Welcome to the Explorer. By playing this documentary you will become a silent crew member of this container ship on its…
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…
Hans and his female double Agnes wander around the streets of Lisbon looking for a man named Arief, who was their first…
This documentary follows the members of Voina (War) an art group that became known for its controversial and anarchic f…
Through powerful black and white photographs and a poetic voice that tells the drama, the filmmaker Mathieu Volpe docum…
Three women. Three female boxers. All three will give their all to win in this generally male-dominated sport.
Featuring interviews with Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg and Michael J. Fox, this documentary explores how the Back …
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…
After living in Paris for years, Arash, a demotivated young Iranian, visits the coasts of France with his friends, who …
Shot as an austere Italian western, this short film follows an old cowboy that claims to have seen a mysterious panther…
A collection of super8 films takes Joachim Michaud to the New York where Emilienne, an adventurous woman who could be h…
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…
A house. A filmmaker. One man and one woman. In this Criterion Collection classic, filmmaker Allan King documents the c…
With the premise to achieve a kind of lyrical collage, the renowned Spanish filmmaker Jacinto Esteva makes a prismatic …
On the eve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Egyptian filmmaker Amr Bayoumi films a tree that begins to invade his balcony. His…
According to statistics, 95% of all incarcerated people will come home. Director Tamara Perkins follows three men in th…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
In this inspiring and heartwarming documentary, experienced Hollywood talent agent Sandi Marx decides to take up a new …
In the midst of a city that never stops building buildings, a man leaves his country life behind and decides to run in …
Among the most iconic musicians of the hardcore punk music scene in the United States are Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma…
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…
After serving in Iraq and being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a man tries to get his life back …
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…
Conceived as a kind of carousel of inspiring stories of women over sixty, this documentary will change your preconcepti…
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".
Shot in stunning black and white, this is a cinematic immersion that unveils nature with its creatures and elements in …
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