Documentary Filmmaking Movies

The documentary follows the journey of workers in the city of São Paulo whose crafts have been passed down from generation to generation. Amid...

French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews.

Inspired by an experiment from 1972, a team of paranormal researchers led by an unscrupulous documentary filmmaker try to summon the ghost of a...

In the Juan Fernández Archipelago, 700 kilometers from the central coast of Chile, is Robinson Crusoe Island. There, a group of children who...

A mixed media mini-doc on the triumphs and pains of creating a first film. High expectations and unexpected losses can kill your darlings.

A feature-length documentary exploring the history, production, and legacy of the cult horror film Hardcore Poisoned Eyes. Featuring new interviews...

To My Motherland is an experimental personal essay film that blends personal photographs and home videos to explore the complexities of immigration,...

Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/director Geoff Steven scored a major coup...

A series of indie filmmakers are documented over the course of a few months throughout the production of their passion projects, as they change...

In the absence of any physical connection, this short explores alternative forms of contact among neighbors by making use of an old 16mm camera, a...

Dorothy Johnson was a Western writer ahead of her time. Women saved men, heroes died unwept and unsung, whites lived with Indians and benefited from...

Equal parts documentary, essay, and narrative,"Captain Elliot's Circle" is mostly a poetic interaction with an obscure corner of Chinese and British...

Upon learning of his father's terminal illness diagnosis, a young, autistic, hearing-impaired artist travels back to Taiwan with a filmmaker to make...

Over a candid interview with its subject, a documentary concerning the life and work of film director Mike Hodges.

This hilarious, behind-the-scenes adventure shows the unforgettable, year-long production that Trevor Hawkins and his skeleton-crew of endearing...

Director Victor Kossakovsky dedicated his documentary debut to the Russian philosopher and religious thinker Alexey Fedorovich Losev (1893-1988), who...

Life at Columbia College Chicago - through the eyes of Christiaan Heying