The film enters a worn out building inhabited by hundreds of refugees from the conflict between Abkhazia and Georgia, w…
Set in an isolated “jungle” in Calais, Transit Zone follows Teefa, a young man who fled the regime in Sudan with big dr…
Following the myth of a religious leader who claims to be the reborn Jesus Christ. A mother and her three children move…
Several years after being separated by prison, Louis and Annette revisit the memories and places that challenged their …
Through a thorough research, this exciting documentary reveals how the tobacco industry operates to maintain its demand…
As the UN World Youth Report concludes, through the successful case of a social enterprise in India we witness how such…
A Chinese filmmaker isolates thirteen actors in a weapons factory where they must live as in times of the Cultural Revo…
A family gravitates between two countries. Indira in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Mehdina in France, are two sisters with di…
Focusing on the experiences of three children with autism, this documentary is an intimate look at living as a family w…
Having fled his country's civil war in his childhood, filmmaker Jude Ratman returns to Siri Lanka to confront the trace…
Short and powerful, like his famous portrait "The Scream" this is a brief biography of Edward Munch, the revolutionary …
This short film is a sensory journey through a moment in the life of Pablo Carranza, a young skater from San Francisco …
This observational documentary makes visible the faces behind the famous manhole covers on the streets of New York, whi…
Shot over the course of a year, this documentary shows what life is like inside an open-air prison on the island of Cor…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) tries to protect refugees worldwide. In Japan, not all immigrants are recognized as refug…
This life-changing documentary follows the taekwondist Sara Khoshjamai-Fekri in her way to become the first ever Irania…
A ten-year-old transgender girl finds in a queer team of Roller Derby the confidence to continue her transition.
The filmmakers embark on a road trip through Texas in search of the lost images of a utopian commune founded by the Fre…
A grandmother and her grandson struggle to save the photo shop that both operate in Tel Aviv, a place that houses a uni…
A rollerblading documentary by Witalis Szumilo Kulczycki about Polish rollerbladers who went to UK in search of better …
Looking for the meaning of life, a filmmaker travels to Tokyo and discovers 63-year-old Yamada-San, an irreverent chara…
As nostalgic as it may seem, there are thousands of Lego collectors in the world who make stop-motion home movies with …
Inside a car driving through the streets of Tehran, a recurring motif in Iranian cinema, three female passengers tell t…
This short film is the endearing portrait of Roed Roza, a South American migrant in Milan, Italy. Stripped of his land …
A narrator introduces us to the microcosm of Milan's troubled China Town. When an Italian guy proposes marriage to a lo…
After becoming a widower, Inacio, the former shaman of a remote Portuguese community, begins to live with an endearing …
Eighteen-year-old Josefin travels from Sweden to Peru in search of answers. According to a family myth, her aunt was a …
This propaganda film commissioned by the United States government was shown to the troops that would occupy Germany jus…
Desert, mythical, twilight. This visual contemplation is a kind of silent western about life in the landscape of Alente…
In this particular western, director Julian T. Pinder reveals the consequences on the health and the environment posed …
In Cochabamba, Bolivia, the surroundings of an urban landfill were declared uninhabitable due to their levels of contam…
This inspiring documentary follows Suraj, an 11-year-old boy who works in the coal mines of northeast India, a confinem…
After having been part of the Black Panther Party in Kansas City during the 60s, Pete O'Neal had to go into exile in Ta…
In a journey through the images of Lebanese mass media in recent years, the contradictory portrait of a country that li…
This mysterious short film is a kind of night road trip across downtown Cairo spun by the account of the dreams of its …
In this documentary, a boat acts as a metaphor to illustrate the following premise: technological advances could be the…
Valzeina, an isolated village in Switzerland. Within a house run by the government to retain rejected asylum seekers, a…
The film depicts the aspirations and anxieties of a young Algerian smuggler transporting fuel by mule, from his village…
India’s invisible majority are poor yet literate in their own traditions and increasingly online. Ocean in a Drop is a …
At the age of 11, filmmaker Fatima Jebli Ouazzani and her parents emigrated from Morocco to the Netherlands. Seven year…
New York in Motion is a celebrated 60 minute documentary about the state of the art of Motion Graphics in New York. It …
Short musical film about one of the greatest violinist in Europe, Lajko Felix. This is a story about his journey throu…
In a time when women seem to be juggling the demands of career, family and beauty standards, a new overall fashion tren…
Neglect, poverty and sexual abuse twisted Lisbeth Zornig Andersen's childhood. She managed to transcend her upbringing …
In 2005, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf's wedding, killing 27 people. Now he is on a quest to confront terrorism a…
The pioneer of documentary photography Saul Leiter invites us to his department in New York City to reflect on his care…
Funny and absurd, yet profoundly realistic. This documentary follows a group of Middle Eastern immigrants as they try t…
In response to the assassination of a black women's rights activist in Brazil, a group of women massively turn out for …
Best Documentary Films
