1. Y1: Silence of the Deep (Υ1 – Στη σιωπή του βυθού)
14 September 1943: The legendary submarine Y1 “Katsonis” was sunk north of the island of Skiathos by the German submarine chaser UJ 2101. Through the book of XO Elias Tsoukalas who escaped capture and had to swim for nine hours to reach shore, secret documents, and crew members’ diaries, the documentary unfolds the human stories woven around the submarine. Seventy-five years later, with the support of the Hellenic Navy, we search for the submarine sunk at 253 metres depth and film the wreck for the very first time.
2. Elhallgatott gyalázat (Elhallgatott gyalázat)
(Elhallgatott gyalázat)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
3. Halifax At War: Story of a Bomber
The Handley Page Halifax four-engined heavy bomber was the unsung hero of Bomber Command during the Second World War. It flew over 39,000 sorties over enemy territory, towed gliders, dropped agents, carried cargo, and pioneered electronic warfare. In all 6,178 were built. Today only three remain.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. Homemade
Homemade is the cinematic and profoundly intimate five-year journey with decorated Force Reconnaissance Marine, Adam Sorensen, and his wife, Victoria, as they navigate marriage and the effects of Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and addiction.
5. Invisible (Invisible)
Still considered a taboo topic, mental health is usually associated with craziness, mental derangement, or lack of faith. In the Philippines, there are about 3.3 million Filipinos afflicted with this “invisible” ailment, many of whom are afraid to admit it and deal with their condition for fear of being ostracized. Sometimes, warning signs are ignored and things end up tragically. In this full-length documentary, ABS-CBN hopes to destigmatize mental health by taking a more optimistic approach with stories of recovery and redemption.
6. Adolf Island
Caroline Sturdy Colls, a world leader in the forensic investigation of Nazi crime scenes, is chasing clues to an unsolved case: a concentration camp that existed on the British island of Alderney. Witnesses and survivors claimed that thousands died there, but only 389 bodies have ever been found. Under heavy restrictions imposed by the local government, which may not want its buried secrets revealed, Colls must uncover the truth using revolutionary techniques and technologies.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. America in World War II
Follow the fascinating story of America's journey into World War II and discover the remarkable, selfless courage and bravery of Americans both at home and abroad that literally turned the tide of the war against Adolf Hitler.
8. Stories of the Kosovo War
A documentary unraveling the untold stories and brutal experiences of the Kosovo War in the late 1990s.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day
The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.
10. Lucy-Weltraummission in Senegal (Lucy-Weltraummission in Senegal)
(Lucy-Weltraummission in Senegal)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Hitler's Mountain: Hidden Traces
The Obersalzberg was an ordinary Bavarian mountain until Adolf Hitler discovered it in 1923. There at the Berghof, the Nazi leader spent his time surrounded by his most faithful lieutenants and his mistress, Eva Braun. Though mostly destroyed, remnants of the vast building complex still exist.
12. The War Campaign
The film uncovers the way the governments of Denmark, USA and the UK massaged political and popular opinion in their own countries.
13. La face cachée de Hiroshima (La face cachée de Hiroshima)
(La face cachée de Hiroshima)
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Anna: The Woman Who Went to Fight ISIS
In 2017, 25-year-old Anna Campbell from Lewes in East Sussex travelled in secret to northern Syria. She was heading for Rojava, the Kurdish territory in the north of the country. In the midst of the civil war in Syria, a fledgling feminist democracy had been established but almost immediately came under threat from the so-called Islamic State. Just eight months after arriving and with no military background, Anna went to the front line to fight with Kurdish YPJ. A month later she was killed by a Turkish air strike. With access to her diary and videos filmed while she was there, this film explores what motivated Anna to leave and how her family make sense of the tragic consequences.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. My Navel Is Buried In The Sea (Gilubong Ang Akon Pusod Sa Dagat)
Gilubong ang Akon Pusod sa Dagat explores the relevance of the sea and its relationship and impact on those who use it as a source of livelihood. Through a three-channel video projection, the work proffers varying scenes and perspectives in simultaneity, briskly balancing alternating rhythms in settings and emotions throughout its duration. In addition to reflecting the Philippines’ historical and geographical relationship with the ocean, it brings the sea into its contemporary reality, as a metaphor of necessity and opportunity, and of community and isolation.
16. A Harvest Of Souls (Himurasak)
Himurasak shares stories from communities in Tacloban affected by Typhoon Yolanda, from the collective memory and experiences of the locals themselves.
17. Michael Jackson: Who Was the Man in the Mirror?
Michael Jackson is remembered as the King of Pop, and is a renowned incredibly talented singer and dancer. His style, music and dance moves are celebrated worldwide. He was a one of a kind performer and once in a lifetime entertainer, but few people really know the man he was behind the mask and and the man that the media portrayed him to be. From the age of 5 and up until his last days, the pressure that was put on him was enormous and it had serious repercussions on his physical and mental health. His success was overshadowed by child abuse allegations, and his addiction for prescription drugs and plastic surgery. The show reveals who was the real Michael Jackson, the deeply conflicted man, the man that never really grew up, the man in the mirror.
18. Film is Dead. Long Live Film!
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! is a lively and loving tribute to the private film collector, a celebration of the fetishistic subculture of pre-video movie-love, and a timely reminder of the glories of analog film.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Trapped by the Internet - The Elodie Morel Case
Police receive a strange call claiming that in a few hours, a woman will be kidnapped. The informer describes a couple, sitting at a café and claims the woman is in grave danger. Police rush to the café but find no one matching the couple's description. Then, hours later, a young woman, Elodie Morel, is reported missing. Then the case becomes even stranger. She had responded to an internet advert for models and was supposed to be meeting the casting director at a café. Could she be the woman?
20. Dezo Hoffmann – Photographer of The Beatles (Dežo Hoffmann – fotograf Beatles)
(Dežo Hoffmann – fotograf Beatles)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
