Documentary Movies

Samba Riachão

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.

Studio 54

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.

El sirviente

An experimental documentary that portrays Jiva's life within a Hindu family that practices the Hare Krishna religion. Jiva lives in a typical house in the Buenos Aires suburbs with his wife and eight children, where a deep religiosity constantly filters into everyday life. Throughout the film, a split screen reflects the different aspects of this way of life.

25 Years of Solitude

Love and death. The 1992-1993 war, which in Abkhazia is called the Patriotic War, ended long ago, but the small sovereign unrecognized state is unable to overcome the military syndrome. I want love so much! In the mountain village of Achandara, Lavrik Akhba, an actor of the Abkhaz drama theater, captain of the second rank of the border fleet and a farmer, is trying to help his friend Tuta find a bride through a dating site. But suddenly he himself, a war hero, a lover of books and women, is covered with love of such strength that it turns out to be more destructive than that terrible last war.

Lambda Pi

Lena Platonos, a major figure in the Greek music scene who has proven to be ahead of her time in terms of her groundbreaking work in electronica, is now receiving a surge of international attention, thanks to album re-issues and remixes. Both established and up-and-coming artist cite her as a key influence for her experimentations in sound, her eerie lyrics and her unique, uncompromising approach to creating music and art. With the help of collaborators, friends and international musicians of the electronic music scene such as Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and the Red Axes, the film goes back to the time her revolutionary records were made.

Condor Operation

Operation Condor recounts the multinational scheme for the elimination of leaders of the South American left devised and executed by the dictatorships of the Southern Cone of America with the support and ideological inspiration of the CIA, which reached its climax in the 1970s. The Latin American military that They seized power and imposed on their peoples a regime of terror based on the disappearance of people, torture, murder and psychological warfare.

Reconstructing Utøya

This documentary picks up after the horror has ended. Almost 500 teens are in grief as 69 of their friends have fallen. They've been shot dead. How could this island ever become a safe place again? Here, we see how Utøya was first the safest place on Earth to the most terrible and how it was restored and stands as a beacon of hope for the survivors and the Norwegian people.

Los 80's, años dorados del merengue

A group of merengue exponents tell about their experiences around the Caribbean rhythm that went around the world with a unique musical style. The best interpretations and best arrangements were in the 80's, which was without a doubt merengue's golden era.

Lotta partigiana

Der Schatten ist lang - Jura Soyfer und seine Zeitgenossen

This film illuminates the way in which the cultural climate of "Red Vienna" affected the subsequent years leading up to the present and examines the mark left on the lives of Jura Soyfer's contemporaries.

Ruins

An exploration of modern ruins that seeks to record the traces of time in Mexico City.

Serafina

An orthodox heroine astride a motorbike. Young people breaking the monotony of a country life through stunt riding. A meeting against a Western backdrop between two universes that are at odds with each other except for their very reason for being: passion.

In retrospect

Immigrant workers build a shopping mall for the upcoming 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In 2016, nine people with migrant backgrounds are killed in a racist attack at the same mall.

Rester vivants

A documentary film following events after the Egyptian revolution of 2011.

The Gulf of Finland

In the film we see an oil tanker sailing across the Gulf of Finland. On her way she passes through one of the most beautiful and most valuable marine areas. At the same time, under the surface, the medusa - a species dating back 500 million years is undergoing a transformation that takes six months. In the film these very different creations traverse the Gulf of Finland and also meet each other and abundance of the ocean life.

Women's Memoirs

The Punta de Rieles prison was where most female political prisoners were incarcerated during the dictatorship in Uruguay. The way up to the building led through “the meadow” where there were animals grazing, and the prison itself was surrounded with flowers. The place seemed eminently liveable, almost comfortable, and at first sight there was no sign of the silent struggle going on behind those walls. This documentary is an attempt to reconstruct life at the prison through the testimony of some of the hundreds of women who were there and who resisted the military regime's attempts to grind them down and destroy them.

The Leo

Will this be a culmination of the past 50 years or the beginning of the next? This question looms over the town of Prescott, Ontario as the community of just over four thousand people prepare for the 50th edition of the Super Bowl of minor league hockey, "The Leo Boivin Showcase".

Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse

How the class community is formed. The children's environment and the experiences and discoveries that the school gives them. They are reflected in the lessons. At the end of the school year they receive their first report card and are "Young Pioneers".

Fuerzas vivas

Solace

On | Solace – Running the Alps in 30 days – Karel Sabbe's Via Alpina FKT In the summer of 2021, ultrarunner Karel Sabbe ran the Via Alpina trail in just 30 days. Averaging two marathons on a daily basis, he navigated the route 14 days faster than anybody else. As well as the Alps, Karel overcame sleep deprivation, illness and extreme weather. And he did it all with a camera crew in tow, documenting every step.