Filmed across several continents, this film reveals how development aid in poor countries reproduce poverty and increas…
This is the extraordinary story of Bruno Banani, the only inhabitant of the small island of Tonga, in the South Pacific…
Through an acute investigation across several continents, this documentary educates us about the lithium, the mineral t…
This episode of the UN In Action shows how through women's empowerment the Fund for Agricultural Development helps coas…
Did you know that more than a third of homeless youth in the United States belong to the LGBT community? This short fil…
The majority of people in Tbilisi, Georgia, don't own cars but pedestrians are never given priority on the streets. Thi…
This poetic documentary follows the rehearsals of the renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris as it prepares to pr…
This short film documents the interaction of human beings with natural formations in northern France and southeast Engl…
This documentary makes the curious portrait of Dorian, a prominent musician that has a feral cat colony in the tunnels …
Through an irreverent narrative, this short film reinterprets the roots of Bulgaria, a territory where rites and battle…
Even though they don’t speak English, Illiterate women from towns around the world with no electricity try to learn how…
Did you know that millions of people eat insects on a daily basis? This documentary demonstrates how this habit can hel…
In this episode of the UN In Action series, we follow the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in its task of demini…
Oh! the famous American Delis, the ones we have always seen in films and pictures. This documentary takes a look at the…
This short film is a gaze at the severe drought crisis in Somalia of 2017, where the UN tries to help the population th…
Discover how two panda cubs became ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
Filmmaker Frédéric Ramade follows a curious shaman on his tour throughout France. The trip will be a meeting of seeming…
This Oscar-winning documentary follows the incredible feat of Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, the first man to descend M…
In northern Uganda, Patricia dedicates her life to helping women to give birth in her small village. This beautiful pho…
A dreamy animated documentary about the dangers of early cinema.
In the Philippines, an innocent man faces the death penalty in a controversial murder case that separated two families …
This documentary unveils with irony and diligence the connection between business, politics and sport in Donetsk, Ukrai…
This Oscar-winning documentary short film made in 1949 poses an institutional approach to explain the role of the publi…
This film documents the situation of rescued dogs in Northeast Canada and especially in one of the animal shelters that…
In an industrial community of New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plant that…
This film tells the story of Raul Castells, an indomitable Argentine social activist who fights incessantly against the…
In 1998 Apple discontinued Newton, its first touchscreen handheld computer. This film shows how, twenty years later, Ne…
Since 1898 more than 2.000 people have been exonerated of a serious crime in the U.S. This documentary tells the story …
A filmmaker discovers what happened to the dream of who was his next-door neighbor 16 years ago, a man who built an oce…
Today, more kids are going to adult prisons with longer sentences in the United States. This films poses a serious look…
Six scenarios play out against the backdrop of modern London, enabling a portrait of human beings as consumers of their…
With the premise that the legal system in the United States makes sustainability illegal, this film demonstrates how pe…
This is the epic tale of John, a maverick Midwestern farmer, as he stands amidst a falling economy, vicious rumors and …
As industrial towns in the United States go into decline, a community in Detroit shows that it is possible to promote u…
What happens if one crime is committed to prevent another? This documentary shows us how environmentalist Ken Ward is w…
For just the way a chicken dies, a woman can be accused of being a witch and excluded from communities in northern Ghan…
As farmland is becoming scarce, large corporations secure their control through the land grabbing business. This docume…
An Indian family faces the dilemma of eating or not their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their live…
A lonely young Californian man obsessed with Steven Spielberg embarks on the adventure of filming his first movie, whic…
As the multiracial population increases in North America, mixed race blood cancer patients face the challenge of findin…
Is it absolutely necessary to abandon our artistic vein when society pushes us to find economic stability? This documen…
Through the diary written by his grandmother during her days of work in an ammunitions factory during the Second World …
This documentary explores how art and creativity can be vital values to end injustice and achieve peace in conflict zon…
Combining animation and live action footage, this documentary follows Mansour, a homosexual Iranian Muslim on a journey…
In just a few minutes, this short documentary shows us in a cold and punctual way how social violence in Chicago is ram…
When a select group of artists gather in an exclusive residence on the seashore, many things can emerge from creation. …
Through exclusive interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, this documentary tells the story of the first image captured of …
In 1983, the band "Miller, Miller, Miller and Sloan" were still young and filled with great hopes and dreams of “making…
Best Documentary Films
