An integrated team of specialists is at the center of palliative care, accompanying people of varying ages on their jou…
Due to an autoimmune disease, Julika has lived without hair since the age of 9. Now, at 25, we experience with her what…
Defying an ancient rule, a young woman enlists in a Napoleonic guard that re-enacts historical scenes where only men ca…
Serene and educational, in this documentary the colorful inhabitants of Misiones, a border region in northern Argentina…
In this short film, a man enters a forest where dilapidated houses hold stories of his past of vitality and loneliness …
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
Documentary master Sergei Loznitsa makes an observational exploration of a fishing community in the White Sea, where vi…
This documentary follows the members of Voina (War) an art group that became known for its controversial and anarchic f…
Three women. Three female boxers. All three will give their all to win in this generally male-dominated sport.
Halfway between a making-of film and an cinematic essay on the process of a film workshop directed by Abbas Kiarostami,…
Grandma has died but left a diary. The last time she wrote, it was the day before her death. How much can we learn abou…
Set somewhere in México, in this short film ancient spaces apparently dynamited by time appear in front of us. Unexpect…
As a singer, conductor and performance artist, Barbara Hannigan has left an imprint on the academic musical internation…
Alternating between sensory and narrative moments, this short film immerses us in the life of an old woman who finds in…
This short film is a portrait of chef Roslyn Spence. Trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Roslyn has a d…
A comfortable sofa, nail polish and strange gloves. You are about to witness a conversation as fleeting as it is reveal…
Three women tell us how their enlistment in the Los AngelesPolice Department poses the challenge of completely changing…
After being found dead in his room, the painter and photographer Pierre Molinier left behind a peculiar body of work. T…
Through stories told by the protagonists themselves, this animated documentary tells the unknown interstices of African…
With the premise to achieve a kind of lyrical collage, the renowned Spanish filmmaker Jacinto Esteva makes a prismatic …
A house. A filmmaker. One man and one woman. In this Criterion Collection classic, filmmaker Allan King documents the c…
Almost twenty years after appearing as a young boy in "Ten", the famous Abbas Kiarostami's film, Amina is now a transge…
On the eve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Egyptian filmmaker Amr Bayoumi films a tree that begins to invade his balcony. His…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
In the midst of a city that never stops building buildings, a man leaves his country life behind and decides to run in …
Experimental filmmaker Khaled Abdulwaheds cinematically deconstructs a photograph of a cactus field in 1998 Syria. Now …
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
Through the daily lives of three traditional farmers in the Cornwall region, this documentary portrays contemporary rur…
Through equidistant materials, from dance competitions in Brittany, France, to nuclear tests in Polynesia, experimental…
When a European man lands on a tropical island in Tanzania, we hear his reflective voice through the letters he sends t…
Shot on three continents, this unique documentary follows the pioneer of avant-garde composer John Cage through miscell…
If for filmmaker Valentina Signorelli becoming a naturalized British citizen was not difficult, for three other migrant…
This gripping film follows the last log floater on the river Tara in Montenegro, a wild and very dangerous river.
In this documentary, the fog is the element that unites worlds and characters very different from each other. A film es…
A family filmed from within. The director captures his mother's fight against cancer, as his sister announces she is pr…
A traveling cameraman and father of three observes what happens when human skills no longer command a "market value".
This beautiful hybrid film navigates between documentary and fiction to illustrate, from their imaginary, the changes f…
In a remote rural village in southern Italy, a family prepares for the slaughter of a pig as part of a traditional ritu…
After becoming pregnant, a filmmaker confronts a ghost from the past: having another abortion. Suddenly, her mother and…
At 85 years old, Lucy tells us with passion and eloquence how as an transgender person she managed to navigate the most…
Respected in both North and South Korea, renowned composer Isang Yun dreams that music can one day reconcile the two co…
This documentary takes us into the reality of Libya after the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, through the life and w…
Born a woman, Marion decides to become Marian, a man. This documentary follows Marian over 10 years documenting her gen…
With humor, avant-garde spirit, and eloquence, this documentary reviews the fascinating life of the prolific French com…
This multi-award winning documentary is an incisive yet simple portrait of a Neo-Nazi in his seemingly harmless everyda…
Faced with the government's plan to build the Great-Western Airport in the Nantes area, France, opponents of the projec…
In the absence of images of the case, Palau's former president explains in a short interview what really happened to si…
In this musical documentary, Allan Miller, the Oscar-winning director, takes us on a journey through the musical evolut…
Best Documentary Films
