Documentary Movies

O Sonho de Ouro

It would be a swan, it would be a heron; white magic evil eyes.

Condor Operation

Operation Condor recounts the multinational scheme for the elimination of leaders of the South American left devised and executed by the dictatorships of the Southern Cone of America with the support and ideological inspiration of the CIA, which reached its climax in the 1970s. The Latin American military that They seized power and imposed on their peoples a regime of terror based on the disappearance of people, torture, murder and psychological warfare.

Housemaids

Seven adolescents take on the mission of filming, for one week, their family's housemaids and hand over the footage to the director to make a film. The images that confront us uncover the complex relationship that exists between housemaids and their employers, a relationship that confuses intimacy and power in the workplace and provides us with an insight into the echoes of a colonial past that linger in contemporary Brazil.

HOTHEADS

In the midst of a snowstorm, two student journalists venture through backroad towns in hopes of finding a make or break story.

AM I?

AM I? follows AI consciousness researcher Cameron Berg as he investigates one of the deepest scientific mysteries of our time: whether we have accidentally built a new kind of mind. Featuring interviews with leading philosophers, AI pioneers, and researchers at the frontier of consciousness science, the documentary explores what it means when we no longer know the nature of what we've created.

The Burden

Rodrigue and Reine live with their three children in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. They make their living from a meager yield of cassava flour and are very active in the local church, where the battle between God and Satan is central, and believing in evil spirits, curses and witchcraft is common.

La familia Figueroa: una dinastía musical

Documentary on the life and accomplishments of the members of this uniquely talented musical family. The film focuses on the Figueroa family’s history within the context of its creative universe, dating back to the 19th century. Through the use of photographs, historic film footage, recordings, sheet music, newspaper clippings, and posters, the musical trajectory of the family is brought to life and their role in transforming the musical history of Puerto Rico and the world is portrayed.

Algériennes, Trente ans après

Two Raging Grannies

Two Raging Grannies is a touching and thought-provoking documentary that challenges the idea that we must continue to shop, consume, amass, and keep the economy growing.

Joseph's Children

From the place where Joseph Brodsky died to the place where he was born, the distance is now insurmountable: there is no country or city where the poet left forty years ago in the world anymore. And that means there's no way to go back. But in the summer of 2014, by order of Brodsky's widow Maria, the last things in the poet's life are sent to the first house in his life. To St. Petersburg, to the corner of Pestel and Liteyny, to the Muruzi house. This film is an attempt at a group portrait of those whom Brodsky would have found if he had had the opportunity to return to Russia today. Formally, the characters of the film are talking about Brodsky. But in these stories, not literary critics, but people who have been strongly influenced by Brodsky, whom they have never seen, there are so many of themselves that a portrait of an entire generation has come out. Generations of Joseph Brodsky's children who had never seen their father with their own eyes in their lives.

Orozco the Embalmer

In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.

Letters to a Serialkiller

A thriller documentary where the director seek answers on why her brother was shot by the Swedish serial killer Peter Mangs.

CABREO

The Breast Milk Boom

For some time now, there has been a real hype about breast milk. Internationally. Women have discovered their lactate can be a source of income and they offer it on the free market via the Internet. Doctors and midwives are calling for more breast milk banks. In Switzerland, the first centre for breast milk research has been established. Myths and legends surround the subject of breast milk, but not all information is scientifically sound. Although there are still many unanswered questions even among academics, one thing is undisputed: Breast milk is an especially valuable drink. The film presents the latest research into the subject of breast milk, shows us what scientists are currently working on and asks which breast milk secrets they want to reveal next.

George-Peterland

To escape their super boring reality at school, five friends invent a magical chicken forest world in which they can dream as much as they want without being disturbed by adults. They call it “George-Peterland”. But utopia is turning against itself.

Business People

There are unique people in small towns and villages of Russia who, despite the circumstances, are trying to improve the life around them. They are arranged this way: someone fills a skating rink in the yard after work and teaches children to play hockey, someone does not let local crafts and cultural traditions die, someone brings up foster children, and someone saves lonely elders. The participants of the film project are different in age and nationality, they have different professions and life circumstances, they are surrounded by different environments – from the extreme tundra to a small town. But one thing unites them - they change the world around them.

Amasando futuro

The Tupac Amaru neighborhood organization, led by Milagro Sala, carried out impressive construction, cultural, educational, healthcare, and dignified projects for vulnerable sectors of the Jujuy Province. On January 16, 2016, Milagro was arrested because her actions affected the economic and political interests of the Jujuy ruling class. Many cooperative members who participated in this epic plot were gradually arrested. In a trial riddled with irregularities, they were convicted.

The Bridge

Living is like crossing a bridge. Is it possible that what looks like it is part of a cityscape is in fact a living being? Just like people, it is born, it lives an eventful life, it experiences its fate and its quiet forsaken aging, and then it inevitably dies. Meet Kyiv’s Rybalski Bridge and its memories.

Birth Date

A teenager and his sisters who wanted to surprise his mom on her birthday but got the wrong idea of her birth date: is it on the Lunar or the Gregorian calendar?

Roses. Film-Cabaret

Once upon a time in the dressing room of the famous Dakh theatre in Kyiv, seven actresses came up with the Dakh Daughters project. At their first solo show, Roses, they presented the world with a contemporary interpretation of the art of cabaret, which, in its absolute carnival freedom, knows how to entertain the public with the most serious topics. At the same time, Ukraine found itself on the threshold of significant change, not just in society, but also in the consciousnesses of thousands of people. The Revolution of Dignity and the war in the East reveal the nuances of the protagonists’ personalities, worldviews, creative reflections.