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Popular Documentary Movies
One Day I'll Return Home: The story of Lai Xing-yang in a Siberian labor camp
“One Day I Will Return Home" is the story of Taiwanese veteran, Lai Xing-yang and his imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp. Although the story contains nothing that pushed the events along or heroics of any kind, his 96 years of life were still filled with shocking moments!
Unconditional
Seven years in the making, a first of its kind film from award-winning filmmaker Richard Lui, on the topic affecting 100 million Americans – mental health. Watch three families bravely turn the corner, showing us the power of relearning how to love. There are 100 million Americans living through this every year, but we don’t see them. Journalist Richard Lui pulls off the scab on a topic that is both a hidden wound and a hidden strength in all of us.
Paatuwaqatsi Water is Life
A short film about the Hopi people’s ancient relationship with the Grand Canyon and Little Colorado River.
45 Degrees
Brian Nice had it all—a successful career as a fashion photographer, a model wife, a baby daughter, and a lifetime of international travel—until one day a death-defying brain injury took it all away. But rather than let that stop him, Brian has pivoted, using a unique perspective on life to influence the images he captures with his camera. With the patience of a Buddhist monk, the humor of a teenage boy, and an unwavering will to create art, Brian cannot be stopped, not even by a brain injury.
Swing and Sway
Two friends respond to the challenges of the present by connecting through a playful provocation. Separated by America’s hemispheres, one in Brazil and the other in the U.S, they communicate strictly through video letters during a year. As a rule, each letter is formally and thematically inspired by a woman experimental filmmaker. As life unfolds, they express on film what they want to share with each other: the experience of being a recent immigrant, the expectations of political elections in both countries, their fears and hopes, all while observing the different women around them.
Jeff Koons: A Private Portrait
Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most influential, popular and disputed artists of the last 30 years. Koons transforms mass-produced, everyday objects into the highest art forms.
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.
The Last of the Ferrymen
A short documentary about how Taisto Kainulainen became a ferryman for the river of Vuoksi.
Murders That Matter
How would you handle the trauma of losing a loved one? Murders That Matter documents African American Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from a victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.
Incurable Me
The film "Incurable Me" reveals the tragic fate of people caught in the conversion therapy network. From Iran to Caucasian prisons, from psychiatric clinics to religious rituals, they struggle with fantasies about "correcting" their orientation. However, the courage of the heroes saves them: they resist the system, find love and a new home in safe countries.
Serengeti
Serengeti, one of the last great biodiversity oases on the planet. A place where nature still reigns supreme. But how long will this idyllic image last?
The Květná Farm
The documentary Farma Květná follows the fate of three young men who have hit rock bottom, living in orphanages, in detention centres, on the streets. Now they have found work, and with it an unrecognised sense of meaning and self-worth, at Farm Květná, founded by former Interior Ministry official Ferdinand Raditsch. In it, he offers unorthodox support to those whose circumstances have destined them for an unfavourable starting line.
#followme
Stuck at home in a wheelchair, and with no news of her boyfriend, who left for a party without her, Daya goes in search of him on social media.
Long Way East
Federico Marretta's dream, 26000 km from Italy to Mongolia riding his motorcycle, where stories of different people, cultures and religions merged along the Silk Road. To discover himself, open his heart to other cultures and help people through volleyball.
Fairtex 'The Real Deal'
A traveler finds Muaythai as a hobby in the land of smiles, thailand. Following a visit at fairtex gym, meeting the fighters at the gym, he finally realizes the life; Pattaya has to offer. Mastering Muaythai, with his statement ' Where Borne fighters appear, legends are made', he soon learned the arts of the fighting style and as a freelance legendary fighter his nickname evolve to "The Real Deal".
Four Chambers to the Heart
"I painted the worlds entering the eyes." In her day, painter and portraitist Sofonisba Anguissola was much celebrated. In this sumptuous animation, she is rescued from the realm of obscurity and given new life in an epistolary missive to her pupil, Flemish master Anthony Van Dyck.
Willy G: The Rise and Fall of the Worlds Greatest Child Star
William Genat AKA Willy G a washed-up and disillusioned child star returns to his home town of Templestowe, Australia to reconnect with his roots.
Beijing 2022
Shot over more than two years, the official film of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing goes behind the scenes to share the stories of international and Chinese athletes, volunteers, medical personnel and officials - against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
To Books and Women I Sing
A woman was almost called Avioneta (Small Airplane) at birth. Another had a library in the back seat of her car. Yet another fractures her finger with the rebel shelves of her bookshop. Lectors read to cigar makers while they work. Women remember poems while they iron. And to them all I sing.
ISO: A Film About Diabetes
"ISO is a short film about diabetes— showing one of my near-daily routines that seems dull and repetitive to me, yet weird and unordinary to others un-touched by type 1 diabetes. The term “iso” is known as a prefix meaning equal- I see it as a nod to this process being my regular despite it not being the equal or same as others’. “ISO” can also be read as “in search of”…consider this piece a posting “in search of” belonging and of people who share similar challenges. I have found that many times our differences and struggles can isolate us, but I have also found that it is these differences that draw us closest together when we find individuals who share similar ones" - Samuel Letnik
Monster Hammerheads: Killer Instinct
Tristan Guttridge wants to prove that hammerheads are eating other sharks.
2023 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood v Brisbane
The MCG was packed with overjoyed Collingwood fans on the last Saturday in September, as the Magpies lifted their 16th AFL Premiership Cup, their first since their last triumph in 2010. Collingwood had a near-flawless finals run, after a frenetic win over the Demons in a Qualifying Final, the Magpies followed up with a thrilling 1 point win over the GWS GIANTS in a Preliminary Final. On the last Saturday in September at the MCG, the Minor Premiers were simply too good, with Magpies coach Craig McRae winning his first Premiership as Collingwood coach, a prize the Collingwood faithful won't forget any time soon.
Las personas somos incluso aquello que no contamos
Alexey Balabanov. Afterword…
One of the last conversations with a popular director, excerpts from printed interviews over the years and, most importantly, Balabanov's personal diaries.
The God Man
Filmmaker Darren Wilson turns his focus on the most famous person in history, Jesus Christ. Led by a series of dreams, chance encounters, and impossible timing, Darren follows a spiritual rabbit trail that eventually leads to a remarkable conclusion about the nature and character of Jesus.
Hitlerputsch 1923: Das Tagebuch der Paula Schlier
Germany 1923: Inflation, starvation, unstable political conditions. During this time, 24-year-old Paula Schlier goes undercover at the “Völkischer Beobachter”, the Nazi Party’s official newspaper, and gets caught at the centre of Hitler’s attempted coup.
My Father, Nour and I
After twenty years, Wiam Al Zabari starts a conversation with his father. Why did they flee from Iraq? Why was that never discussed? Will he be able to let go of the past and embrace a Dutch future?
Bob and Don: A Love Story
Opposites make for great comedy in the life-long friendship of comedy legends Bob Newhart and Don Rickles by Judd Apatow.
Alerte en orbite : la menace des débris spatiaux
A body over the sea
At 25, Christian begins to remember the rape he suffered as a child, so he decides to go to see the sea for the first time. The trip is traversed by the ghosts of the past, an uncertain present and a painful letter that tries to reveal the presence of a rapist.Christian tries to document his process to overcome his crisis and strengthen his relationship with Marlene, his mother. The two are not only closely linked by blood ties, but also by the silence that their bodies have kept for years.
Trafficked
Investigative journalist, Nick McKenzie, gets a tip that something bad is going down at a brothel in South Melbourne. It’s a story he knows all too well - Nick reported extensively on sex trafficking of Asian women to Australia a decade ago, blowing open the issue to global audiences. Undercover surveillance suggests that the same notorious players might be back to their old tricks. This raw, gritty observational documentary follows Nick deep into the murky world of brothels, motels, and massage parlours as he attempts to confront the trafficking bosses, hear the stories of survivors, and ultimately compels the government to act on an underreported/ignored crime that is rife on Australia’s shores.
There Are People in the Forest
Polish-Belarusian border from a bird’s eye view. Refugees, who are trying to cross it to get to Poland, are hiding in the forest. As if in a computer game, they need to go back to square one when they encounter an evil character or the game is over. Based on the author and witnesses’ accounts, the animation depicts the terrifying humanitarian crisis which has been going on since 2021.
Home is a Hotel
“You gotta build your whole life in a room,” says one of the protagonists of this memorable documentary focused on residents of San Francisco SROs or single room occupancy housing. Available to people with lower incomes or those trying to get off the streets, the buildings are frequently cramped, often noisy, and sometimes riddled with vermin. The film tellingly reveals inhabitants who are diverse and complicated and have a wide variety of needs that these residences and their staffs are often unable to meet. From a single mother trying to find her missing daughter to an elderly woman who is going blind and facing eviction, to the two ex-addicts co-parenting their son, the film gives voice to the broad range of people struggling to keep a roof over their heads in one of the wealthiest cities in the country.
Material
In between transformations. Like a series of wanderings through the relationship between work and material, between the tool and the hand.
Eternal Flame
Jumping from the top of Nameless Tower in Pakistan (6,200m), after having climbed the Eternal Flame route, is to combine one of the most beautiful climbs in the world with one of the most beautiful BASE jumps imaginable. Following in the footsteps of pioneer jumpers from the early 1990s, BASE jumpers Éric Jamet and Antoine Pecher take on this immense adventure.
