Documentary Filmmaking Movies

The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing...

Discovered in 1990, the clandestine grave at the Dom Bosco cemetery in Perus is a symbol of the violence and repression of the 1964 military...

how many candles are in this club?

A woman whose husband has recently died of dementia claims his spirit is haunting her house. When her estranged son Chris learns that Mary believes...

Documentary on Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors...

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation)...

A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed...

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj...

The Manipulator is a multi-POV found footage sci-fi horror film that weaves together a series of disturbing stories — from a journalist...

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent...

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

Claire Hunter, a true crime documentary filmmaker investigating a cold case, discovers that her film has been hijacked by a demonic serial killer,...

Björn Lindqvist is the world's best town planner. He isn't changing the world, he's just trying to improve it.

This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl method’ is conveyed here vividly and...

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors...

A poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the...

After serving thirteen years for the murder of his high school girlfriend, an ex-con struggles to reenter society while being documented by two film...

WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through...

Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

Driven by an unbreakable will power, three athletes with spinal cord injuries attempt three daring adventures in search of something they lost. Along...