Documentary Filmmaking Movies

At once a journey and a reckoning, this film follows 19 year old Koen's ascent of Mount Rinjani—often regarded as Indonesia’s toughest...

A personal and intimate documentary in which Maria Cleusa dos Santos, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother tells her life story and about the...

A retired bricklayer wants his grandson, who lives hundreds of miles away, to stay with him. Will he convince the young man despite the lack of...

Anuj Malhotra and Chandan Sen's “Mayadweep” chronicles the diverse set of circumstances that resulted in the institution of the iconic...

System (2025) is a short documentary film exploring intergenerational connections to land and country. Interviews with Aunty Denise Morgan Bulled, a...

A documentary film about a 70-year-old man who has never in his life had his photo taken. So, one day, he asks a young man to take a picture of him...

From June 2021 to June 2022, Justin "Jastun" Bland records whatever that is in front of him. He presents an abstract montage of collected videos...

Boston’s subway is notorious for delays, but just how fast is it compared to the city’s own runners? In this unique race organized by Run...

Himurasak shares stories from communities in Tacloban affected by Typhoon Yolanda, from the collective memory and experiences of the locals...

Is there a connection between bible stories of contacts with the gods and the modern day UFO phenomenon?

This short documentary follows historian Kate Taylor as she recounts John Wilkes Booth's final attempt to escape across the Potomac River.

Little Minds on the Prairie is a documentary capturing life through the eyes of a filmmaker growing up in a restless generation. Filmed from 2010...

Five years ago, Nick and Mark received permission to excavate an old pond on Wanstead Flats, the southernmost part of Epping Forest in Leytonstone,...

Material filmed during and after the battle of Amman, in September 1970. The images document the rubble after the bombings, showing displaced people...

Filmmaker Jack Bramley spends a day with Jethro The Clown, filming him at one of his clown gigs to see what clowning looks like up close. They...

Religious imagery in Curado I, a small neighbourhood in the northeast of Brazil.