Following a dream that revealed to him an indigenous massacre ordered by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, a Native American spi…
In this beautiful film essay, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Imbach films the landscape outside his studio window for s…
This beautiful documentary takes us close to Lanny Gordin, a prolific guitarist who worked with great musicians such as…
Funny and absurd, yet profoundly realistic. This documentary follows a group of Middle Eastern immigrants as they try t…
The Ainu are the indigenous people of Japan. The director, Naomi Mizoguchi, spent a decade creating this film about the…
Set in the majestic mountains of Taiwan, this documentary relies on extensive archival and testimonial material to tell…
How dominated are we by computers and big data? This observational documentary dissects the day-to-day life of a financ…
After 12 years in power, a controversial mayor of a Greek town will do the impossible to get enough votes for his candi…
After leaving behind a war-torn Belgrade, three Serbian artists navigate a new life in New York. This is their story of…
Through a letter written to the ghost of his grandfather, filmmaker Kelvin Kyung Kun Park makes this experimental film …
To discover the truth behind the mysterious objects her uncle brought back from the Far East during her childhood, film…
This is a making-of film like you've never seen another. The documentary follows the making of a film about the rise an…
In just fifteen minutes, this documentary dissects the American male stereotype through the art of Aaron Ray, a drag pe…
Inside a car driving through the streets of Tehran, a recurring motif in Iranian cinema, three female passengers tell t…
In the vicinity of Europe's largest military base, nature and its creatures prevail among men preparing for war.
Vertiginous, unpredictable, withering. These are the ways in which multi-award-winning filmmaker Thomas Imbach films th…
With an important use of the subtitle as a form of expression, this experimental short film is a dissertation on the so…
A Mexican director. A white American actor. What can happen in this fifteen-minute conversation about race and privileg…
When he arrives at a rehabilitation center for birds, Antonin, a man suffering from persistent fatigue, begins to see l…
Didn't know flying motorcycles existed? This adventure documentary follows two intrepid microlight aircrafts riders as …
Vaclav Havel is the father of modern democracy in the post-Soviet Czech Republic. This biographical documentary offers …
A theater group composed of peasant women from rural Turkey embarks on a journey to a remote town in the mountains of t…
After several years in Europe, Violeta returns to her native Brazil to renew vows in her religion. But the years do not…
Trapped at sea when the Covid-19 pandemic breaks out all over the world, a small crew of people aboard a sailboat must …
Inspired by the best-selling book "The Gift", this documentary follows characters from three continents to weave an end…
This short film is the endearing portrait of Roed Roza, a South American migrant in Milan, Italy. Stripped of his land …
This experimental film mixes contemplative observations of the interior of Silicon Valley homes with actorly reflection…
Skateboarding in a socialist country has its virtues. This must-see documentary for fans of the sport retraces the orig…
It took five athletes a lifetime to complete the Oceans Seven, the swim challenge that consists of crossing the seven g…
Today is the marriage of Babi, a Brazilian trans woman. This short film documents a ceremony that symbolizes an achieve…
What is it like to be a female tattoo artist in a male-dominated art? In this documentary, world-famous tattoo artist D…
Funny, technological, and happily nostalgic, this documentary is the gateway to the world of video game collectors in t…
How to make another living being happy? And how to do it if that other living being is a turtle? These questions are an…
Through incisive research and the participation of protagonists and experts, this documentary dissects the 1971 partiti…
Tour Du Faso, Africa's top cycling race, where foreigners and locals try to be the winner on a route full of unforeseen…
A new season of the Polish women's soccer league is about to begin. The goals are high, but these players will give the…
Father and son travel a long distance from the Czech Republic to a Russian city. So close together but so far away at t…
When others film pain, Silvana Lopa films happiness. In just five minutes, the young Argentine filmmaker captures fragm…
After a long time of being separated from her brother, interned in a select Catholic order in an isolated monastery, fi…
To dig into her family tree, a Kenyan woman in exile embarks on a journey to three countries to construct the figure of…
In the quiet interior of his studio, a Ukrainian painter draws portraits of Kiev that delineate the recent tumultuous p…
With a global perspective, this educational documentary sheds light on the evolution of one of the most revolutionary e…
Golos is a collection of stories told by, and about the people of Ukraine; exploring from a unique perspective the natu…
Mark Inglis reached the summit of Everest with both legs amputated in 2006. But his achievement was tarnished by allege…
Filmed over several years, this iconic documentary directed by Helena Třeštíková follows a married couple from their ho…
A captivating portrait of a remote rural village in Cuba takes place before our eyes. At the same time, a touching dial…
When a film crew arrives in Ghana to shoot a film about supposed child witchcraft, the ethical dilemmas of the filmmake…
How much pain can you accumulate until you can't take it anymore? This light-hearted documentary follows an acting teac…
Best Documentary Films
