Best Documentary Films

Documentary Category

MiniLook Kiev

This won’t be the first tiny town, tilt-shift film you’ve seen, but the 4,500 frames of the matchstick travelogue MiniLook Kiev from Efim Graboy

Documentary, Podcasts

DN241: Town of Runners – Jerry Rothwell

It wasn’t until I’d invited documentary director Jerry Rothwell to discuss his latest feature Town of Runners that I realised I’d been a fan

Documentary

Alive Inside: Clip of Henry

Throughout life I’ve used the question “What music are you into?” as a shorthand to check my compatibility with new acquaintances. Even if

Art & Fashion, Asides, Documentary

Micro Empire | Macro Kingdom

Clemens Wirth’s microscopic and macro visuals are stunning to behold. Here we get to relish in a quartet of them set in the Micro Empire & Macro Kingdom.

Documentary

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of life

Werner Herzog has never been a filmmaker to shy away from tackling tough subjects in his documentaries. Throughout his prolific career, his non-fiction work

Documentary

Return of the Sun

Glen Miller and Ben Hilton’s Return of the Sun is a fascinating and touching portrait of a modern Inuit family, filled with striking cinematography that

Documentary

Losers

As long as Everynone keep making their beautifully observed videos we’ll keep posting them. This time round the bullies get called out as the real

Documentary

Silver & Light

I didn’t just build a camera, I created a time machine. Ian Ruhter and Lane Power’s wet plate photography documentary Silver & Light, captures

Documentary

Innocent, in a Way

Porn actress Belladonna and Spanish painter Alberto Mielgo come together in Alexis Wanneroy’s (NSFW) documentary Innocent, in a Way to discuss concepts

Documentary

Braveface

You want a good life, you want more. In the aftermath of last August’s England riots, the hitherto ignored ‘youth’ of the country’s

Documentary, Music Video

M.I.A.: Bad Girls (Behind The Scenes)

If like me you’ve become strangely obsessed with M.I.A’s Bad Girls track and its accompanying Romain Gavras promo, you’ll probably be equally

Documentary

The Most Astounding Fact

The Universe is in us. Reminiscent of Kurtis Hough’s re-edit of epic wildlife documentary footage in Storm, Max Schlickenmeyer skilfully arranges

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