The award-winning filmmaker João Botelho creates this gem of a film, a kind of cinematic tribute to his main inspiratio…
Two undertakers must travel from north to south of Italy in their hearse to repatriate the dead body of a Calabrian emi…
This documentary follows five adults in their daily lives and in the extraordinary world they enter every weekend, when…
Irreverent, iconoclastic and beautifully free. Linn da Quebrada, a black and transsexual artist, displays all her truth…
Images, or rather everyday scraps of the town of Bremen, Germany, reach the most unimaginable fantastic situations seei…
This captivating documentary delves into Enrique Metinides' fixation with death, tracing his journey from child photogr…
Explore the poignant journey of Franklin and Malcolm, newly released from South Africa's formidable prisons, as they na…
Five hopeful migrants, trapped in Ceuta, a Spanish outpost in Morocco, grapple with mounting anxiety as they stand just…
The life of a man changes abruptly. After serving a prison sentence, he is no longer part of the privileged class and n…
This gem from the Rotterdam Film Festival is a chronicle-essay ... or rather a kind of diary, as philosophical as it is…
With the landscape of the Balkans as a backdrop, this documentary follows a family of Aromanians, an ethnic minority tr…
In his native Norway and across other European landscapes, this documentary follows the incomparable Tomas Espedal, one…
Florian Yuriev, a renaissance man of the 20th century, blurred the lines between art forms to create a symphony of ligh…
From the footsteps of a 1960 Olympic legend to the modern struggles of refugees, Fischer & el Sani retell a tale of vic…
Without dialogues or didactic pretensions, this documentary makes an observation of forgotten spaces in Brasilia. In th…
Through the different perspectives of two guerrilla fighters, this documentary delves into the ins and outs of the peac…
A powerful installation at the Venice Biennale challenges the emblem of modernity, freedom, catastrophe, and political …
Discover Australia's unparalleled beauty, from the captivating Great Ocean Road to the spiritual heartland of Uluru-Kat…
Filmmaker Arsenio Cadena points the camera at his father, a 73-year-old tailor who has an obsessive passion: climbing t…
A woman living in downtown Cairo tries to support her family by selling potato chips. Known as "Potatoes lady" she star…
The journey of a young Indian woman's hair, donated to the Temple to be then converted into exquisite hair extensions i…
In post-revolutionary Kyiv, outcasts and outsiders strive to build a new society amidst the ruins of a collapsing socia…
Nurses Carine and Patricia battle the second COVID wave in Liège, managing overwhelmed hospitals with limited resources.
This offbeat documentary examines how films from "The Steel Helmet" to "The Green Berets" reflected and shaped U.S. vie…
A heartwarming glimpse into the serene life of an elderly man in a Spanish mountain village, echoing the timeless rhyth…
Highlighting the lives and experiences of African American officers in Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, the documentar…
Prolific guitarist Jesse Cook embarks on a tour of Canada with his band in this musical documentary - full of flamenco …
In the absence of images of the case, Palau's former president explains in a short interview what really happened to si…
Visually powerful, this film essay discusses intimate and collective memory through the underwater images of the flagsh…
Using videos that have gone viral on social networks about the conflicts in their countries of origin, migrants based i…
The relationship between grandson and grandmother is always powerful, enigmatic. Filmmaker Stéphane Riethauser undertak…
This is the extraordinary story of Bruno Banani, the only inhabitant of the small island of Tonga, in the South Pacific…
In order to release a documentary that unveils the implementation of banned pesticides in banana plantations in Central…
11-year-old Werka and her 9-year-old brother Marcel wind up at the front door of a children's home in Wroclaw. Asked wh…
At 60 km is a documentary about the dream of Mario Sabah and his two sons: Travel the world by the same old 1977 car. F…
A contemporary village's unconventional dwellers bond over their deep love for folk culture, with music playing a pivot…
This Oscar-winning documentary short film made in 1949 poses an institutional approach to explain the role of the publi…
This Oscar-Nominated animation illustrates the dilemma of Bill Babbitt, who must make a decision when he realizes his b…
Filmed in a contrasting black and white, this short film documents life in a tyre recycling workshop in Myanmar. In thi…
After 12 years in power, a controversial mayor of a Greek town will do the impossible to get enough votes for his candi…
Elena works as an erotic photographer, Luz and Nerea as prostitutes. They met at a photo shoot and Elena wanted to know…
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…
This short documentary film gives us access to the showers of a public school bathroom in Norway. A film about identity…
This experimental short documentary is a symphony of skin and scenery, Jean-Paul Bourdier paints human bodies against b…
Explore the pivotal role of Palestinian rights recognition in Middle East peace, highlighted by Kurt Waldheim during th…
In an intimate and exciting journey to the root, the film follows a family based in Okinawa, Japan, that visits Taiwan …
In his first war coverage, photojournalist Pierre Crom captures the raw edges of conflict in Ukraine, revealing the uns…
Premiered at the Berlinale, this film takes us into the peaceful and thoughtful life in a retirement home that exists i…
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