Documentary Filmmaking Movies

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the...

For more than 40 years Kathryn Bigelow has been making films that explore male violence. With movies like Blue Steel, Point Break, The Hurt Locker...

This documentary is featured on the Limited Edition DVD for Opera, released in 2001.

The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953...

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the...

Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's...

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a travelling projectionist troupe whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural...

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

The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous submarines in cinematic history. But the true...

D. stalks Sandra but she doesn't know it. She does think that D. is a documentary filmmaker having her be in film about conquering fear. Little does...

An indie documentary exploring the art form of hand-drawn animation through a contemporary lens in the digital era. Featuring insights and anecdotes...

A journey through the Brazilian Amazon, guided by the eyes of Renato, a Carioca turned Amazorioca. A reflection on identity, the legacy of an...

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

Traces Malick's artistic journey – from his philosophical studies at Harvard through his early masterpieces "Badlands" and "Days of Heaven" to...

A TV documentary crew arrive on a remote island in the Philippines to film a survival special. Their back-to-the-wild adventure proves to be more...

Award winning short documentary by Ibrahim Snoopy, tracks the journey of the MTC martial arts team, which decides after a civil revolution that...

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

A trip to the Valley of Salazar, in the Navarrese Pyrenees. People united for the love of the earth. A story full of hope. People transformed by an...