Argentine filmmaker Iar Said shoots a set of tragicomic postcards documenting his aunt Flora, a 90-year-old woman who w…
With direct access from the inside of the war against ISIS, this documentary follows two leaders of a group of Shiite v…
This is the second part of filmmaker Kasuhiro Soda's follow-up to the Japanese politician Yama-san, who is now trying t…
The filmmaker Sara Broos invites us to this beautiful poetic catharsis, full of art and contemplation, about the relati…
After his previous film was banned by sensors in Thailand, filmmaker Ing K. documents the Shutdown Bangkok protests in …
Carlos used to live in the world's most dangerous city in Honduras. He fled gang violence and now lives with his grandm…
This documentary follows the producer of "Shakespeare Must Die", a film adaptation of Macbeth's, in his fight against t…
This documentary connects the parallel experiences of two films that were shot in Barcelona in 1969: Count Dracula, pla…
In 2019, for the first time in history Mozambique suffered the onslaught of two cyclones in a row. This episode of UN I…
In this episode of UN In Action, watch a day in the life of Afghan deminers who safeguard people from accidents, while …
This short film is an endearing portrait of Peter Nhiany, who was forced to flee Sudan during a bloody civil war and no…
This episode of UN In Action addresses the famine situation in South Sudan, a hostile territory for organizations like …
People with albinism are being discriminated and even killed in many parts of the world. This episode of Un In Action a…
How could Beethoven compose his best pieces after his deafness? This documentary is a thorough investigation into the e…
Some photographs found in the streets of Buenos Aires trigger an investigation into the possible existence of two varie…
This episode of UN In Action shows us the experience of Quid, a woman-led eco-fashion brand that addresses climate chan…
In this Un In Action, a UN program helps bring ambient temperatures down in New York by episode painting roofs white wi…
This episode of UN In Action is a gaze at Uganda, where the funding shortfall is significantly impacting the ability to…
In this episode of UN In Action, two women fight for sustainable policies that prevent consequences for climate change …
An observation of life among the inhabitants of the Costa da Morte, on the northwest coast of Spain, reveals the tense …
This episode of UN In Action shows how a new invention in Africa can turn Methane released from cow dung into gas for c…
Filmed across several continents, this film reveals how development aid in poor countries reproduce poverty and increas…
In this episode of UN In Action we follow a Syrian Family that fled Homs, their home city, after the war erupted, and n…
This episode of the UN In Action shows how through women's empowerment the Fund for Agricultural Development helps coas…
Full of humor and freshness, this film is a road movie across Finland that follows a group of Argentines who come to di…
Did you know that more than a third of homeless youth in the United States belong to the LGBT community? This short fil…
This documentary follows five adults in their daily lives and in the extraordinary world they enter every weekend, when…
The majority of people in Tbilisi, Georgia, don't own cars but pedestrians are never given priority on the streets. Thi…
In Guimbereru, a small village in Benin that seems lost in time, a young man from the community begins a personal searc…
A woman returns to meet her mother in her hometown, in Portugal. During her trip, we discover the history of her family…
This documentary makes the curious portrait of Dorian, a prominent musician that has a feral cat colony in the tunnels …
Through an irreverent narrative, this short film reinterprets the roots of Bulgaria, a territory where rites and battle…
Amid an apparent calmness, this film makes a portrait of a fragmented Nicaraguan family thorugh Estela and Sebastián, w…
Oh! the famous American Delis, the ones we have always seen in films and pictures. This documentary takes a look at the…
In the midst of a mythical and beautiful Mongolian landscape, this film follows Kuma, a young Kazak man who wants to fu…
After surviving 9 months and 9 days drifting in the Pacific Ocean, three Mexican castaways face greater dangers when th…
This documentary shows all the facets of Alexandro Jodorowsky, cult filmmaker, mime artist, performer, comic writer, cr…
Filmmaker Frédéric Ramade follows a curious shaman on his tour throughout France. The trip will be a meeting of seeming…
In a small village in northern Iran, the life of the inhabitants revolves around Barre, a fighting bull that sustains t…
This is the fascinating portrait of Corradino d’Ascanio, the inventor of the helicopter and the most famous scouter in …
In northern Uganda, Patricia dedicates her life to helping women to give birth in her small village. This beautiful pho…
Two teenagers explore love, fear and passion amid the seemingly calm French countryside.
13-year-old Jonas tries to recreate the traveling circus life where he grew up in the backyard of his new house in a vi…
In an industrial community of New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plant that…
The ocean, a place of infinite pleasure. This essay documentary reflects on the concept of maritime transport, the men …
The Israeli filmmaker Tommer Heymann uses his video camera to document the relationship he has with his mother, a daugh…
After his sudden death, in this documentary the famous Bolivian rapper Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) comes back to li…
Guided by the reflections of José Mujica, known as the world’s most austere president, three stories in three different…
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