This is a unique portrait of Marceline Loridan-Ivens, wife of the great filmmaker Joris Ivens and a reference, along wi…
A legendary icon of folk music, a singer who was the source of inspiration for Bob Dylan, this essay-documentary is a p…
Director Andrew Lancaster delves into his family's past and brings to light the case of his uncle Bill Lancaster, an av…
This documentary takes us into the fascinating work of Amancio Williams, an icon of modern Argentine architecture.
This independent documentary is an educational effort to make visible the life and work of the great poet Walt Whitman …
Luis Quijano, the son of an officer of the Argentine dictatorship of the late 1970s, looks at us on camera and tells us…
In this artistic documentary, the legendary Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián shares his experiences and his creation pro…
This documentary follows the prominent British artist Marc Quinn for more than a year in his life as he creates and exh…
This engaging documentary plunges into the fascinating life of John Healy, the renowned literary author, chess player, …
We embark alongside Bill Viola, the greatest video artist of this century, on his twelve-year adventure of crafting his…
In October 2017, Juan Martín Guevara traveled to Bolivia to be present at the events commemorating the murder of his br…
Immersed in the middle of the Colombian jungle, surrounded by nature and the violence that gravitates in the area, Mr. …
The world knows who Mandela was for South Africa, but we don't know about F.W. de Klerk, the president that ushered in …
This documentary follows the career of Joan Fontcuberta, considered the most important contemporary visual artist in Sp…
This beautifully photographed documentary follows the unique life of a fisherman in a small Lisbon coastal community.
How long can a human being remain alive underwater? For Goran Čolak, the world champion in free diving, the meaning of …
This documentary is the result of a series of visits the filmmaker makes over the course of a year to the house of Pier…
How could Beethoven compose his best pieces after his deafness? This documentary is a thorough investigation into the e…
An Austrian Jew in his nineties lives in the solitude of his wealthy house in Malawi. This film shows us his life in th…
This documentary brings to the canvas a unique point of view, based on the turnaround in the life of visual artist Vera…
This documentary shows all the facets of Alexandro Jodorowsky, cult filmmaker, mime artist, performer, comic writer, cr…
This is the fascinating portrait of Corradino d’Ascanio, the inventor of the helicopter and the most famous scouter in …
Through the life story of his grandmother, a filmmaker explores his roots in Algeria while portraying the universe of t…
What happens if one crime is committed to prevent another? This documentary shows us how environmentalist Ken Ward is w…
Filmed in a grainy black and white, this short film makes a portrait of Jurgen Blin, a retired German boxer who fought …
Some make documentaries of successful people, while others - like the case of this short film - prefer to look at those…
This biographical documentary portrays the multifaceted Argentine artist José Martinez Suárez, a 90-year-old man with t…
This documentary presents us the inspiring career of the Polish filmmaker Kazimierz Karabasz, the ideologist of the "pa…
This documentary draws a portrait of the economist and activist Arcadi Oliveres who led the student struggle against th…
The true story of Bowling Legend Bob Perry, who battled, drugs, alcohol, the Mafia, and federal prison to emerge as one…
Since Evelin’s amputation of both legs, friends abandoned her. She is stuck in her apartment for years now, moving only…
The access to precious archival footage and vibrant musical clips gives us the opportunity to witness an evocative port…
Shooted over the course of nine years, this intimate film documents the fatherhood, the breakup of his relationship and…
Shot during the dusk for two months in a row, in this film a disciple documents the daily life of his irreverent film p…
Known as one of the best dancers in Tehran and having been Iran's first female film director, Shahrzad's artistic caree…
This is the tale of what happened to the Americanized Children of Holocaust survivors. The film includes the testimonie…
Discover the life and work of Walter Pfeiffer, a Swiss photographer who at his 70 years of age is still at the forefron…
This is a filmed portrait of João Carlos Castanha, a 52 years old actor who is also gay, son, cross dresser and capable…
Loved and hated, Arthur Chu tries to reinvent his life after his controversial participation in "Jeopardy!", the TV sho…
An intimate and minimalistic approach allows us to witness the daily routine of Mrs. Loosli in her home in the Swiss Mo…
Told in first person, the director of this documentary narrates the story of his friendship with Asier Aranguren, a mem…
Musician and singer from London Wayne Paul returns to the East London neighborhood where he grew up, a place where a vi…
The acclaimed animator and filmmaker Jimmy Murakami returns to the concentration camp where he was held as a child alon…
The visits to his homes in Italy and France become rich occasions for director Patricia Pereyra to interview the renown…
A documentary about Henriette Zéphir, a french woman who began to paint “pushed” by a spiritual presence she felt by he…
The portrait of Yvonne Robert, a ninety-year-old woman with immeasurable wisdom who poured into naive painting all the …
A Cuban psychiatrist, a nurse in Switzerland and a shepherd in Bosnia Herzegovina; three people in three equidistant pa…
A cinematic poem about Belen Palacios, a peasant, social leader and renowned Quitiplá musician, an African-Venezuelan r…
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