Documentaries

A documentary about Kubrick must necessarily get to the reality behind the legends fueled by a superficial and impatient press. Stanley and us is the story of three Italian fans who, in a unique enterprise, decided to give it a try.

Unit 731 explores a side of WWII history that is largely unknown to the Western World. Documenting the development of WWII from the perspective of the Far East Front, the story of the gruesome human research center, UNIT 731, is revealed.

This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.

A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.

A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.

Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.

When atrocities are committed in countries held hostage by ruthless dictators, Human Rights Watch sends in the E-Team (Emergencies Team), a collection of fiercely intelligent individuals hired to document war crimes and report them to the rest of the world. Within this volatile climate, filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Katy Chevigny take us to the frontline in Syria and Libya, where shrapnel, bullet holes, and unmarked graves provide mounting evidence of coordinated attacks conducted by Bashar al-Assad and the now-deceased Muammar Gaddafi. The crimes are rampant, random, and often undocumented, making E-Team's effort to get information out of the country and into the hands of media outlets and criminal courts all the more necessary.

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

A Syrian radio DJ shares her experiences in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring.

Australian journalist Michael Ware's experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after.

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.

A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.

World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.

A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.