Documentary Films

Genres

Short Documentaries
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…
8

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…
8.5

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 …
8

Laleh Complex

The arrival of a magic car creates a change in a small town in Iran where children often drop out of school due to the …
7.5

Arrival

This animated short documentary illustrates in less than two minutes the arrival of an Iranian refuge in Germany, his n…
9.7

Factory

Sergei Loznitsa, a master of contemporary documentary filmmaking, makes a delicate observation of the bodies of men and…
9.6

Guaxuma

Through beautifully crafted puppets made of beach sand, this animated short film tells us an endearing story of childho…