1. Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta (Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta)
Why does the Mexican government consider the feminist movement a bigger threat than most drug cartels? The short documentary 'SANGRE VIOLENTA / SANGRE VIOLETA' interweaves three narratives, illuminating the motivations behind their activism in Mexico. These stories include a radical feminist collective, an inspiring survivor of an acid attack, and a grieving father who tragically lost his seven-year-old daughter to femicide.
2. Under a Blue Sun
Negev Desert, Israel, 1987. Bashir Abu Rabi'a works as a pyrotechnics and special effects assistant on the film Rambo III, starring Sylvester Stallone, a shoot that will have far-reaching consequences for the local Bedouin population.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Rest of Delirium (Descansa Delirio)
Maricarmen is a writer who lives with schizophrenia since she was seventeen years old. The film is a portrait of her live, her illness and her work.
4. A New Life, A New Fight
A meeting between two strangers sparks the desire to understand each other through the medium of cinema. They both simultaneously start recording their surroundings on camera and crafting the resulting footage. They, Elettra from Italy and Hazem from Gaza, become the subjects of this film that documents their first moments together. It depicts a multi-faceted reality in which North and South confront each other in a discussion on rights and inequalities, a reality in which we witness a migration towards one another, while capturing an intimate way of making a film together.
5. Linha Final (Linha Final)
(Linha Final)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. Loco Ghosts
Uncovering the haunted secrets at one of America's largest Train Museums with a Team of Paranormal Investigators, Museum employees and Historians.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
7. The Mighty 13 (Die Wilde 13)
Creaking, sizzling and rattling the 13 leans into a curve. It's freight falters before the hungry machine works it's way through the district of Wilhelmsburg. The Metro bus 13 is the lifeline of Hamburg's largest, most international and poorest district and at the same time a burden shared by all inhabitants - named 'Wilde 13' . The film is not just a tribute to Wilhelmsburg but a rough documentary feature examining a transforming district, multinational everyday life and the clashes of rich and poor, young and old.
8. King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō (阪妻―阪東妻三郎の生涯)
A biographical documentary produced as part of the 20th anniversary project of the silent film appreciation society led by Shunsui Matsuda, who was known as a silent film narrator, film collector and exhibitor. The film features interviews with directors and related parties involved in the production while inserting scenes from period dramas starring Tsumasanburo Bando throughout from Matsuda’s extensive collection. Completed in 1980 but not released to the general public until 1993 on the 40th anniversary of Bando’s death and Matsuda’s seventh anniversary.
9. Diário da Pandemia (Diário da Pandemia)
(Diário da Pandemia)
10. Microcosmos (Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
It has an average vote of 7.534 on TMDB.
11. Araucaria Araucana (Araucaria Araucana)
In the Southern Andes, a living being survives since 200 million years: the "Araucaria Araucana" with its incredible history, little known and forever linked to an Amerindian people of Chile: Pehuenches. This isolated community survived during centuries thanks to the Araucarias. A perfect harmony between man and nature, forever upset by the invasion of the Spanish colonists, the conflicts of territories and the increase of logging. Protected today, this sacred forests are the refuge of a unique and wild nature; but fires threaten this balance. What remain of these people and the link with this tree? What can they teach us about our environmental problems?
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. The Healing Melody: The Dr. Haris Gershom Story
Based on the life of Dr. Harish Gershom and about the journey of his achievement Harishophone. He is the only Indian who can play three octaves in the smallest saw . He is recognized for his unique achievement including Limca Book Records 2003, State Award 2005, Guinness World Record 2015, British World Records 2021, IMAS Award 2011. Get along the journey of Dr Haris Gershom whose invention of the 'Harishophone' made wonders around the globe for its therapeutic impact. He is known to be the only individual in the world capable of producing three octaves on a saw that have a healing effect.
13. Elizabethan Express
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along the East Coast Main Line. A nostalgic record of the halcyon years of steam on British Railways and the ex-LNER Class A4.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Farm'ly Life
A Documentary/Mockumentary that follows the story of Charlie who is passionate for farming.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
15. NANA MIZUKI LIVE SENSATION 2003 DOCUMENT (NANA MIZUKI LIVE SENSATION 2003 DOCUMENT)
Documentary of Nana Mizuki's summer tour of LIVE SENSATION, filmed at Shibuya Public Hall with Zepp and Hal Another Side.
16. Sheltering Skies (Sheltering Skies)
Exploration of the ordinary lives led by women of different classes—a college professor, an unmarried woman, and a seasoned drama artist. They unveil the societal intricacies woven into their social backgrounds, with typical evening talks besides them. Gripping tales of yore immersed in the metaphorical embrace of their surroundings, their familial shelters are emblematic of resilience and protection, where profound truths lie hidden within the depths of the commonplace.
17. David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars
The documentary about the life of legendary Hollywood P.R. man David Mirisch.
18. The Art of Animation: Where Do Ideas Come From?
A short documentary about the exhibition The Art of Animation and the conception of creative ideas.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. 1940: Taking over French Cinema (1940, main basse sur le cinéma français)
Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
20. Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.