1. The Beauty of Film and T.V.
A documentary about the subject of 'Film and T.V.' in schools and the students that study it.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
2. To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages , with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.
It has an average vote of 7.266 on TMDB.
3. A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
An inspiring creative documentary that follows the story of one of Uganda's unsung heroes - Robert Katende. Popularly known as 'Coach Robert', he was able to transform a little unknown slum in the outskirts of Kampala, into an internationally recognized army of Chess Champions.
4. Memory Books
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family to come to terms with the inevitable death that it faces. Hopelessness and desperation are confronted through the collaborative effort of remembering and recording, a process that inspires unexpected strength and even solace in the face of death.
5. Growing Girls
After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Escola sem Censura (Escola sem Censura)
(Escola sem Censura)
7. Being and Becoming (Être et devenir)
Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through four countries, the US, Germany , France and the UK, the film is a truth quest about the natural desire to learn.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
8. Out of Uganda (Out of Uganda)
Philip, Lynn, Hussein and Shammy, young LGBT Ugandans, are fighting for survival. Staying in their country, where religious oppressions and discriminations prevail, endangers their lives. Then, their latest hope is to leave it all behind and experience a long and painful exile.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
9. Daughters & Sons
Two women struggle to talk about their roots: one a daughter with her father, the other a teacher with her students.
10. Promised Lands
People only know where one country ends and another begins because people have said it is so. The land doesn't know. The land probably doesn't care. Words kill.” So begins the narration of Promised Lands, as the artist tries to make a film but is interrupted by family conversations in rural Uganda.
11. War Dance
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
12. The Competition (Le Concours)
An all-access tour behind the scenes at France’s premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how successful candidates get to follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as Louis Malle, François Ozon and Alain Resnais, all of whom attended this prestigious institution. Stumbling over their words, the often-nervous candidates seem vulnerable when confronted with the veterans of the industry, who have the difficult task of discovering true talent among all these eager young people.
It has an average vote of 7.017 on TMDB.
13. One-room School (Jednotřídka)
Grecia from Venezuela, Linda from Vietnam and Andriy from Ukraine are pupils of META, an inclusive school that supports the integration of young migrants into Czech society. Their families were brought to the Czech Republic by different circumstances and each of them has different ideas about their own future. While eighteen-year-old Andriy, an ambitious boxer, wants to become independent as soon as possible, and Grecia, an artistically gifted student, would like to get into an art high school, Linda is still not sure what she wants to do with her education and career. The time-lapse documentary engagingly captures an important stage in the lives of young people for whom not only the language barrier, but also the long-term lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic is an obstacle.
14. Airbound: The Ugandan Quidditch Movement
In Uganda, a new sport is driving social change. The sport is quidditch.
15. Klassenleben (Klassenleben)
(Klassenleben)
16. Or We Die Trying
Three high schoolers investigate the disappearance of a fellow student, Aubrey. She was last seen entering the abandoned back hallways of their school, Asher Academies. There is a legend that the founder of the school, Asher Neal, died in the back halls and now his ghost haunts that half of the school, but no one believes that. However, as the team continues to investigate Aubrey's disappearance, the presence of a ghost seems more and more real.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Sun Inside (Um Filme de Verão)
Is the end of the school year, the heat comes, and with it regular power cuts in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Karol, Junior, Ronaldo and Caio have a harsh summer ahead of them. In a country where living conditions are increasingly precarious, these four young people will faced with the uncertainties of adulthood, invent new ways, perhaps unthinkable, to continue growing and dreaming.
18. Children on Camera - A Primer about Movies
Minimalist movie making at its best: kids learn the art of film language using illustrations and margarine boxes.
19. Crazy Money
What is possible when we have guaranteed money to meet our basic needs? No requirements. No stipulations. No paybacks. We look to the village of Busibi to discover what’s possible when we give money directly to people. No strings attached. The answer lies in the residents’ personal stories. Their successes and tribulations illustrate the impact of one of the most daring projects in contemporary development cooperation. Their life stories unexpectedly prove to be all too familiar. They make us laugh. They move us. Blending in together, they create a colorful and poetic reality portrait, illustrating the big consequences of a small sum of money …
20. Doués et oubliés : maman, quand est-ce que j'apprends? (Doués et oubliés : maman, quand est-ce que j'apprends?)
(Doués et oubliés : maman, quand est-ce que j'apprends?)
