After living in Paris for years, Arash, a demotivated young Iranian, visits the coasts of France with his friends, who …
Saul's dad took him to work with him on a hot Summer day in 1950. What could go wrong? More than 60 years later, in thi…
In 1811, two bodies were found shot in Lake Wannsee, near Berlin. The German poet Kleist and a woman. What is known abo…
Director Andrew Lancaster delves into his family's past and brings to light the case of his uncle Bill Lancaster, an av…
This unique documentary, full of humor and irreverence, follow the traces of the members of "Gelitin", an Austrian arti…
A filmmaker returns to his parents' home, where a ghostly presence has much to say about a mother and a father facing t…
This observational documentary makes visible the faces behind the famous manhole covers on the streets of New York, whi…
This documentary takes us into the fascinating work of Amancio Williams, an icon of modern Argentine architecture.
Arami returns from Europe to Paraguay to take care of her elderly mother, who suffers from epilepsy and Parkinson. Clou…
A group of conservationists led by brave women follow a migratory route of the ancient white sharks.
An exploration into the family past pushes a young Argentinean on a revealing journey in which he discovers that his gr…
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This independent documentary is an educational effort to make visible the life and work of the great poet Walt Whitman …
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A group of young Argentine designers want to use a mechanical printing press now in disuse due to digital advances. Wil…
Luis Quijano, the son of an officer of the Argentine dictatorship of the late 1970s, looks at us on camera and tells us…
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Through a cinema workshop, a group of students from an Armenian school in Argentina use film resources to reconstruct a…
In the midst of a severe crisis, Lebanon is the stage of a battle between the people and its political class. This shor…
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In this episode of UN In Action we follow the Somali police force in their attempt to eradicate the contamination of ex…
Will we be able to live in the future on highly organized floating cities? This episode shows how the United Nations su…
Tree planting in Rajasthan, India, has become a symbol of freedom in the middle of the desert. Families in this communi…
What could a former prisoner of the Stasi tell us about the state of civil rights in modern democracies? He gives his t…
In search of a lost lover, a woman retraces the steps of her latest love affair in the streets of Salamanca ... through…
Banned in his home country, this documentary by young filmmaker Nontawat Numbenchapol is a crude and experiential gaze …
Poetic, provocative, surprising. This unique documentary makes us discover the colorful world of Los Chopen, a group of…
USA, the land of the possible. This free visual essay deconstructs the imaginary and mythology of the United States as …
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In this artistic documentary, the legendary Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián shares his experiences and his creation pro…
Most Ugandans live in rural areas where land is undocumented and unmapped. UN-Habitat works with Ugandan government to …
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film documents the popular insurgency that overthrew the Mubarak regime in …
In Vienna, a group of immigrants from the Middle East try to integrate into the Austrian society in the midst of the ho…
The effects of the Syrian conflict are being felt by the inhabitants across the ceasefire line in the Israeli Occupied …
The film scraps of unfinished movies that remained forgotten in the film museum in Buenos Aires come to life in this pr…
This documentary follows the prominent British artist Marc Quinn for more than a year in his life as he creates and exh…
In this curious road movie, a film lover takes his mobile Polish film festival through the beautiful landscapes of Icel…
In this episode of UN In Action, activist Haha Dukureh makes visible the fight of millions of women in Africa against f…
Right next to the wall that is built to prevent migration to the U.S. those who live on the border with Mexico tell us …
Surrounded by southern pine trees, in the solitude of the Chilean mountains, Juan lives every day resisting the imminen…
This engaging documentary plunges into the fascinating life of John Healy, the renowned literary author, chess player, …
Two octogenarian brothers return to their native Poland. One is a painter, the other a scientist. Despite their differe…
From his delicate architectural eye, filmmaker Karl-Heinz Klopf makes a contemplative observation of architect Andra Ma…
8-years-old Janek has just moved from Poland to the Argentine countryside with his family. Here he meets Marcia, his in…
With the beautifully photographed urban world of Dublin as a backdrop, this film reflects on the evolution of Skateboar…
We embark alongside Bill Viola, the greatest video artist of this century, on his twelve-year adventure of crafting his…
South of Buenos Aires, in a coastal city, there is a public school in the middle of a forest, where its students have a…
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