncertainty of not knowing the whereabouts of her husband and son after they were kidnaped 5 years …
(Re)immersing himself in body building, David Nicolas Parel endeavours to follow his younger brother as he trains for t…
Mother and daughter embark on a trip to Brazil in search of the healer “Joh of God”. But not everything goes as planned…
This award-winning animated short film tells the story of Wally, an eight-year-old girl whose life is increasingly turn…
Shooted over the course of nine years, this intimate film documents the fatherhood, the breakup of his relationship and…
David has two passions in life: being a father and rap. Through a close and chronological follow-up, we become witnesse…
The Swiss singer Stephan Eicher and his brother Erich embark on a musical journey to their Yenish origins. The two toge…
Seen trhough the lens of her own daughter's camera, this film documents the grieving process of Mette Hannibal after he…
In an intimate and exciting journey to the root, the film follows a family based in Okinawa, Japan, that visits Taiwan …
Trapped in the structures of a destructive family, with no help from the outside world, a mother and a daughter embrace…
In a family of women, the corners of an old house are witnesses of the course of life. The older women go through the l…
Sault Ste. Marie I-500 is an annual snowmobile race held in Michigan, United States. After two years of cinematic invol…
Fragmented and multilingual, this short film is a random journey through the images of the author's quotidian world to …
A piglet named Caesar lives a happy life with a loving owner, which is very different from other piglets’ lives. But do…
Present-day Bulgaria. After discovering the secret police files belonging to her grandfather, a man who joined the anti…
After finding her mother’s war diary written during II WW, a daughter discovers who she really was. A journey into the …
A group of young dancers whose members are immigrants from the former Soviet Union try to win the International Breakda…
Arina, a Russian girl, crosses the border from Turkey to visit her father, a Kurdish man who lives in the tense calm of…
This is a filmed portrait of João Carlos Castanha, a 52 years old actor who is also gay, son, cross dresser and capable…
A girl of a Russian mother and an Azerbaijani father travels from Moscow to a small town in Azerbaijan to meet her pate…
Director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian town, where she is confronted with traditional views of…
Confronted with the idea of getting married after several years of being a couple, two intrepid travelers visit four ma…
Through the old objects of a house in Portugal and the letters sent among relatives during the past century, director J…
The co-director of this film returns to the humble home of his family in Algeria after 10 years of absence, a reunion t…
A 6-year-old skater boy and his father embark on a dizzying and fun journey into the professional world of skateboardin…
Best Documentary Films
