With the help of a legendary recruiter, the Dudley United Footbal Club, an Australian football team of the small Kangar…
This documentary makes a portrait of the Ithanvong family and their epic journey from war-torn Laos to a town in Santa …
A filmmaker returns to his parents' home, where a ghostly presence has much to say about a mother and a father facing t…
Luis Quijano, the son of an officer of the Argentine dictatorship of the late 1970s, looks at us on camera and tells us…
The film is a delicate gaze at Mina de São Domingos, a desolate village in Portugal whose past mining economy barely br…
Through a cinema workshop, a group of students from an Armenian school in Argentina use film resources to reconstruct a…
This documentary gives us a never-before-seen access to a mysterious ritual of purification practiced in northern India.
In this Documentary, a reserved photographer, Beto Pêgo, embraces his alter ego, the flamboyant drag queen Betina Polar…
A documentary about Henriette Zéphir, a french woman who began to paint “pushed” by a spiritual presence she felt by he…
Ghassem Takdehgham believes that he has invented the cure for cancer, an herbal medicine that he has been preparing for…
Deep in a forest in Laotia, a young man supports his family by growing opium, the substance that both saves and condemn…
This documentary experiences the humble yet profound world of cheesemaking in Cantal, where rural life and filmmaking i…
A globetrotter who went from being a science student all over Europe to a respected Catholic priest in Germany. This do…
For decades, Uzzi Ornan has been an activist against religious coercion in Israel. In the autumn of his life, he still …
A city is wrapped by fireworks at night. A cell phone goes out into the streets and films the face of a street boy. It …
A lone man begins to play with the objects left in this apartment. As ephemeral characters and dances come to life, the…
What was the world like before human kind set foot in it? This short film contemplates the apparently unspoiled landsca…
In November 2017, a devastating earthquake hit western Iran. It took only 13 seconds to lose everything. This is a flee…
In this chapter, explore Hokkaido's wild heart: from winter's icy grip to summer's tender bloom, witness nature's cat's…
In this chapter, experience the resilience and beauty of Hokkaido's wildlife as they emerge from winter's grip to embra…
From the footsteps of a 1960 Olympic legend to the modern struggles of refugees, Fischer & el Sani retell a tale of vic…
Through the resource of typing descriptions of emotions at the surface of the skin, this experimental documentary takes…
After learning of his mother's cancer, filmmaker Filippo Filliger sets out in search of answers on a lonely and unpredi…
This episode of UN in action nos muestra cómo los integrantes de una escuela primaria en Kenya aprenden a sembrar y cui…
How often do you listen attentively to the sound of birds? This fleeting short film is a provocation for contemplation …
In his native Norway and across other European landscapes, this documentary follows the incomparable Tomas Espedal, one…
What is so poetic about the rite of swimming from a beach to a buoy? Filmmaker Fernando Spiner takes us to his hometown…
Seen from an European point of view, this ethnographic documentary is an educational and exciting journey through the i…
In this documentary short we accompany the musicians of the Unterbiberger Hofmusik, a band that mixes traditional Bavar…
A young woman goes out into the street in the middle of the night. We hear her voiceover and we feel very close to her.…
This documentary reflects on outdoor film screening in today’s China. Several people of various origins and ages give t…
In the remote mountains of central Japan, a Zen Buddihist Master has been helping people return from the limbo of depre…
The debut feature of risk-taking filmmaker Gustavo Vinagre takes place in a single location and in a single, compelling…
Filmmaker Pierre-Alain Meier travels to Senegal in the hope of understanding the story behind the shipwreck of a 30-yea…
Having as background the port city of Murmansk, in Russia, a young human rights activist questions her position towards…
After having studied together at the University of Toulouse several years ago a Nigerian man and a French man meet once…
Donus Return follows the life of Jérôme Bastion, who has been correspondent for Radio France International in Istanbul …
In the midst of the calm and minimalism of an African rural landscape, the days of a young volunteer aid-worker go by t…
Amidst the backdrop of political tension and personal rebellion, two brothers from the West Bank find themselves worlds…
This documentary connects the parallel experiences of two films that were shot in Barcelona in 1969: Count Dracula, pla…
The filmmaker Iman Behrouzi prepares to make a film for the woman he loves, which triggers within his family a debate a…
In New Zealand, three people seek answers about life on earth through extraordinary experiments, such as the constructi…
The film takes place in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. Forced to join the Palestinian Liberation Army, …
Airports, the summits of modern society. In this captivating animated documentary we become travelers immersed in the v…
A family filmed from within. The director captures his mother's fight against cancer, as his sister announces she is pr…
Constructed mostly of intimate micro-narratives of relations between people and institutions, this unique film unites a…
Island of Borneo, Malay territory. Built as a documentary thriller, the film portrays the resistance of the Penan indig…
Lucie was born with a protruding ear that she got from her mother. In this documentary she tries to find answers in her…
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