What would it be like to live underwater for an extended period of time? This iconic US Navy institutional film is a th…
On the eve of the presentation of their next work, a piece about black homosexuality, this poetic documentary follows a…
After a past as a drug dealer and drug user, "Plusmacher", a young German rapper, navigates life with what keeps him go…
A group of HR activists is kidnapped when they try to denounce the Chinese regime during the visit to Serbia of one of …
Set in the majestic mountainous landscape of southern Chile, a wise man isolates himself in this dreamlike place where …
In charge of his father-in-law's stable, a prestigious jockey from Artois, France, prepares for a decisive horse race i…
Featuring Moby and prestigious scientists, this documentary depicts an environmental reality that will need to change d…
Gopi Shankar, an intersex individual, is publicly vying for a seat in the legislative assembly of a conservative region…
When the electoral campaign for the student elections begins in a Brazilian high school, the friendships, dreams and pa…
Several years after being separated by prison, Louis and Annette revisit the memories and places that challenged their …
Nostalgic, mysterious, enigmatic. This experimental short film navigates between the idyllic days the filmmaker spent i…
Northwest of Mexico City, there is one of the most biodiverse natural microcosms in Latin America. This is a kaleidosco…
Stories of women of the past and present gravitate in a palace on the coast of Normandy, France, a sort of refuge where…
When filmmaker Al Díaz discovers old films from his parents' trip to Italy in his youth, he begins an essay on memory a…
On the dangerous route that Central American migrants take to the United States, a Catholic missionary welcomes travele…
Did you know that the richest country in the world has one of the most alarming poverty rates in the world? This docume…
In a quest for independence, a group of amputees try out a new body with implants at a French rehabilitation center.
In a small town in Mexico, a doctor goes from house to house healing the sick. All free of charge.
Halfway between videoclip and documentary, in this short film Violeta and Guillermo dance, kiss each other and talk in …
At a rural school in South Korea, a youth archery team prepares to make history at the inter-school championship.
Shot in a beautiful black and white at a Zimbabwean orphanage, children and teenagers look at us and talk about the lif…
In this experimental short, Ana and a group of young people in a park have a lot to tell us about voyeurism, human conn…
When no one sees them, two men repair parts of the Dutch railway even in the most hidden corners. But how does this har…
A lone man begins to play with the objects left in this apartment. As ephemeral characters and dances come to life, the…
How is the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban revolution celebrated without the presence of its lea…
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 …
Josefina, the filmmaker's grandmother, settles in a remote village next to a mysterious forest. When several fires star…
Imagine a regenerated world: can we reclaim our deforested forests, polluted seas and melting ice masses? This episode …
A humble family lives inside an unfinished residential building in Bogotá. On the outside, there seems to be no life, b…
A filmmaker is stranded at the airport in Dakkar, Senegal. In this short film, she launches images of this journey spun…
As the UN World Youth Report concludes, through the successful case of a social enterprise in India we witness how such…
This short film premiered at the Berlinale takes us to the farm of Juan, who has worked in agriculture all his life and…
Composed of black and white still pictures, in this short film Hanne tells us how life goes on after losing her sister …
In this episode of UN, a Japanese activist raises awareness about the danger to human health from chemical waste, speci…
A lawyer and human rights activist embarks on a quest that could take a lifetime: to find her mother, who disappeared f…
Angelica has a problem with her sexuality, a psychological and physical blockage. Through a video diary, shared with tw…
This documentary follows Wu and Tang, two young Chinese trying to find their true passion in life amidst the pressures …
In an old underage prison in Mexico, a video and photography workshop brings out the infinite creativity of a group of …
In the interiors of a remote Tibetan monastery, five-year-old Hopakuli faces the rigorous day-to-day life of this relig…
Imagine an endangered species of which only the last pair is left to breed. This film documents the process of saving t…
In the bucolic and desolate Argentinian wilderness, a young man spends his days alone surviving as in ancient times. Wh…
Only seven minutes long, this is the most extraordinary portrait of a young transgender man you will ever see on the in…
A team of teenagers from a marginalized indigenous Mexican community prepare to compete in the International Basketball…
This independent film is a biopic of Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray and the making of his multi-award-winning de…
This documentary takes us to Guangzhou, China, where three enterprising African women try to make their way in business…
In this short film, the voices of workers in the Argentine textile industry cooperatives tell their stories of belongin…
Through her father's daily life in Mansourah, Algeria, filmmaker Dorothée-Myriam Kellou unearths the wound of a painful…
Best Documentary Films
