Documentary Movies

Discover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event was a milestone in the life of São...

Almost ten years ago, while filming in the high-security Rahova prison in Romania, the filmmaker met Gavriel Hrieb, a prisoner sentenced to life...

A critique of liquid love through sarcasm and crude humor. With the desire that the viewer empathize with the protagonists and reflect on the...

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the...

An intimate and revelatory portrait of one of the world’s most influential political figures, Lula explores the rise, fall and triumphant...

Silva, an old drifter, arrives at a small and isolated Portuguese village where he meets the young Ana. They develop a relation in between friendship...

A new documentary exploring Donald Trump's White House.

A scientific paper sparks controversy and congressional inquiry. Bias influences perceptions of evidence and testimony in the misconduct...

Julien Bourges partly retraces the life of Alfredo Corrado, an American deaf artist. Today, considered an important figure in the French deaf...

Non-US directors speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries. Because of the difficulty of financing, very few...

Ruy, a solitary surveyor, travels the harsh Pernambuco. His life is transformed when he meets three women from a mambembe circus, Madrinha,...

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

This is the story of Vinnie Jones's rise, fall, and comeback against odds – and red cards – from one of football's most notorious hard...

The story of an indigenous Ese’eja child facing the death of his grandfather. During the two days that separate the two traditional funerals...

Kellou, in her forties, lives in Bol, the capital of Sahel’s province. She’s a fisher, profession transmitted from mother to daughter....

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Using cutting-edge scanning technology and state-of-the-art CGI, a team of experts creates the first high-resolution 3D digital twin of the Titanic...

From as far back as the black plague all the way to the latest Ebola scare we are always a step behind when it comes to our battle against pandemics....