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Popular Documentary Movies
Where There’s Smoke
Kina Green-Phillips, a lifelong resident of the tri-city area in the Florida Glades known as “The Muck,” talks about sugarcane burning season and the harmful effects of the outdated practice on her life & community.
A film for my Grandfather as He travels away
Mahmud Ginting tells the story of reshaping the surreal memory of a grandfather whom I myself have never met. I tried to give a form of memory when my grandfather was at the last second of death. Through what I heard from people around me, photos during my life and my dream of meeting him, that's why I made the Experimental Film for My Grandfather as He travels away.
Fishing for Litter
“If we fish now from Dardanelles to Piraeus, the fish we will catch will be two, the barrels ten, the bottles a hundred, and the garbage a thousand!.” Last year, Dimitris from Kavala, with his trawler, retrieved from the sea 2.5 tons of litter. He is one of the 40 fishermen who collaborate with the Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation.
Heartist
A creative portrait of Faroese artist Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir and the mountainous landscapes that inspire her. Warm, colourful and imaginative, just as her paintings have made her the country’s most beloved artist.
Under the Wing of a Night
11-year-old Olesia from Ukraine is growing up under the wing of her mother, away from home. Dance and touch are her ways to release anger and adjust to the reality of Brussels. Every evening Olesia waits for dad's call from Ukraine. The family's extreme closeness nurtures the strength of this young girl whose fragility is exposed to constant war-related anxiety after the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Access Point
Riley Kirkpatrick, a trans man living in rural Georgia, advocates for the safety and rights of drug users after founding the only harm reduction center in the area.
Lotoko
Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK).
Communism + Sganzerla + Lumière
A fragment of reality about a less affected part of the third world, and how it got to the moon.
Toivo
“Hope” discovers the kind of dreams different people have, whilst also considering how the tone of these wishes changes according to varying life circumstance. By experiencing all of these wishes together, the spectator is urged to reflect upon their own personal hopes and desires.
The Last Relic
Yekaterinburg, Russia, is a microcosm of absurdity: debutante balls and Tsar Nicholas tributes cling to an imperial past, while a handful of dissidents try to revive communist and constitutional myths. Shot over four years, careful cameras reveal Putin’s “modern” Russia.
Blackthorn Blossom
Between the present and the past, war and peace, Sashko and Gala navigate their stormy retirement together.
Exit 238
Each year, the early weeks of fall bring a natural phenomenon to the Capital Plaza shopping center in Austin, Texas. Shoppers, employees, passersby, young families and avid birdwatchers, alike, all gather to marvel at the communal migratory roosting of tens of thousands of Purple Martins as they journey along their migratory path to Brazil.
The Magic of Spirituals
Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, and more.
Noa Kirel - The Way to The Eurovision Song Contest - Part 1
You’ve Got Jail
The story of a Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller, who is sat in the center of a complicated love triangle.
La Familia Humana
A journey about the strength of the human being and the bond that unites us. In the documentary, through images of disasters, humanitarian crisis, interviews with survivors and rescue volunteers, we’ll explore how the human species have survived for so long and how empathy is a game changer in history and in modern society.
The Body in the Woods
It was a month into Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces had withdrawn from around Kyiv and in their wake Bel Trew and her team stumbled on a body by an abandoned Russian camp. His hands were tied. He had been burned and shot in the back. Soldiers said he was a teenager. As Bel tried to find out who he was and what had happened, she uncovered a nightmare world: a nation struggling to find thousands of its missing and to identify its dead.
The Heart of Lake Baikal
The shaman, the priest, the driver of the "loaf" and grandmother Valya are residents of the village of Khuzhir, the only settlement on the island of Olkhon in the middle of Lake Baikal.
Return
Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Notes and Images From the Vietnam War
Here's a film for high school students and their teachers about the history of the Viet Nam War, composed of just photographs from that war, narration and, to help us through a damned disheartening story, lots of the Bach Suite for Solo Cello #1 in G. The film is 45 minutes long––perfect for classroom use and repeated screenings by stu-dents on their own. It's my response to the flawed Ken Burn/Lynn Novick 18-hour PBS series, The Vietnam War... too long for the classroom and failing in many ways as a useful account of the tragic Viet Nam war. It’s free to stream or download the film from this website, so teachers, help yourselves. I’ve also provided a curriculum, produced by the Zinn Education Project’s Rethinking Schools for teaching this film, and some additional useful writings for understanding the Viet Nam War.
This is the Art I Want to Do
One day, together with my friends, we installed a swing under a wind turbine, in a field of green peas.
ROFFA
Winner of the IFFR Supershort competition. ROFFA is a Short film about love and the many forms it comes in. The film is a love letter to the diverse city of Rotterdam and the acceptance of different religions, sexualities and upbringings.
10 Days in the Forest
Filmed over the course of 10 days in a temperate rainforest in the Chilean Patagonian fjords, this documentary reflects on connections, encounters, and how fungi fuel dreams.
Need
Experimental short film. On the basis of gender, identity and sexuality. A visual story, shot on film and narrated by Davíd Arévalo.
How I Got My Names
I never knew how to answer the question, "what is your name," because if truth be told, I do not have a name, I have five names... Using family album and hand drawn animation, How I Got My Names tells a personal story about dealing with a traumatic childhood while navigating the ever-confusing young adulthood.
Run Towards Better
RUN TOWARDS BETTER follows Henry Eckerson, an accomplished trail runner in the White Mountains, as he overcomes mental health setbacks through the process of mountain running.
In Search of Beauty
Three different women talk about their relationship with makeup, its mundaneness, what it reflects, and how it affects them.
Everything is Fine. I'm Sleeping
In Belarus, the presidential elections of 2020 triggered massive protests and brutal repressions when «concerned» citizens began to report random strangers, their own coworkers, friends, and even relatives to the police—those who participated in protest actions or those who simply publicly voiced their opinion. What was the motivation behind such calls? Who are these people? How do they live today? This will be discussed in the documentary "Everything is fine. I'm sleeping."
