Documentary Movies

The Lost Children

After a plane crash, four indigenous children fight to survive in the Colombian Amazon using ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.

Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris

Bordeaux-Paris was the best bike race you’ve never heard of: a midnight start, 550km-long, and ridden behind motorised ‘dernys’, with winners including Jacques Anquetil and Tom Simpson. More than thirty years since Bordeaux-Paris was last raced, pro cyclists Mitch Docker and Sam Bewley are aiming to recreate the infamous 1965 edition. How will they fare at the ‘Derby of the Road’?

Samba Riachão

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

Da Vinci

In an operating theatre in a hospital robotic surgery department, a journey through the human body is undertaken by a specialized robot named Da Vinci. The surgeon conducts the entire operation remotely, controlling the robot’s intricate movements with a joystick.

Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border

A deeply human portrait of the chaotic reality of the US - Mexico border. Full of stunnig images and crafted like a classic city-symphony where the sum of the pieces add up to a larger whole, Purgatorio, a Journey Into the Heart of the Border brings together a universe of small stories to create a compelling and visceral cinematic experience that takes audiences into the very soul of life on the border.

Recycle

In a place where extremes are raised, a tough choice has to be made. An ex-mujahideen struggles to reconcile his faith and reality. But he faces setbacks at every turn as he is forced to collect cardboard in the streets of Zarqa, an occupation barely sustaining his family. As his situation deteriorates he has to make a radical decision to save himself from humiliation. Abu Amar found himself disillusioned with the chaos Afghanistan was left in during the 80's and tried to clear this confusion by writing a book on Jihad. However insightful and moderate, he has failed so far to publish his work. In the meantime his attempts to build a normal life in the impoverished town where Iraq Al Qaiada leader Al Zarqawi grew up are failing.

Maestra

Migration

Almost eight years ago the family of Marcela Gómez separated. His parents and younger sister emigrated to the United States and lived in Cali, Colombia. While reconstructing the history of her family through the home movies they sent her in the mail, Marcela questioned the phenomenon of third world migration to the great powers and how these powers assume an immigrant.

The Alpinist

The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.

Stephen Curry: Underrated

The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.

Castro Laboreiro

All Inclusive, Or How The Sky Became Orphan

Greece in summer during tourist season. In a five-star category "all inclusive" lives a seagull with a broken wing. Summer visitors behave differently to the wounded bird. Some do not notice it, others sympathize, others feed it and even try to heal the wounded seagull. How a bird of the seagull family reacts to a relationship so close to humans, the viewer will know by watching this dramatic story recorded on film.

My Mentor, Chen Yingzhen

Koyaanisqatsi

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Cold Kisses

In Bogota outskirts, Young voices are echoing all around Leonardo, Omar, Jaime, Estiven, Diego and so many others are still there Although murdered by the army 6 or 7 years ago. They call on their mothers and kiss them, Their lips are as cool as ice. They are blessed souls. Looking after those whom they love dearly.

Big Little Women

Three generations of women rebel against patriarchal prohibitions.

Tens

DON'DUT

Aflah and his team began working on a personal documentary about Aflah challenging himself to lose weight. But as time went on, his goals began to crumble, his diet slowly lost focus, while Aflah’s desire to control the direction of the film only grew stronger. His team began to question whether this documentary was truly about change, or simply about Aflah wanting to make himself the center of the story.

B2

Biosphere 2 is a unique space, the home of a rainforest, a river, and even an ocean; here mother nature is born from human hands, machines and transparent walls. People have accompanied and cared for her; Isabel and Steve are two of them.

Civil Disobedience

This documentary records the events of civil unrest in Taiwan that followed the "Red Martial Law" in 2008. It tells the story of abuses suffered by civilians at the hands of the authorities; of how state power has rapidly advanced to undermine civil rights; and investigates the problems of being educated to be "obedient" in Taiwanese culture.