With his usual sharpness and critical sense, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck makes a revisionist essay about the interne…
With their golden years behind them, two fifty-something boxers from the north of Brazil decide to invoke their histori…
Using film footage from different periods, this essay on family memory and documentation compiles films sent as postcar…
A powerful installation at the Venice Biennale challenges the emblem of modernity, freedom, catastrophe, and political …
Bold and concise, this animation illustrates the bizarre yet ordinary day at an elementary school in Israel.
Priorat, a region of Catalonia known for its vineyards, was about to disappear from the map of the best wines in the wo…
The effects of the Syrian conflict are being felt by the inhabitants across the ceasefire line in the Israeli Occupied …
Breathtaking black and white postcards of the world of football in the city of Salgueiro make the perfect background to…
An intimate look at Montreal call center volunteers, showcasing the importance of vigilant listeners in a lonely societ…
This intimate documentary offers insights into the lives of Italian artisans, from family industries to luxury crafts, …
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless…
Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together childr…
In the Cerro Rico mines in Bolivia, three humble women try to survive in a microcosm hostile to women. And dynamite is …
This is a film portrait of a Latvian woman named Santa Claus, who shares her apartment with 33 animals: seven dogs, six…
The film takes place in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. Forced to join the Palestinian Liberation Army, …
Seen from an European point of view, this ethnographic documentary is an educational and exciting journey through the i…
A piglet named Caesar lives a happy life with a loving owner, which is very different from other piglets’ lives. But do…
This rare documentary piece is a propaganda film with which the Pentagon trained its security personnel against the thr…
This historical documentary unravels Nuclear Censorship, frame by frame, through a 1946 reel shot in Hiroshima and Naga…
This experimental short film is an observational study of the Alps and how the human trail permeates their geography.
Filmmaker Otavio Cury documents the Yanomami, in the Brazilian Amazon. Seen from otherness, the film reflects on the Ya…
This beautiful hybrid film navigates between documentary and fiction to illustrate, from their imaginary, the changes f…
A heartwarming story of love, devotion, and the enduring bond between a wounded stork, her caretaker, and her migrating…
The frenzied last decade of the West Berlin underworld, before the fall of the Berlin wall, was always famous but we ha…
Sergei Loznitsa, a master of contemporary documentary filmmaking, makes a delicate observation of the bodies of men and…
A renowned TV host uncovers the secrets of an iconic game show on the former East German television, back in the sixtie…
Five disparate souls—a beleaguered teacher, a young man grappling with prejudice, a betrayed nun, a haunted farmhand, a…
Florian Yuriev, a renaissance man of the 20th century, blurred the lines between art forms to create a symphony of ligh…
Lola Flores, a pioneering Cuban drag performer and city street sweeper, defies economic hardships to become a beloved i…
In a battle for justice, lawyers and activists fight to grant fundamental rights to two mistreated great apes, challeng…
This film is a poetic observation of the last survivors of the Aymara culture in the Surire salt flat, located in the C…
A meditative journey through unconventional places that soothe the mind and body in a society seeking meaning and relie…
When a conversation begins in the basement of the house of a man isolated from society, his darkest secrets come to lig…
At the brink of losing the idealistic love of her life, filmmaker Maja Borg takes us on a poetic road trip through the …
What is the future of learning?. Indian professor Sugata Mitra brings an innovative approach to education based on a de…
In this new chapter, explore a serene mountain guesthouse in Japan, where historical charm meets the delightful compani…
A DJ redefines European identity by blending music with migrant musicians on a quest for a new sound.
A filmmaker documents Zurich’s train station demolition and its replacement by a prison, reflecting on history’s erasur…
Explore the way Parkour and Freerunning is changing the perception of urban space and how the spaces and buildings they…
In less than fifteen minutes, Victor conducts a cinematic experiment to investigate the nature of his body. To others, …
Three communities across the globe tackle economic and environmental crises through grassroots peace, renewable energy,…
Eliza Capai shares her story and those of other Brazilian women confronting prenatal grief and the harsh realities of a…
Through this intimate documentary, the filmmaker Chaghig Arzoumanian returns to her Armenian origins. Her grandparents'…
Meet Natalia Gallardo. She is an Uruguayan peacekeeper who collaborates in a MONUSCO mission patrolling the lakes of Co…
This film follows filmmaker Laurent Hasse as he embarks on a journey from the French Pyrenees to the coast of northern …
Alegros Gramma's saxophone becomes a magical compass on a 45-day odyssey through Morocco, capturing the land's soul wit…
This documentary by filmmaker Rama Rau is a journey as raw as it is impressive to the golden years of the burlesque sce…
Best Documentary Films
