Josefina, the filmmaker's grandmother, settles in a remote village next to a mysterious forest. When several fires star…
A humble family lives inside an unfinished residential building in Bogotá. On the outside, there seems to be no life, b…
Hilarious, shocking and informative at the same time, this bold documentary takes a historical look back at sex educati…
A filmmaker is stranded at the airport in Dakkar, Senegal. In this short film, she launches images of this journey spun…
Through the observation of three apes, filmmaker Jos de Putter encourages a reflection on the similarities between us a…
This short film premiered at the Berlinale takes us to the farm of Juan, who has worked in agriculture all his life and…
With exclusive film footage of the era, this documentary brings to life the famous Pebble Beach Road Races of the 1950s…
Composed of black and white still pictures, in this short film Hanne tells us how life goes on after losing her sister …
A lawyer and human rights activist embarks on a quest that could take a lifetime: to find her mother, who disappeared f…
This indie documentary delves into the daily lives of Gary Marinoff and Alan Shain, two quirky cult comedians from New …
Angelica has a problem with her sexuality, a psychological and physical blockage. Through a video diary, shared with tw…
This documentary follows Wu and Tang, two young Chinese trying to find their true passion in life amidst the pressures …
In an old underage prison in Mexico, a video and photography workshop brings out the infinite creativity of a group of …
Premiered at Locarno, this short film by multi-award-winning filmmaker Laila Pakalniņa is a visual testament of the lan…
Imagine an endangered species of which only the last pair is left to breed. This film documents the process of saving t…
In the interiors of a remote Tibetan monastery, five-year-old Hopakuli faces the rigorous day-to-day life of this relig…
In the bucolic and desolate Argentinian wilderness, a young man spends his days alone surviving as in ancient times. Wh…
Only seven minutes long, this is the most extraordinary portrait of a young transgender man you will ever see on the in…
A team of teenagers from a marginalized indigenous Mexican community prepare to compete in the International Basketball…
This independent film is a biopic of Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray and the making of his multi-award-winning de…
At 92, having lived so long is a joy for Shirley Affleck, and even more pleasurable is being able to recount her journe…
This documentary takes us to Guangzhou, China, where three enterprising African women try to make their way in business…
In this short film, the voices of workers in the Argentine textile industry cooperatives tell their stories of belongin…
Through her father's daily life in Mansourah, Algeria, filmmaker Dorothée-Myriam Kellou unearths the wound of a painful…
This experimental short film uses found footage of trips in Europe during the 70s to make a powerful and fleeting essay…
Ready for a trip to the heart of the blues? This 16mm gem features legends such as B.B. King, Rufus Thomas and Evelyn Y…
A young farmer and a gang of teenagers wander the prairie. A farm. A flooded cemetery. The sunset. Some ruins. Experime…
Next to a majestic forest, in the southeast of Cameroon, the inhabitants of a village survive with their prosaic activi…
In Havana, a former military bunker serves as a meeting place for Cuban gay men. Among shadows and gnawed walls, they t…
In one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, a man faces a long quarantine in the solitude of his apartment. …
When her parents are assigned to China, seven-year-old Rebeka embarks on an unforgettable journey to Guangzhou. This is…
Will little Rebeka go down the slide? We'll find out in this fleeting but beautiful short film shot on black and white …
With only a single shot of a sunset over the Aegean Sea, this short film makes a philosophical provocation on the Europ…
Valentina, the filmmaker of this short film, was raised by her grandparents and not by her parents. Many years later, s…
Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, this documentary delves into a foster home for mixed-race youth in Ukraine and…
After leaving Spain to escape Franco's regime, Serafin found in Berlin the possibility to be himself freely. Gay, color…
Despite its prosaic appearance, this will be the only documentary that will tell you, in great detail, about the life o…
When a child dies in a remote Afro-descendant Colombian village, two artisans must make a traditional drum for the fune…
Inspired by Aristophanes's "The Birds", this experimental piece provokes an encounter between two humans and these wing…
Surreal, mesmerizing, explosive. In this short documentary, the pyrotechnic rituals of a Mexican village light up the n…
How to talk about sexual abuse? From where can a survivor tell about it without breaking into tears? This is a courageo…
Blending fiction and documentary, this beautifully photographed film documents the tense wait of a religious woman in a…
Boxer by day, nightclub watchman by night, Christ prepares for his next fight in the ring while in the streets of Libre…
They are obsessive, insatiable and extremely imaginative. Meet the Japanese Star Wars fanatics and their passion for co…
In a remote village in rural Portugal, a filmmaker arrives to delve into his family's past.
Immersed in a forest on the island of Corsica, a veteran shepperd wanders among animals and a woman confronts her visio…
Through archival footage of the television show her mother hosted in post-Soviet Bulgaria, filmmaker Elitza Gueorguieva…
Best Documentary Films
