Filmed only a year after the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, this film - named after the onomatopoeia its …
"Holodomor" is a term that refers to the Great Famine that occurred in Ukraine in the early 1930s. American Writer Kath…
In the best style of the Cine-Verité school, filmmaker Dmitry Kabakov portrays a humble village near Moscow, where Russ…
Filmed over four years, this short film follows a group of young men who, amidst doubts, laughter and twists, give thei…
A small village in Russia holds the souls of many persecuted politicians of the Soviet Union. In the autumn of his life…
This is the inspiring story of Eva Kor. In the Holocaust, she was a victim of Nazi experiments conducted by Mengele. Af…
This independently filmed short film is a glance at the Chinese community in Brazil, with all its nuances, stereotypes …
Through a poignant observational approach, this documentary dissects the dynamics of the safari tourism business in Sou…
In 1965, a group of intrepid young women didn't know they were making history by participating in a survival adventure …
In just four minutes, three faces discuss past lives, an unfortunate accident and what the future holds. A cigarette is…
A veteran botanist and his faithful disciple go into the Colombian jungle to examine its flora. This intimate film docu…
What happens when a traditional musician and a heavy-metal rocker come together to create something unique? In this doc…
In a building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, all the inhabitants are part of a program to overcome crack addiction. In every cor…
Leonard Nimoy died in January 2015 but will be forever remembered for his role as Spock in the acclaimed series Star Tr…
In the midst of a Cuba undergoing major changes, a young athlete is torn between committing herself to her track team o…
Every year, millions of birds migrate from the Northern Hemisphere to their winter homes in Africa's tropical wetlands.…
In a public park, an army of crows emerges from the mist. A camera films them. A gun is fired. Is this short film a kin…
What is the future of learning?. Indian professor Sugata Mitra brings an innovative approach to education based on a de…
On the eve of her departure from Italy, filmmaker Chiara Cremaschi turns to her beloved cousins to face this turning po…
Marcelo is a dandy, a homosexual, a voracious reader and, in one of his past lives, a German poet obsessed with a blue …
In bucolic rural Germany, the lives of four German teenagers are about to change. Childhood is behind them and the firs…
Investigating the involvement of a mysterious ancestor in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, filmmaker Anna Kryve…
Ivan cannot move without his electronic anklet. After years in prison, he is on probation and trying to get back to nor…
Seen from an European point of view, this ethnographic documentary is an educational and exciting journey through the i…
The debut feature of risk-taking filmmaker Gustavo Vinagre takes place in a single location and in a single, compelling…
With their golden years behind them, two fifty-something boxers from the north of Brazil decide to invoke their histori…
After becoming a widower, Inacio, the former shaman of a remote Portuguese community, begins to live with an endearing …
Little by little, two characters take shape on the screen through objects, sounds and flavors. Who are they? What unite…
After learning of his mother's cancer, filmmaker Filippo Filliger sets out in search of answers on a lonely and unpredi…
Chinese descendants in Serbia may go unnoticed in a rural farm, small retail stores or as employees in a mall. Will the…
Dragan Jaćimović was the first Serbian man to reach the summit of Everest. This documentary uses excerpts from his diar…
Isabel, a Brazilian woman, dreamed that someone strangled her three days before she was murdered. Years later, her son,…
This film documents the untold adventures of the African-Americans who went to the Spanish Civil War, in the thirties, …
Lludy, a Brazilian immigrant, has just lost his flat in Barcelona and has nowhere to go. Through her belongings we disc…
Filmmaker Agustina Comedi investigates hours of home videos recorded by her father before he died. A magnetic essay, as…
What is a family? This documentary explores the enigma through Aliona, a special needs child who begins to live with an…
Following the Chinese government's one-child policy, workers at a birth control center in a remote rural village are ta…
Coral, voyeuristic, incisive. This documentary, in the best style of the filmmaker Jean-François Lesage, dissects summe…
Filmed in Sweden, Germany and Canada, this documentary gives a voice to immigrants of Indian, Turkish and Kurdish origi…
This documentary not only reviews the work of the revolutionary and controversial choreographer Dave St. Pierre, it al…
By closely following Central American migrants on their perilous journey to the US-Mexico border, this bold documentary…
This episode of UN in action shows how the UN tries to recover the city of Mosul (Northen Irak) from devastation and ex…
This episode of UN in action nos muestra cómo los integrantes de una escuela primaria en Kenya aprenden a sembrar y cui…
Brazilian filmmaker Octavio Cury travels to Syria and obtains a book written by his great-grandfather, an icon of Arab …
The bucolic setting of a river in the middle of a dense forest poses an existentialist scenario. Several characters imm…
What would happen if you entered a nocturnal Athens that you did not imagine? Political, human, unpredictable. This doc…
Shot in different countries, between antipodes like South Africa and Colombia, this short documentary is a visual essay…
Patrice Fortier lives among crops of carrots, rutabagas, various types of berries and other plants. This documentary is…
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