Documentary Filmmaking Movies

In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 world championship—defying the odds and overcoming familial tragedy to step out of his father’s...

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...

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

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

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on...

By delving into the life of the girl behind the fighter, Shadow Boxing illuminates the heart of a true warrior, showcasing her courage and resilience...

Sarah, a young American, convinces her three friends - Isaac, Jackie, and Horacio - to assist in completing her audacious ecological documentary in...

An all-access tour behind the scenes at France’s premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how successful candidates get to follow in...

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault...

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and...

Over the span of a year, filmmakers Marte(Norway) and Jéro (South Korea) exchange visual letters, documenting their everyday lives.

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...

Hotel rooms are rarely the destination for pilgrimage. In one hotel room, an iconic picture was taken - the portrait of Theodor Herzl, the most...

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at...

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

When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their LA apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some...

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen...

While investigating an unsolved murder for a documentary, a film crew uncovers evidence pointing to a terrifying phenomenon beyond human...