Documentary Films

Genres

Short Documentaries
9.5

Cell 364

What could a former prisoner of the Stasi tell us about the state of civil rights in modern democracies? He gives his t…
8.5

MarcosGarrido MarcosGarrido

In search of a lost lover, a woman retraces the steps of her latest love affair in the streets of Salamanca ... through…
9

Stations

This experimental short film is an observational study of the Alps and how the human trail permeates their geography.
8

Backward Run

When thousands of people protest on the streets, television shows something very different. This animated short film is…
8

Unheard

A glimpse into the soul of Teresa Smith, an African-American mother who through her profound singing finds a way to dem…
9.5

I Don't See Myself Being Old

Jaki is 27 years old and has to deal with... well, everything that entails. A hybrid short film about a state of mind i…
7

The Indispensable Practice of Vagueness

Filmmakers Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra resort to their common imaginary, vibrant scraps of images and sounds tha…
9

Espace

A girl draws a sketch of her schoolyard and explains how this space is divided between boys and girls at recess every d…
10

All Inclusive

For the protagonists of this film, life on land is on hold. On board a cruise ship, normality has other rules. This sho…
9

Laborat

In this Berlinale award-winning short film, a film crew shoots the tests that scientists are doing on laboratory mice. …
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…
7.3

Fifteen Rooms

Danka makes a living cleaning the fifteen rooms of a hospice in Berlin. This film makes a portrait of her, a woman who …