Documentary Filmmaking Movies

Björn Lindqvist is the world's best town planner. He isn't changing the world, he's just trying to improve it.

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital...

In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional...

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

In the depths of the Louisiana swamps, Shelby lives an extraordinary life of adventure and survival. This documentary unveils his mysterious world of...

Damiano David's short film for the presentation of his first somo album: Funny Little Fears. He speaks and sings about his fears.

Journalist Kristina is filming a documentary about a case of domestic violence in an old high-rise building. But it turns out that these walls hold...

Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...

Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary...

An unsung pioneer of 1970s Texas Progressive Country, Steven Fromholz had a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Revered by legends...

Breki, a 20-year-old man, returns to the neighbourhood where he grew up to make a documentary film about his own childhood.

Documentary film about Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Birri. An interview: a journey through documentary filmmaking, his childhood, the dawning of...

Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local...

A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but terrorizing El Salvador. It explores their origins...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

A short documentary on how people view art and its value in today's society.

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into...

A documentary on Venezuelan filmmaker Margot Benacerraf, who won the Cannes International Critics Prize with her movie Araya in 1959.

Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's...