Movies: Documentary filmmaking

A trip to the Valley of Salazar, in the Navarrese Pyrenees. People united for the love of the earth. A story full of hope. People transformed by an encounter....

Gilubong ang Akon Pusod sa Dagat explores the relevance of the sea and its relationship and impact on those who use it as a source of livelihood. Through a three-channel video projection, the work proffers varying scenes and perspectives in simultane...

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

Christmas Eve in rapid camera....

Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the impoverished community of Milwaukee despite internal struggles and disapproval from the city....

Plagued by injuries, former world champion powerlifter Kirill Sakharov re-examines his origins and mentality as he seeks to overcome self-doubt and return stronger....

A short portrait of Hungarian production designer József Romvári, made by his granddaughter. Included as a special bonus feature on the release of Mephisto, Confidence, and Colonel Redl, by director István Szabó through Kino Lorber....

Mariam Shahin has been making films about Gaza for over thirty years. When she moved to Gaza in 2005, she felt a powerful sense of optimism following the Israeli withdrawal. But by 2009, war had badly damaged its infrastructure, neighbourhoods, busin...

A glimpse into the existential angst of an idyllic summer....

Documentary made a year before the great international pandemic, Bruno Ferreira follows a couple who work as jugglers at traffic lights...

Why is it prohibited to sit in food courts if you will not order foods? Why did Isko Moreno, newly elected Mayor of Manila, suddenly withdrew the licenses of bars near university establishments? What is life at night in Poblacion, Makati for Prostitu...

"If all these cameras start talking to you.." A short documentary on a vintage camera museum, established by an archivist and photographer Mr. Aditya Arya...

Award-winning documentary about kids who filmed Super 8 epics in the '70s, a time when dinosaurs, aliens, and killer sharks ruled the backyard!...

Hotel rooms are rarely the destination for pilgrimage. In one hotel room, an iconic picture was taken - the portrait of Theodor Herzl, the most renowned zionist leader. Filmmaker Matan Tal visits the room and explores how the connection between Her...

In this short documentary film, the activation of grandma's memory is explored by revisiting old pictures of her loved ones....

Sugaring time marks the end of the Quebec winter, and the traditions associated with this highlight of the year are centered around the sugar shack. The production of maple syrup, as much as the gatherings it causes, has been anchored in Quebec cultu...

Set in the semi-arid village near the Haryana-Rajasthan border, Gangu and his family of agricultural bonded labours are not given access to water for bathing. This leads to a rise in conflict and anger into an eventual tragedy....

In this documentary the poet Nelson Castelo is filmed in the intimacy of his home and reflects a little about himself....

A personal and intimate documentary in which Maria Cleusa dos Santos, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother tells her life story and about the houses where she had lived and lives today....

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