Sensory, gripping and, to a point, claustrophobic, this documentary takes us into the world of a group of scientists on…
Doctors, scientists, patients and families unite in a single cause: to eliminate cervical cancer. This documentary show…
This documentary blurs the margins of the artificial and the natural. A museum worker, a deer farmer and a taxidermist …
What would it be like to live underwater for an extended period of time? This iconic US Navy institutional film is a th…
Featuring Moby and prestigious scientists, this documentary depicts an environmental reality that will need to change d…
Through the observation of three apes, filmmaker Jos de Putter encourages a reflection on the similarities between us a…
A veteran botanist and his faithful disciple go into the Colombian jungle to examine its flora. This intimate film docu…
In this Berlinale award-winning short film, a film crew shoots the tests that scientists are doing on laboratory mice. …
Through interviews with experts on both sides of the Atlantic, this film visits various natural history museums and zoo…
This is the fascinating portrait of Corradino d’Ascanio, the inventor of the helicopter and the most famous scouter in …
Karine is a professional embalmer. As the one in charge of freezing life in an inert body, every day is a battle for pe…
Dissatisfied with his personality, a young mathematician from a family of divorced academics decides to punish his moth…
In this film, the simple life of the astronomer Bernardo Riedel, a telescope maker, is interspersed with galactic oppor…
Through an educational approach, The Brave Class explores the dilemma of human language as a vital factor to construct …
In New Zealand, three people seek answers about life on earth through extraordinary experiments, such as the constructi…
The film is an approach to the collective imaginary of the Sahara desert through the only Tuareg immigrant community in…
The author of this captivating documentary, a man at risk of losing the ability to see, makes a first-person essay on t…
The prominent American thinker Russell Jacoby takes an x-ray of the current state of contemporary American society and …
Award-winning director Michael Apted interviews the Japanese scientists in charge of manufacturing photographic lenses …
This film invites the viewer to actively participate in the making of meaning, so that the central theme of the film an…
At the brink of losing the idealistic love of her life, filmmaker Maja Borg takes us on a poetic road trip through the …
An intimate and inspirational portrait of Segway inventor, Dean Kamen, his fascinating life, and his 15-year quest to s…
Best Documentary Films
