Movies: Documentary filmmaking

Faced with the wreckage of a failed film project and the turmoil of his troubled youth, a young filmmaker, urged by his friends, seeks refuge in therapy. Each session becomes a battleground where he confronts his deepest fears and darkest nightmares....

Archives from Swarm's Involving Heritage 2024 tour with Piri Reis in five cities on the island of Java....

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 Dirty Water, Boston's runners took on the challenge, racing across the city to see if they could beat the MBTA f...

A short documentary on a family holiday to New York, put together by two siblings....

A slice-of-life documentary shot handheld without a viewfinder, MRT City captures the chance encounters of a diverse range of people on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system from October to November 2023. A pair of convent girls, migrant workers, squid...

Material filmed during and after the battle of Amman, in September 1970. The images document the rubble after the bombings, showing displaced people in the hall of a building, among the ruins, inside schools, while they are being treated . Some momen...

Filming for this picture took place in Russia over the course of a quarter of a century: in 2000, 2010 and 2022. The film is preceded by an epigraph: “The fate of every person depends on the country where they live, just as the fate of a country depe...

Fragments of interesting people and things amongst a handful of D train stops in Queens, New York. Filmed on Super 8 mm....

Spending a whirlwind afternoon with Ayo Mama, Jandrice, and Victor for their Coney Island photo shoot. Filmed on Super 8 mm....

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

An abstract documentary, in three parts, about the gradual process of an Ayahuasca ritual performed by the Shawãdawa "enchanted macaw" indigenous family....

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...

All Screwed Up | Visual Tribute is a passion project directed by Isaac "Chill" Yowman and produced by IYO Visuals in association with DJ Screw’s family to celebrate the life & legacy of a legend....

Anuj Malhotra and Chandan Sen's “Mayadweep” chronicles the diverse set of circumstances that resulted in the institution of the iconic Bikaner Gang Canal in Rajasthan. This film establishes a legacy of aristocratic apathy, the suffering it yields and...

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

In the Juan Fernández Archipelago, 700 kilometers from the central coast of Chile, is Robinson Crusoe Island. There, a group of children who are in their last year of primary school will soon graduate, leaving the island where they learned to live....

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

When her wife, Eurydice, is bitten by a snake and killed, Orpheus and her camera crew must journey down to the underworld to find the Offices of Hades. After overcoming obstacles and hardships, they reach their destination and plead with the King of ...

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