This classic documents the life in a rural area where the sole source of income is the physically gruelling labour of s…
Sahid does not like to wait anymore in a centre for immigrants that is due to close soon. With the help of his friend F…
(Re)immersing himself in body building, David Nicolas Parel endeavours to follow his younger brother as he trains for t…
Donus Return follows the life of Jérôme Bastion, who has been correspondent for Radio France International in Istanbul …
Shooted over the course of nine years, this intimate film documents the fatherhood, the breakup of his relationship and…
Devastated during the Spanish civil war in the 30s, today the old town of Belchite only exists in its ruins and in the …
Fragmented and multilingual, this short film is a random journey through the images of the author's quotidian world to …
In this documentary, a boat acts as a metaphor to illustrate the following premise: technological advances could be the…
An immigrant from Romania tries to give life to his picturesque puppet on the streets of a Swiss city, a job that repre…
After being suppressed during her childhood, the fierce feminist Kaouthar Darmoni fled to Europe to be a free woman. He…
The co-director of this film returns to the humble home of his family in Algeria after 10 years of absence, a reunion t…
A specific geographical point, a house on a street in Belgium, is the starting point to rescue memories and reflections…
After having studied together at the University of Toulouse several years ago a Nigerian man and a French man meet once…
Filmmaker Pierre-Alain Meier travels to Senegal in the hope of understanding the story behind the shipwreck of a 30-yea…
In the middle of a moment of uncertainty in his life, a young filmmaker undertakes a revealing trip from France to Gote…
The film enters a worn out building inhabited by hundreds of refugees from the conflict between Abkhazia and Georgia, w…
In the midst of the calm and minimalism of an African rural landscape, the days of a young volunteer aid-worker go by t…
The author of this captivating documentary, a man at risk of losing the ability to see, makes a first-person essay on t…
It is Egypt after the fall of Mubarak. A young Egyptian filmmaker films his Christian parents during the tense course o…
From Switzerland to Zambia, via the Amazon and Peru, TRADING PARADISE is a critical behind-the-scenes look at the commo…
The visits to his homes in Italy and France become rich occasions for director Patricia Pereyra to interview the renown…
The film follows the European tour of Mummenschanz, one of the most creative and unique theater companies in the world.
When a film roll gets damaged in the middle of a screening, a projectionist and a young apprentice must repair it quick…
A documentary about Henriette Zéphir, a french woman who began to paint “pushed” by a spiritual presence she felt by he…
The portrait of Yvonne Robert, a ninety-year-old woman with immeasurable wisdom who poured into naive painting all the …
An exhaustive investigation reveals the financial scandal that shook Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.
Director Georg Koszulinski makes a journey to rural Haiti in search of answers about the enigmatic Vodoo religion.
Spanish singer-songwriter Jairo Zavala embarks on a trip from Madrid to Casamance, Senegal, in search of the African so…
A dissection to the great machinery of sea shipping, an industry that allows us to obtain all the products we consume. …
In an extravagant house in Paris, people gather for sexual ceremonies in luxurious environments.
The film tells the story of Marcel Cellier who traveled to Eastern Europe, where he collected and documented sounds tha…
In a time when women seem to be juggling the demands of career, family and beauty standards, a new overall fashion tren…
When Switzerland became involved in Ruanda in the 1960s, it entailed a dangerous game with the power elite from the sta…
Between 1950 and 1966 thousands of men moved up to the Alps in the Valais, a natural landscape of rocks and ice. They b…
TOUMAST – GUITARS AND KALASHNIKOVS retraces a part of recent history of the Tuaregs. Theirs is a fragmented history mad…
This short film follows Floh, a passionate Belgian accordionist that expresses her rebellious spirit through her songs.
Through the creations of various contemporary artists, the film rehearses an inspiring exploration of the relationship …
No one took much notice of Bugarach until a news story appears. It alleges that, when the Mayan apocalypse hits, Bugara…
Best Documentary Films
