1. La bataille de Jérusalem (La bataille de Jérusalem)
This documentary, filmed after October 7, places recent events in context and retraces the extraordinary history of this region to shed light on the present, interviewing actors and witnesses to this conflict: Islamists, Jewish nationalists, imams, rabbis, intellectuals, urban planners, soldiers, etc.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
2. HyperNormalisation
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…
It has an average vote of 7.448 on TMDB.
3. Ditadura Reservada (Ditadura Reservada)
(Ditadura Reservada)
4. Tardor Calenta (Tardor Calenta)
(Tardor Calenta)
5. Anulloje Ligjin (Anulloje Ligjin)
A documentary that investigates the complexity of a nation, Albania, through the narration of the convoluted history of its monuments. What happens to the statues when they are destroyed, what are they replaced with and where do their marble shreds end up? What happens to their expensive bronze? And again: what do the sculptors who made these statues think of these destructions, what is their opinion. And today? Which statues are being destroyed in Albania today?
6. The Ceausescu Trial: A Stolen Revolution (Le Procès des Ceausescu : une révolution volée)
30 years after the fall of the Romanian dictator Ceausescu in 1989, we get a reconstruction of one of the most violent events during the fall of the communist regimes.</p><p> The investigation exposes the gray areas of a coup d'état sparked by the ex-communist elites under the guise of a people's revolution. And zooms in on the role of the media in the mock trial and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Revolution's Daughter
A deep dive into the lives and experiences of those impacted by the Fidel Castro era in Cuba.
8. People of Moon, People of Blood: Yanomami document 1972-1982 (People of Moon, People of Blood: Yanomami document 1972-1982)
(People of Moon, People of Blood: Yanomami document 1972-1982)
9. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
"PUSHOUT" is a feature length film confronting the criminalization and miseducation of African American girls that has led to their alarming high school dropout rate and increase into the juvenile justice system.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
10. Here and Elsewhere (Ici et Ailleurs)
"Here is a family of average French people in front of their television. Elsewhere, they are Palestinian fighters filmed before the massacres of Black September." . "We came here to study this: to learn, to learn lessons, if possible to record these lessons, to then broadcast them here, or elsewhere in the world. Almost a year ago, two of us came to investigate the Democratic Front. Then another went to Fath. We read the texts and programs. As French Maoists, we decided to make the film with Fath whose title is Until Victory. We let the Palestinians , during the film, themselves say the word: "Revolution". But the true title of the film is Methods of Thought and Work of the Palestinian Liberation Movement."
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
11. Grove Carnival
A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.
12. La couleur du temps (La couleur du temps)
(La couleur du temps)
13. Stolen House (Casita Robada)
"Stolen House" is a documentary short film that follows the migration story of Mark, a Russian photographer, and Katya, a Ukrainian artist, to Argentina. Through narrations, staged scenes, and archival material, fragments of their lives, feelings, and motivations are explored.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
14. Split Screen
The story of January 6, 2021, where approximately 2000 people stormed the US Capitol to stop the certification of the Electoral College Votes, killing some and leaving over 140 injured. A firestorm of angst, anger, violence and confusion.
15. Hull Fair
The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.
16. Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to Manchester Docks
The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
17. Antídots per a un paradís fake (Antídots per a un paradís fake)
The twelfth edition of the International Meeting of Collective Architectures was held in Palma de Mallorca, in the neighborhoods of La Soledat, Nou Llevant and Es Molinar, at the end of September 2019. The meeting focused on the imposition of false paradises and the description of the current mechanisms of urban transformation that expel people from their neighborhoods.
18. Cidade Dorme (Cidade Dorme)
Night falls and the noisy and chaotic population of the city of Rio de Janeiro goes to their homes, preparing for a new day. But while most people sleep, how does the city function? Early morning seems, to unaccustomed eyes, something lonely and even scary. What is life like, then, for those who work and live while the city sleeps?
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. Kaliningrad: A Russian Fortress in the Heart of Europe (Kaliningrad: A Russian Fortress in the Heart of Europe)
Located on the shores of the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania, Kaliningrad is a piece of Russia in the heart of Europe. A curious territory, isolated from Moscow after the fall of the USSR, today transformed into a military fortress facing NATO. In Kaliningrad, headquarters of the Russian Baltic fleet, there are 30,000 soldiers, hypersonic missiles and nuclear capability.
20. A Rats Arse
Sitting at the intersection of two main arteries of traffic on Melbournes Northside is a giant yellow rat that is pointing, with a long gnarled claw, to its explicitly large bottom. This yellow rat is the mascot for the small business Glenlyon Motors. This unusual mascot and the absence of an explanation for its existence has many residents of Melbournes north side puzzled. 'A Rats Arse' finally answers the question on every Northside residents lips - “Why?!” - and along the way reveals something about identity, values, community, and the people who exist within them.
