Documentaries

  • Mods Trilogy

    The Country Inn is a portrait of Stefan Johansson, a passionate chef who owns a tiny inn.

  • Exploring dark family secret

    'Eighty per cent of US documentaries today are in the me-and-my-grandmother category,' a friend told me the other day while referring to the noticeable…

  • People under siege, trying to live “normal” lives against all odds

    It is not a great piece of cinematography. Actually it is pretty bad in that respect. Many frames are out of focus, the camera…

  • No words

    A girl visits her mother in prison. That’s the story. The whole story. The girl sits on a bed in a room at her…

  • Touching moments

    In "Profils paysans: l'approche", it is as if the camera is waiting for life to unfold within the frame. It is a documentary that…

  • In spite of the cultural gap

    If you have forgotten what it’s like to be in love, watch Claire Simon’s new documentary "800 Kilometres’ Difference" to be reminded of those…

  • Against parental control

    In "Runaway", Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini revisit the memorably fertile ground of strong Iranian women fighting against restrictive males.

  • Bearing witness to the younger generations

    Whereas Nazi cruelties during W.W.II have received and still receive extensive coverage in German documentaries, silence has embraced the atrocities committed in Asia by…

  • Mission in Afghanistan: Hospital for civilian war victims

    Afghanistan is one of the forgotten areas of our world, a hidden, unapproachable country with women behind chandors and very limited access for journalists.

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