1. Land of the Anaconda
Join barefoot scientist Jesús Rivas in the murky marshes of Venezuela on his quest to understand these huge, fearsome reptiles. Up to 30 feet long, weighing many times more than the scientists studying them, anacondas are difficult subjects at best, but the National Geographic team captures brilliant footage of them swimming, resting, mating, and hunting prey.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
2. Swing con Son (Swing con Son)
Music documentary by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela
3. The Hugo Chavez Show
Frontline examines Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez chronicling his rise to power and offering insights into his personality, policies and his shrewd use of the media.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Los Hijos del Silencio (Los Hijos del Silencio)
How many parents lost their sons? How many sons lost their parents? A young boxer faces his biggest fight, although it is not the battle he expected, in a dark moment of life he faces fate with nothing to gain, like another son.
5. Beauty Factory
From oratory classes to operating room, Beauty Factory follows five girls for four months as they compete for the coveted Miss Venezuela crown; revealing the process that has won Venezuela more international beauty pageants than any other country.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Ruina
A squatted bank tower in downtown Caracas is transformed into a socialist micro-society by 3000 people. RUINA tells about difficulties and achievements by building up a community in a vertical city.
7. Torre David
Torre David, a 45-story office tower in Caracas, was almost complete when it was abandoned following the death of its developer and collapse of the Venezuelan economy. Today, it is the improvised home of more than 750 families, living in an extra-legal occupation that some call a vertical slum.
8. Empatia por Ulises (Empatia por Ulises)
(Empatia por Ulises)
9. Venezuela es un Desorden (Venezuela es un Desorden)
Through humor, anecdotes and their songs, mythical Venezuelan ska band Desorden Público tells their story and that of three decades of their country.
10. Sin ti contigo (Sin ti contigo)
Confessions of a father to his deceased daughter.
11. The heart of Caracas (El corazón de Caracas)
Caracas has been changing since the nineteenth century this is a story that tries to explain why the Venezuelan capital is complex, chaotic and fertile. In light of these new evidences, community experiments, social awareness and organization of people, seem to be the necessary ingredients to rescue a metropolis that is not yet completely lost.
12. 10 Years of Indeleble (10 Años de Indeleble)
This documentary tells the story behind "Indeleble", the album with which Los Mesoneros received four Latin Grammy nominations and toured many countries. "10 Años de Indeleble" features interviews, stories, and songs that had never seen the light of day, along with a live show in which Los Mesoneros perform, in order, the songs that were part of that first record.
13. Una Fabula Muy Trillada: The Legacy Of Dermis Tatú (Una Fabula Muy Trillada)
Two decades ago, Venezuela's power trio Dermis Tatú released their only album, "La violó, la mató y la picó" . The band was an offspring from the separation of Sentimiento Muerto, and was formed by Carlos "Cayayo" Troconis , Héctor Castillo and Sebastián Araujo . The record is still considered by many as the most influential in the Venezuelan rock scene. Twenty years later, Castillo and Araujo remember the stories behind the recording, as a group of the current generation of Venezuelan rockers, not only explain its influence and impact, but also play all the songs from the album, making them their own.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
14. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
15. Venezuela Jungle Jam
The latest film from the Belgian climbing team, following Asgard Jamming and Vertical Sailing Greenland, Venezuela Jungle Jam features Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, Nico Favresse, Stephane Hanssens and Jean-Louis Wertz as they attempt a new free climb on the overhanging 500m wall of Amuri Tepul in the Venezuelan Jungle.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
16. Who Wants Tuki? (¿Quién Quiere Tuki?)
The film portrays two of the most important producers of a movement born in the early 2000s, as well as the testimonies of some of its signatures dancers. In addition, it shows the initiative of Abstractor Collective to rescue and export the authenticity of a catchy rhythm that begins to count amongst its followers important producers and artist of the international electronic scene.
17. Vamos Pal Matiné (Vamos Pal Matiné)
In its heyday, Changa Tuki, aka Raptor House, attracted thousands of young people to afternoon parties called "matinees", from those parties a controversial subculture grew, one that still echoes to this day. This is the story as told by its protagonists.
18. Sex Assistant (Sex Assistant)
A young couple with disabilities seek help to enhance their sexual relationship, and make a film about it. Their journey of obstacles reveal that the hardest hurdles are not physical.
19. Resolve in Venezuela (Resolver en Venezuela)
The word "resolver" in the context of seeking solutions is a word-expression widely used in Venezuela. This documentary follows the lives of several characters during one day. We see how they feel, work, talk or do such different things that show the reality of a country so diverse and, at the same time, so unknown to the world.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
20. Persona Non Grata (Persona Non Grata)
Prosecuted as a revolutionary, banned as a priest, arrested as a rebel, celebrated as an artist. This is Frans Wuytack's truly inspiring and overwhelming story. He unchained a social and cultural revolution in the 60's changing the lives of so many people, from the Venezuelan slums to the Belgian Ports. An epic journey made by his son Fabio Wuytack.