An Accidental Life
An Accidental Life is a deeply personal and vulnerable portrait of Quinn Brett, an ambitious, record-setting climber who strives to make meaning out of tragedy in the years following a…
Monsters Wanted
In early 2011, Rich Teachout quit his lucrative job to focus on creating a one-of-a-kind haunted attraction. He and his partner Janel dedicated every moment, ounce of energy, and dollar…
Stranded
The 1970s punk rock movement: New York had the Ramones, London had the Sex Pistols, Australia had the Saints. Stranded takes a look at the role four musicians from suburban…
Sea of Sorrow – Sea of Hope
Manal is forced to leave Syria. Once in safety, she plans to send for her children. As she learns that she must wait three years, Manal contacts ‘an agent’ to…
The House on Sweet and Seventh
A look back at the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad, who were brutally killed in their North Dakota home by their son, 18-year-old Brian Erickstad, and his friend, 27-year-old…
Ukraine on Fire
A Russian-backed conspiracy film produced by Oliver Stone, framing the Euromaidan protests and the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych as a Western-engineered coup.
Hockeyland
In Minnesota’s unforgiving North Country, hockey is life. Over the course of a season, two rival high school programs—one an emergent dynasty, the other steeped in a proud legacy—strive for…
Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground
In the Bahamas, more than 30% of dolphins have shark-bite scars. With a never-before-seen non-toxic gel bite pad and life-sized dolphin decoy, Dr. Mike Heithaus and Dr. Valeria Paz collect…
Big Cat Games
From extreme speed to bone crushing bites, big cats are some of the most impressive predators on the planet. Each of them is an incredible animal, with its own unique…
Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice
A Buddhist scientist from Bangkok decides to cryo-preserve his daughter’s brain. As scandal swirls around the family, they struggle to grieve a child that, in their view, is suspended between…
Hacking Hate
Simon Klose’s kinetic and socially-pressing documentary follows award-winning Swedish journalist My Vingren as she goes undercover online as a white supremacist in order to expose a network of neo-Nazis and…
First Man
Man’s early ancestors set off to conquer the world, to explore the unknown, to adapt to every environment. And one day, to conquer fire – a discovery that made them…
Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story
Before starting a family, Soozie Eastman, daughter of an industrial chemical distributor, embarks on a journey to find out the levels of toxins in her body and explores if there…
Zen for Nothing
Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autumn, winter and spring…
Zimbelism
George Zimbel’s work has documented the 20th century with grace, spontaneity and a remarkable eye for telling a story in one 35 mm frame.
Songs to Have Sex to
As a DJ, music journalist and broadcaster, Edith Bowman has always been fascinated by the relationship between sex and music. She meets experts and artists, producers, singers and even her…
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
The story of Matthew Perry’s rise to fame is interwoven with the harrowing story of his final days, as his assistant allegedly sought ketamine from sources the U.S. Attorney claims…
Berlin Bytch Love
This insightful documentary tells the harrowing story of Sophie and Dominik, a homeless couple struggling to make ends meet. With a baby on the way and a prison sentence looming,…
Petition
The dysfunctional Chinese justice system allows citizens with grievances against their local governments to petition the court to clear or correct their record. Yet in order to do so, the…
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch. It is almost the only information about the artist of The Garden of Earthly Delights that we can put…
Law and Order
LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how…
Hospital
Daily activities of the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, with emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate how medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational…
The Seat
‘The Seat’ is an unprecedented inside look that led to a once-in-a-generation driver change in Mercedes and F1 history. It reveals the private conversations that led the Mercedes team and…
Print It Black
After the Robb Elementary school shooting in Texas, local Uvalde Leader-News journalists are left to report on the fallout – and on one of their staff members. Reporter Kimberly Rubio…
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country’s harsh judicial system.
Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta
Drama, heritage, soul; Actor Toma Ikuta trains for his first kabuki theater performance with his long-time friend, kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe.
The Grandmaster & The Dragon: William Cheung & Bruce Lee
36 years after the world lost the incomparable icon, Bruce Lee, his early friend and martial arts training partner, William Cheung, recorded his thoughts and fond reflections on the man…
Spectre: Sanity, Madness and The Family
Jean grew up in a community under the influence of a guru named Chris. Years after escaping its grip, he receives a mysterious package. Chris has just died and Jean’s…
The Poet of Havana
Join internationally renowned Cuban singer, songwriter, and lyricist Carlos Varela as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as an artist.
Explorer: Lake of Fire
In 2001, satellite imagery captured a mysterious “thermal anomaly” on an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth. What lies inside could provide new clues to help predict volcanic…
Drăguș, viața unui sat românesc
One of the first sociological and ethnographic documentary films worldwide, made by the team of sociologists and students of Professor Dimitrie Gusti (1880-1955) in the village of Drăguş, Făgăraş County,…
Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius
Everyone knows his name but what is the true story behind the man? Inventor, innovator, iconoclast; Steve Jobs was all of these and more. Now find out the gripping truth…
I Am Martin Parr
Since the 1970s‚ Martin Parr has fearlessly held out his unique photographic mirror and given us some of the most extraordinary and unique visual clichés of modern times. Sometimes serious‚…
Federico Chiesa – Back on Track
9 January 2022, Olympic Stadium of Rome. Within the first thirty minutes of the game, Federico Chiesa collapsed on the ground, screaming in pain: he had ruptured the cruciate ligament…
Rescuing Rex
Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Leora Eisen, TVO Original Rescuing Rex unearths provocative truths about a world-wide phenomenon—international dog adoptions. A new social movement driven by a desire to do…
Unrest
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s “all in her head.” Determined to live, she…
Our Daily Bread
Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food…
Be Here to Love Me
Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt.
Bob Gomel: Eyewitness
When history was made, Bob Gomel was there. This documentary examines the stories behind the stories of some of the most significant events in the 20th century. Hear and see…
Unfightable
Alana McLaughlin is a transgender woman beginning her career in the mixed martial arts. She’ll have to contend with athletes who refuse to fight her, find a gym willing to…
The Commandant’s Shadow
While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of…
Reconstruction of Occupation
Documentary filmmaker Jan Sikl came across several hours of footage showing the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in private film archives. 53 years later, historical memory awakens from a long…
The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902)
Eye Filmmuseum and the British Film Institute present a compilation film of newly-restored rare images from the first years of filmmaking. Immerse yourself in enchanting images of Venice, Berlin, Amsterdam…
Burden
Twelve men go on a retreat together during a weekend to a country house, in order to face a personal and collective transformation. They are twelve wounded men that try…
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure…
As all-time comedy-great Sir Billy Connolly steps back from his legendary stand-up shows, this star-studded special celebrates Billy’s uproarious time on-stage and laughs along with his greatest stand-up moments. Filmed…
Born to Be Wild
Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two…
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Guy Maddin takes his dog Spanky out for his last walk with him at the lake.
Bachman
Documentary follows the award-winning Canadian musician Randy Bachman as he creates his next hit song, featuring rarely seen footage, pictures and archived documents that had been stored in Ottawa for…
Jaws vs. Kraken
Something shocking is happening in the abyss around Guadalupe Island. Photos of great whites with strange scars believed to be from giant squids have surfaced. Dr. Tristan Guttridge leads a…
Lucy and Desi
Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together.
The Inland Sea
In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional…
I, Superbiker: The War for Four
Mark Sloper directs this feature-length documentary taking you through the thrills and spills of the 2013 British Superbike season. This year saw riders Shane Byrne and Ryuichi Kiyonari battle it…
A Thirsty World
Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural…
Frida Kahlo
She was a prolific self-portraitist, using the canvas as a mirror through all stages of her turbulent and, at times, tragic life. This highly engaging film takes us on a…
Central Airport THF
A documentary about Berlin’s former airport Tempelhof. A film about Departures and Arrivals. And about those Berliners who come here to escape from their daily lives and those refugees who…
Confiné
Without any international races held in 2020, Mathieu Blanchard takes on the challenge of crossing the Gaspé Peninsula over the hinterland. His goal is to run over 650km and 30,000m…
Trevor Noah: You Laugh But It’s True
In the world of stand-up comedy in South Africa, Trevor Noah uses his childhood experiences in a biracial family during apartheid to prepare for his first one-man show.
Don’t Fall in Love with Yourself
A documentary about the life and music of Justin Pearson. An enigmatic underground musician and owner of Three One G records.
I Dream of Wires
An independent documentary film about the phenomenal resurgence of the modular synthesizer — exploring the passions, obsessions and dreams of people who have dedicated part of their lives to this…
First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story
One of Nature’s smallest birds, a Black-chinned Hummingbird, built her nest on a backyard clothesline. Stunning close-up photography brings you into the nest as the hatchlings emerge from their shells….
Better Brain Health: We Are What We Eat
Documentary about the connection between diet and the brain.
Dads
A joyful exploration of modern fatherhood, this doc gathers the testimonies of dads around the world, from famous comedians to everyday parents. Their unfiltered stories speak to the beauty, struggles,…
The Unknown Tour
Ruled by social media and internet fame, today’s music industry has become much more about industry and much less about music. We judge music by the numbers associated with it,…
The Race to Save the World
The Race To Save The World is a climate change film like no other. Instead of focusing on paralyzing facts and numbers this inspiring feature takes a unique approach by…