Following a dream that revealed to him an indigenous massacre ordered by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, a Native American spi…
After leaving behind a war-torn Belgrade, three Serbian artists navigate a new life in New York. This is their story of…
Through a letter written to the ghost of his grandfather, filmmaker Kelvin Kyung Kun Park makes this experimental film …
In just fifteen minutes, this documentary dissects the American male stereotype through the art of Aaron Ray, a drag pe…
A Mexican director. A white American actor. What can happen in this fifteen-minute conversation about race and privileg…
Vaclav Havel is the father of modern democracy in the post-Soviet Czech Republic. This biographical documentary offers …
This experimental film mixes contemplative observations of the interior of Silicon Valley homes with actorly reflection…
What is it like to be a female tattoo artist in a male-dominated art? In this documentary, world-famous tattoo artist D…
Poetic, contemplative and testimonial, this documentary gathers the impressions of hundreds of Central African men, wom…
How to make another living being happy? And how to do it if that other living being is a turtle? These questions are an…
Through incisive research and the participation of protagonists and experts, this documentary dissects the 1971 partiti…
After a long time of being separated from her brother, interned in a select Catholic order in an isolated monastery, fi…
To dig into her family tree, a Kenyan woman in exile embarks on a journey to three countries to construct the figure of…
With a global perspective, this educational documentary sheds light on the evolution of one of the most revolutionary e…
When a film crew arrives in Ghana to shoot a film about supposed child witchcraft, the ethical dilemmas of the filmmake…
After being a sexually abused child, Dave Ohlmuller embarks on an adventure to bike from Chicago to New Jersey to raise…
While the decline in drinking water supplies threatens existence of life on planet Earth, already in Cape Town, South A…
Although apartheid ended more than twenty years ago, young people in South Africa are still fighting to eliminate discr…
When a series of violent incidents begin to occur among the students of a prestigious medical school in India, filmmake…
In the decadent town of Gonzalez, Texas, no cultural event attracts more attention than the traditional cattle auction.…
An old sailor faces physical and mental decline in his 80s. When a sailor can't go on anymore, he sets out for his fina…
To reflect on the atomic bomb and the human race's apparent mania for self-destruction, this film essay takes us to thr…
In a country historically closed to immigration, a group of asylum seekers show themselves only through their hands and…
Focusing on the experiences of three children with autism, this documentary is an intimate look at living as a family w…
In this experimental short film, a man traverses landscapes that discourse on modern civilization, the control of natur…
In only six minutes, a little boy portrays his domestic universe. A younger brother, his grandparents, his most technol…
After a tragic fire in Melbourne's northeast in 2009, a group of Australian Blacksmiths begin to build their greatest j…
Gopi Shankar, an intersex individual, is publicly vying for a seat in the legislative assembly of a conservative region…
These three young men may not have a home of their own, but their hopes of living an independent life away from the fos…
Looking for the meaning of life, a filmmaker travels to Tokyo and discovers 63-year-old Yamada-San, an irreverent chara…
Pedagogical and inspiring, this documentary follows the life and work of Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, one of the …
Imagine a regenerated world: can we reclaim our deforested forests, polluted seas and melting ice masses? This episode …
A filmmaker is stranded at the airport in Dakkar, Senegal. In this short film, she launches images of this journey spun…
Hilarious, shocking and informative at the same time, this bold documentary takes a historical look back at sex educati…
Through the observation of three apes, filmmaker Jos de Putter encourages a reflection on the similarities between us a…
As the UN World Youth Report concludes, through the successful case of a social enterprise in India we witness how such…
With exclusive film footage of the era, this documentary brings to life the famous Pebble Beach Road Races of the 1950s…
A lawyer and human rights activist embarks on a quest that could take a lifetime: to find her mother, who disappeared f…
This indie documentary delves into the daily lives of Gary Marinoff and Alan Shain, two quirky cult comedians from New …
This independent film is a biopic of Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray and the making of his multi-award-winning de…
At 92, having lived so long is a joy for Shirley Affleck, and even more pleasurable is being able to recount her journe…
This documentary takes us to Guangzhou, China, where three enterprising African women try to make their way in business…
When her parents are assigned to China, seven-year-old Rebeka embarks on an unforgettable journey to Guangzhou. This is…
Will little Rebeka go down the slide? We'll find out in this fleeting but beautiful short film shot on black and white …
In her sixties, Gwendolyn, a three-time weightlifting world champion, prepares for her next tournament while battling c…
Based on the poem The Fallen Oak, by poet Giovanni Pascoli, this experimental short film reflects on the relationship b…
Jane Elliott manages to build up a realistic microcosmos of society with her famous experiment about racism. What start…
Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless…
Best Documentary Films
