Shot in 16mm in the best style of the informational ethnographic documentaries of the 1980s, this is a portrait of the …
More than five decades later, two actors make a dramatized reading of the letters that the poets Anja Plaschg and Laure…
With a stunning camera work, this short film portrays the craftsmanship of prisoners in four prisons in Serbia, where i…
A man returns to his small village in Azerbaijan with a strange animal: a European cow. The arrival of the animal unlea…
Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together childr…
Desert, mythical, twilight. This visual contemplation is a kind of silent western about life in the landscape of Alente…
This short film follows French street artist Eric ZeKing, known as EZK, whose work has been a reference for social and …
Through exclusive interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, this documentary tells the story of the first image captured of …
At 92, having lived so long is a joy for Shirley Affleck, and even more pleasurable is being able to recount her journe…
This short film is a simple and poetic look at the work of a patient and talented blacksmith from Houston, USA.
The Greek island of Lesvos is today a bridge to the European dream for thousands of Asian and African migrants. Through…
When a piece of clothing gets stolen from her at a hotel on the island of Samoa, an anthropology student begins an odys…
This documentary is about the memory of a woman who has fought tirelessly against historical amnesia against crimes of …
A lovingly filmed portrait of the filmmaker’s parents who make out a living making ‘jaggery’ sweets from toddy palm syr…
With direct access from the inside of the war against ISIS, this documentary follows two leaders of a group of Shiite v…
In a world where humans are cataloged either as men or women, three characters explore the limits of gender and sexuali…
A Uruguayan Navy vessel crosses the southern Atlantic Ocean towards Antarctica to supply a military base. A sensory jou…
Karine is a professional embalmer. As the one in charge of freezing life in an inert body, every day is a battle for pe…
Filmed over four years, this short film follows a group of young men who, amidst doubts, laughter and twists, give thei…
This is the biopic of James Randi, who was a magician and is known for his contrary positions towards the paranormal an…
Sault Ste. Marie I-500 is an annual snowmobile race held in Michigan, United States. After two years of cinematic invol…
In the late 70s, multimedia artist Stephen Seemayer documents the life of the young artists who began to inhabit the ab…
Mountains have been a natural haven for men for thousands of years. But life there is hard, difficult, slow, repetitive…
Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a documentary road movie tha…
Using black and white film footage of the time, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa reconstructs the siege of the Nazi army in Le…
Directed by documentary master Michael Glawogger and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film deals with the ex…
Yulia is a young mother of three girls, yet she always dreamed about a son. After her son’s death in childbirth, Yulia …
Are we really sure that planet earth is round? The intrepid Mike "Rocketman" Hughes prepares to go into space on a rock…
Following the quest of Alfred von Rodt, a Swiss who sought to found a kingdom on the Chilean island that inspired Robin…
Prolific musician Petra Nachtmanova embarks on a journey from Berlin, through the Caucasus and Turkey, to Iran, in sear…
Filmed over several years, this documentary is a portrait of an old brothel in a mining area of Australia and the las…
Maria Fux is a 90 years old Argentinian dancer. In her studio in the heart of Buenos Aires she is still dancing, teachi…
A look at the life of several men who in the 60s and 70s left the calm of the province in Lebanon to join the economic …
A collection of amateur films about people going to the beach on holidays allows director Ermanno Cavazzoni to reflect …
This beautiful rarity is an experimental documentary that, in only an uninterrupted shot, takes us into a vertical hous…
Renato Zucchelli is the last travelling shepherd left in a metropolis, and he has a dream: to lead his flock of sheep t…
A touching and often funny observational documentary about a charming couple in their twilight years, who have lived in…
Within a year, Neil Platt goes from being a healthy man to becoming completely paralysed from the neck down, thanks to …
After forging a strong and close relationship throughout their life, two sisters face the unveiling of a past that had …
In the early years of the Franco dictatorship, Clara Pueyo Jornet, an active militant in the Communist Party, escapes f…
An American stealth-bomber pilot shot down over Serbia meets his enemy a dozen years later, in peace, and in friendship.
Eastern Ukraine. After all the villagers of Pesky were evacuated due to the armed conflict between pro-Russian rebels a…
In the inhospitable desert lands of northeastern Mexico, a community of ranchers prepares to migrate to a new home in t…
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of four different metropolitan cities: Bombay, Mexico City, Moscow and New …
This is the real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian …
Tong Phuoc Phuc operates an orphanage in Nha Trang, central Viet Nam. He persuades expectant mothers from aborting with…
It took five athletes a lifetime to complete the Oceans Seven, the swim challenge that consists of crossing the seven g…
Four transgender people in Thailand talk about their intimacies and most cherished dreams. Can survival cease to be the…
Best Documentary Films
