Documentaries

  • The Cuban veteran for whom the Revolution lives on

    As his country slowly moves past its communist decades, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.

  • Intimacy versus American convention

    UTØYA: Between the two recent films depicting the Utøya massacre, Reconstructing Utøya is the one that succeeds.

  • A hilarious examination of the human condition

    An intimate portrait of a sarcastic elderly Palestinian woman's life, relationships, regrets and bitterness enlightened by flashes of dark humour.

  • To set out for the Moon

    Hamada turns the attention to the rocky, wind-eroded desert of the Western Sahara, where the Sahrawi people have resided in refugee camps for more…

  • A pop doc out of the ordinary

    BIOGRAPHY: «Why are you a problematic pop star? » director Stephen Loveridge asks M.I.A. in his documentary. The answers provided by the film point…

  • A powerful cry for justice

    Forensically detailed catalogue of state-sponsored killings paints a dark picture of the life and death for poor, black youngsters in Rio's sprawling shanty-towns.

  • How the toleration of crime can change everything

    A film revealing the many faces of decades of organised crime in Southern Italy.

  • Day-to-day life amongst a pro-Russian battalion in Ukraine

    Their Own Republic by Russian director Aliona Polunina caused quite a fury at this year‘s Doclisboa due to its pro-Russian stance. The documentary nonetheless…

  • Walls of fear

    The Border Fence draws out the anxieties and fears of a community in the grip of a shifting political landscape, provoking unavoidable parallels with…

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