Documentary Filmmaking Movies

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal...

A story of a struggling filmmaker delving deep into Belgrade underworld in order to make a documentary about a young architect struggling in the...

In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creating their art, even when there is no promise of...

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the director gives voice and, in particular the...

An Australian icon found on every supermarket shelf, and coating every game day pack of hot chips. But the story of the South Australian man who...

Over a candid interview with its subject, a documentary concerning the life and work of film director Mike Hodges.

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at...

Through an intimate conversation, Steph Jane, age 28, shares the struggles and lessons her second diagnosis of stage-4 cancer has taught her. From...

This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander...

An excerpt about the troubled, passionate and intriguing relationship of an actor with his own life.

This hilarious, behind-the-scenes adventure shows the unforgettable, year-long production that Trevor Hawkins and his skeleton-crew of endearing...

Food writer and critic William Sitwell investigates the passions, pressures and obsessions behind that apparently all-important description,...

Film student Laïs Decaster trains her camera on her close-knit group of friends to capture daily life in the suburb of Argenteuil, near Paris.

On April 20 of 1988, six young people stormed the central Banamex branch in Los Mochis and held hostage the people inside the location. 30 years...

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

An experimental short film shot on Soviet Sveta 8mm film stock expired in 1984. It documents the 25th birthday of the filmmaker.

A group of queer Latinx skaters struggle with crippling mental health and societal expectations in Southern California. In their local skate...

A short film documenting street protests against the filming of William Friedkin's Cruising (1980)

The Broken Brothers Brass Band visits the Andrés Muñoz Garde public special education school in Pamplona. And through their interaction...