In his native Norway and across other European landscapes, this documentary follows the incomparable Tomas Espedal, one…
With only a single shot of a sunset over the Aegean Sea, this short film makes a philosophical provocation on the Europ…
Through slow motion postcards, this short film shows us an ordinary day in the life of the inhabitants of North Korea, …
Bittersweet testimonies of music students are heard while, in front of our eyes, handmade animations try to evoke their…
A young filmmaker films her reunion with her father, an addicted man who has just been released from prison. Through ci…
In the best style of the ethnographic photographers of the last century, this film shot in 16mm presents a lyrical albu…
What happens when the process of making a piece of art itself becomes a work of art? Let's accompany the artist Terres …
Amir Awad, from the Syrian National Team for wrestling, introduces us to the Syrian Sports Academy, a place that trains…
What would happen if you entered a nocturnal Athens that you did not imagine? Political, human, unpredictable. This doc…
A small town in northeastern Brazil is at the center of a political firestorm during a polarizing local mayoral campaig…
How to depict the situation of being blind? This short film appeals to text and other cinematographic mechanisms to ill…
With a grainy and visceral look, this documentary follows the irreverent Jay Wade, a steamfitter in New York who has a …
Skateboarding in a socialist country has its virtues. This must-see documentary for fans of the sport retraces the orig…
Set against the seascapes of the little-known Russian Far East, this film documents Fatei's daily life as he and his fa…
A lover of the past. A road trip through the southwestern United States. An experimental short documentary that tries t…
In the quiet interior of his studio, a Ukrainian painter draws portraits of Kiev that delineate the recent tumultuous p…
Gopi Shankar, an intersex individual, is publicly vying for a seat in the legislative assembly of a conservative region…
With a “direct cinema” approach, this film follows Peipei, a young female artist who does not conform to the institutio…
The appearance of Leo "Bud" Welch on the American blues scenario at his 81 years of age took the fans of the genre by s…
In northern Uganda, Patricia dedicates her life to helping women to give birth in her small village. This beautiful pho…
Alternating beautiful animations with the intimacy of customary moments, this film is a journey into the creative world…
When the summer is ending, three young people from the calm and languid south of Italy spend the days before an imminen…
In just a few minutes, this short documentary shows us in a cold and punctual way how social violence in Chicago is ram…
A group of homeless people embarks on the Adventure of building an ocean-going yacht to sail on a trip around the world.
Discover the life and work of Walter Pfeiffer, a Swiss photographer who at his 70 years of age is still at the forefron…
In an industrial community of New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plant that…
Filmed in a grainy black and white, this short film makes a portrait of Jurgen Blin, a retired German boxer who fought …
In this documentary made only with footage filmed by activist filmmakers with hidden cameras in West Sahara, we witness…
After living in Paris for years, Arash, a demotivated young Iranian, visits the coasts of France with his friends, who …
Filmmaker Caio Baú makes an intimate portrait of his sister Luiza, a special young girl who navigates her life between …
Five years after the Egyptian revolution that overthrew the Mubarak regime, four young Egyptians look back on that even…
Through a rich photographic, videographic and epistolary legacy, the director Ana Galizia makes a portrait of an uncle …
The people in the Estonian village of Pähkla have grown old since Uudu last saw them. Now he visits them once more – as…
In the everyday of four small homes, this documentary traces imprints of the larger world as four families of Filipino …
A curious introspective look at the history of the pig, which, in the hands of director Jan Vromman, is the story of th…
Premiered at the prestigious IDFA, this documentary follows the Swedish rapper Silvana over several years through her w…
Rejected by society, Dario and Maury decide to move to a gay nudist beach in Roma. Full of brushstrokes of pop, psyched…
With a provocative title, this short film essay delves into the image that documents a rally of the National Democratic…
This documentary follows four outcasts in Montreal at night: Kye, Tobie, Paul, Kim. The four support each other and dru…
After spending more than twenty years in prison during the Soviet Union, a 71-year-old grandfather dedicates himself to…
This documentary follows Hedil and Naam, two Yazidi women who try to give their families a decent life in a refugee cam…
This documentary follows two young men in Mali who dream of becoming professional soccer players to be able to go to Eu…
Stefan Theiler has an interesting theory. He believes that any individual or sociological problem of the human being ca…
The 1973 story of a Mexican captain's impulsive decision to enter the first regatta to circumnavigate the globe.
Mirko Ilic is an outstanding comics artist based in New York City. In 2015, 38 pieces of his artwork were included in t…
Every year in Spain, some 16,000 Fiestas are organized, during which animals are used. Honoring the Holy Virgin and the…
Grandma lives alone and hasn't left the bed for days. The only constant observer of her everyday life is the camera.
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Best Documentary Films
