An experimental portrait of the French pianist Erik Satie through audio recordings, musical compositions and the traces…
The people in the Estonian village of Pähkla have grown old since Uudu last saw them. Now he visits them once more – as…
Through an observational approach, this short film documents the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Zeynebiye, in Istan…
Even A Bird Needs A Nest is a documentary film about forced evictions in Cambodia, a phenomenon that is raging througho…
Confronted with the evidence that the Earth is not eternal, Ernesto is inspired by the Metatron's shape to design his o…
Mother and daughter embark on a trip to Brazil in search of the healer “Joh of God”. But not everything goes as planned…
A rarely discussed topic emerges in this documentary through the testimonies of young men from ethnic minorities in Tur…
With a provocative title, this short film essay delves into the image that documents a rally of the National Democratic…
While her mother cuts tea in a nearby field, Bahri and Damla, two children from a small village in the Turkish mountain…
This animated short film depicts the harsh reality for the prisioners inside Honeheck, a jail for women in former East …
David has two passions in life: being a father and rap. Through a close and chronological follow-up, we become witnesse…
Devastated during the Spanish civil war in the 30s, today the old town of Belchite only exists in its ruins and in the …
With the help of a legendary recruiter, the Dudley United Footbal Club, an Australian football team of the small Kangar…
After being sentenced for murder, a young South African gets his life back through boxing.
Trapped in the structures of a destructive family, with no help from the outside world, a mother and a daughter embrace…
The pass of time has left a blank space in a sentence written on the facade of a humble rural house in China: "Only__is…
In this beautifully photographed documentary, the inhabitants that live on the banks of an Indian river show us their p…
In a family of women, the corners of an old house are witnesses of the course of life. The older women go through the l…
Through an observational exercise, this short film documents the only hour of freedom for prisoners in a Brazilian jail.
Island of Borneo, Malay territory. Built as a documentary thriller, the film portrays the resistance of the Penan indig…
Known as one of the best dancers in Tehran and having been Iran's first female film director, Shahrzad's artistic caree…
This is the tale of what happened to the Americanized Children of Holocaust survivors. The film includes the testimonie…
When three young friends set out on a journey they discover being on your own isn’t as easy as it seemed.
This beautiful film is about the meeting of craftsmanship and art at the St Gallen Art Foundry, in Shanghai.
In this film, the simple life of the astronomer Bernardo Riedel, a telescope maker, is interspersed with galactic oppor…
Fragmented and multilingual, this short film is a random journey through the images of the author's quotidian world to …
In this documentary, a boat acts as a metaphor to illustrate the following premise: technological advances could be the…
Denis is in his final year at the Ukraine’s National Music Academy. He faces his graduation exam, in which he has the c…
A piglet named Caesar lives a happy life with a loving owner, which is very different from other piglets’ lives. But do…
A collection of amateur films about people going to the beach on holidays allows director Ermanno Cavazzoni to reflect …
This film shows social and visual changes affecting Pirimze, a six-floor building from the Soviet era, built especially…
After finding her mother’s war diary written during II WW, a daughter discovers who she really was. A journey into the …
Arina, a Russian girl, crosses the border from Turkey to visit her father, a Kurdish man who lives in the tense calm of…
An immigrant from Romania tries to give life to his picturesque puppet on the streets of a Swiss city, a job that repre…
This is a filmed portrait of João Carlos Castanha, a 52 years old actor who is also gay, son, cross dresser and capable…
After being suppressed during her childhood, the fierce feminist Kaouthar Darmoni fled to Europe to be a free woman. He…
A girl of a Russian mother and an Azerbaijani father travels from Moscow to a small town in Azerbaijan to meet her pate…
At the beginning of the eighties, the musician Martin Bisi founded in New York the recording studio BC Studio with his …
This is the story of Gan HaShlosha, better known as the “Sakhne”, one of the largest, most famous and most visited park…
Chanaika, a girl who prepares to dance at the Caribbean carnival in Rotterdam, exposes her bravery after surviving dome…
Through an educational approach, The Brave Class explores the dilemma of human language as a vital factor to construct …
In this classic of the late forties, the director Sydney Meyers captures the harsh life of a black boy from Harlem that…
The film is an unrelenting personal report of a faltering relationship between the filmmaker Nada Riyadhin and a young …
Director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian town, where she is confronted with traditional views of…
Through the old objects of a house in Portugal and the letters sent among relatives during the past century, director J…
The Australian actor Bill Young undertakes a fascinating quest to shed light on the identity of his uncle Cliff Carpent…
The portrait of Giovanni, a man who lives from the scraps he sells in his Italian city while the ghosts of eviction and…
Loved and hated, Arthur Chu tries to reinvent his life after his controversial participation in "Jeopardy!", the TV sho…
Best Documentary Films
