Jane Elliott manages to build up a realistic microcosmos of society with her famous experiment about racism. What start…
This captivating documentary captures unique stories from passersby beneath the director's Warsaw apartment, offering a…
Unearthing the roots of tradition, this film captures the journey of tiger nuts from Valencian soil to the sweet sip of…
Explore the intriguing life of Father Gabriele Amorth, the famed exorcist, and witness his confrontations with the devi…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
A young boy's questions about a peace plebiscite in Colombia open the door to his family's haunting past marred by guer…
A touching and often funny observational documentary about a charming couple in their twilight years, who have lived in…
Childhood follows a group of children in a rural kindergarden for a year. The film portrays a genuine learning process …
A veteran botanist and his faithful disciple go into the Colombian jungle to examine its flora. This intimate film docu…
Fighting for their right to freedom of movement within their own land, a group of Palestinians challenge their own cult…
When he arrives at a rehabilitation center for birds, Antonin, a man suffering from persistent fatigue, begins to see l…
An Iranian director based in Germany visits his country with a mission: to show Iran beyond the negative stereotype tha…
Through her father's daily life in Mansourah, Algeria, filmmaker Dorothée-Myriam Kellou unearths the wound of a painful…
This documentary gives us a never-before-seen access to a mysterious ritual of purification practiced in northern India.
Directed by documentary master Michael Glawogger and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film deals with the ex…
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 the silent halls of Sulaymaniyah University, Hama's unique bond with a cadaver unfolds a touching exploration of lif…
This documentary makes a portrait of the Ithanvong family and their epic journey from war-torn Laos to a town in Santa …
Stine is 37 years old and the single mother of three girls. Her daughter Cecilie, age 11, has cancer and has had it sin…
Have you ever heard of cumbia music? This exciting road movie follows a group of filmmakers and musicians as they trave…
Filmed over the course of five years, this audacious documentary unravels the case of Victor Pearson, alias Kano, an Am…
A group of men sculpt the immense figure of a saint. The act is a display of white particles and movement throughout th…
In November 2017, a devastating earthquake hit western Iran. It took only 13 seconds to lose everything. This is a flee…
Filmed in black and white, with animated brushstrokes inspired by his work, this is an intimate, yet irreverent portrai…
Against the backdrop of Peru's Andes, individuals navigate the remnants of the 20th-century armed conflict, guided by t…
At a street market in Croatia, people try to find the best locally produced groceries. Filmmaker Ana Hušman studies the…
In this documentary filmed inside a motel in Santiago, Chile, the women who do room service have a lot to say about lov…
This documentary makes us travel through the route of the sand that will feed Cape Verde's hunger for new hotels and re…
This beautiful hybrid film navigates between documentary and fiction to illustrate, from their imaginary, the changes f…
Between 1950 and 1966 thousands of men moved up to the Alps in the Valais, a natural landscape of rocks and ice. They b…
Dragan Jaćimović was the first Serbian man to reach the summit of Everest. This documentary uses excerpts from his diar…
In the serene Dutch hinterlands, an inscrutable entity with a camera silently observes, leading to a curious dance betw…
Using AI's transformative power, Anju Niwata revives Hiroshima's haunting past, while the UN Secretary-General’s call a…
This insightful documentary explores the life and overlooked literary contributions of Marcelo Chiriboga, an Ecuadorian…
In the quiet stretches of rural Hungary, a father and son vigilantly patrol their village against unseen threats, their…
A night taxi's intimate confessions reveal the hidden desires and secret lives of its drivers and passengers.
In 2015, Pope Francis addressed the United Nations, acknowledging its necessity and urging improvement, envisioning it …
With carnival on the horizon, the mingling of countryside and cityscape sparks a dynamic celebration. "Gauchos" perform…
Short and powerful, like his famous portrait "The Scream" this is a brief biography of Edward Munch, the revolutionary …
Vertiginous, unpredictable, withering. These are the ways in which multi-award-winning filmmaker Thomas Imbach films th…
Discover the hidden wonders of nature as this documentary captures the intimate survival feats of birds and mammals, re…
Miguel and Rubén, two Cape Verdean immigrant descendants living in Portugal, find themselves in limbo. They both have d…
In a remote Arctic village in northern Norway, an indigenous rapper tries to make a living with his music. But, will he…
In this heartwarming short film, filmmaker Elisabeth Aspelin films the everyday life of her two young children: Karla a…
Through a meticulous observational approach, this short film takes us to a village in the Bulgarian Balkans to show us …
How often do you listen attentively to the sound of birds? This fleeting short film is a provocation for contemplation …
This beautiful rarity is an experimental documentary that, in only an uninterrupted shot, takes us into a vertical hous…
Filmmakers Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra resort to their common imaginary, vibrant scraps of images and sounds tha…
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