Childhood follows a group of children in a rural kindergarden for a year. The film portrays a genuine learning process …
Much has been said about the golden years between the wars in Paris, a place par excellence for artists and bohemians o…
Filmed over several years, this documentary is a portrait of an old brothel in a mining area of Australia and the las…
With the premise to achieve a kind of lyrical collage, the renowned Spanish filmmaker Jacinto Esteva makes a prismatic …
From Mumbai to Quebec, this eye-opening documentary takes us around the world to show us how people on the margins are …
In this short documentary essay, filmmaker Antoine Fontaine delves into a forgotten archive of 16mm film belonging to a…
Vaclav Havel is the father of modern democracy in the post-Soviet Czech Republic. This biographical documentary offers …
Captivating, experimental, concise. This story of emigration and family is told through the lens of this short film sho…
With exclusive access inside Carnegie Hall, filmmaker Josef Astor documents the struggle to save its historic art studi…
This film follows Arvo Pärt, the most acclaimed contemporary composer, in the staging of one of his compositions in col…
Inspired by the novel by Svetlana Alexievitch, this documentary is an intimate gaze at the faces of survivors who recou…
This documentary makes visible the life of Branko Črnac Tusta, a puck-rock icon who became an activist for labor rights…
This short documentary film gives us access to the showers of a public school bathroom in Norway. A film about identity…
An intimate and minimalistic approach allows us to witness the daily routine of Mrs. Loosli in her home in the Swiss Mo…
This may be the most powerful portrait of a man's loneliness you will ever see. Inspired by the novel "Moby Dick", livi…
How long can a human being remain alive underwater? For Goran Čolak, the world champion in free diving, the meaning of …
Three surfers face the biggest challenge in the world of professional surfing: to paddle the impressive waves of Jaws, …
The voices of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave narrate the lives of siblings Erika and Klaus Mann. Both gay, they ma…
Through the different perspectives of two guerrilla fighters, this documentary delves into the ins and outs of the peac…
Filmmaker Stéphane Goel goes out in search of answers about the existence of an idyllic place after death. Several Swis…
When they stop receiving their salaries after the economic collapse of a maritime company, 320 seamen in Grece embark o…
Join a team of adventurers as they journey through the melting Arctic, documenting the breathtaking landscape and confr…
This art documentary follows the extraordinary life of Gabriel Pitteloud, a Swiss artist and stone sculptor who, after …
MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial adviser, used the number pi to predict economic turning poi…
This multi-award winning documentary is an incisive yet simple portrait of a Neo-Nazi in his seemingly harmless everyda…
In 2005, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf's wedding, killing 27 people. Now he is on a quest to confront terrorism a…
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
Shot on three continents, this unique documentary follows the pioneer of avant-garde composer John Cage through miscell…
The award-winning filmmaker João Botelho creates this gem of a film, a kind of cinematic tribute to his main inspiratio…
This hilarious short film shows us a side of Gibraltar that we would never get to see if it weren't for documentary fil…
This is an emotional family portrait that surrounds the Mexican indigenous troubadour and social leader Jaime Martínez.…
Discover the untold story of The Backstreet Boys, the world's biggest boy band, as they navigate two decades of fame, f…
What does a baby's cry have in common with the echo of a mountain yodler, and what connects the head tone of a Tuvin no…
This short film, a winner at the Berlinale, is an exuberant scream that literally destroys the image of xenophobia agai…
This independent documentary is an educational effort to make visible the life and work of the great poet Walt Whitman …
Be ready to watch this unique, stop-motion animation entirely filmed in a municipal dump in Croatia!
Elena works as an erotic photographer, Luz and Nerea as prostitutes. They met at a photo shoot and Elena wanted to know…
This short film premiered at the Berlinale takes us to the farm of Juan, who has worked in agriculture all his life and…
A rich man decides to build a house with the help of a native family in the middle of a lost, almost impossible to brea…
Filmed over four years, this short film follows a group of young men who, amidst doubts, laughter and twists, give thei…
This HBO documentary film explores the issue of domestic violence and its impact on survivors. The film follows the sto…
This short film documents the apparently insignificant moments of the inhabitants of a Suburb of Lisbon, while they fig…
Follow the journey of Chris Naylor, a talented chef who has lost both of his coveted Michelin stars and is determined t…
My Thai Bride is a documentary film exploring the power of money to save and destroy – and the harm that ensues when pe…
Have you ever heard of cumbia music? This exciting road movie follows a group of filmmakers and musicians as they trave…
Today, more kids are going to adult prisons with longer sentences in the United States. This films poses a serious look…
Priorat, a region of Catalonia known for its vineyards, was about to disappear from the map of the best wines in the wo…
In the privacy of their homes, seven parents of LGBTI individuals talk about their life-changing experiences of leading…
Best Documentary Films
