Documentary movies

An unflinching portrait of life in Gaza at the height of Israeli attacks. The filmmakers follow a British doctor of Palestinian origin who travels to volunteer in a local hospital. What emerges is an uncensored chronicle of war, the daily fight to sustain a collapsing medical system under relentless bombardment, and the immense emotional burden carried by victims and their families.

RETURN follows the efforts of a family of former sea-turtle–egg poachers, now dedicated protectors, leading VIVEMAR — a community-based organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. Through their work, they safeguard one of the world’s most endangered sea turtle species during its nesting season along the Mexican coast.

Through a series of animated art boards depicting a decaying Venice, the film unfolds like a set of postcards, capturing the mythical city's final moments of fragility. Blending archival footage with contemporary observations, and anchored by the story of the 1902 collapse of St Mark's Campanile, Venezia Diorama invites us to reflect on a city slowly eroding, yet suspended in time.

Inside a socio-educational detention unit, five youths in conflict with the law plan their own film as a way to find meaning in their time behind bars. Through a hybrid process that blends documentary and fiction, TWENTY TWENTY FOUR dissolves the reality of juvenile crime and confinement into a sensory experience—exploring rebellion, boredom, and traces of tenderness within a space defined by abandonment.

Discovery Channel's DC Air Disaster: Final Minutes Revealed (airing Jan. 29, 2026) investigates the Jan. 29, 2025, midair collision between a PSA Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk over the Potomac, revealing fatal, un-alerted, last-second failures. The special highlights critical, previously undisclosed NTSB, cockpit audio, and ATC insights

Pianist Ieva Dūdaitė, who rewrote Lithuanian history, presents a film of her Grand Piano Show tour concert. In the film, the pianist opens the doors to the arena and talks about what the audience did not see – behind the scenes, family support, challenges, audience reactions, and intense preparations with a team of 46 people. Launched in the winter of 2024, the Grand Piano Show tour combined classical, popular, and hip-hop music genres, dance and aerial acrobatics performances, and amazed audiences with a glowing piano. and attracted nearly 10,000 spectators in Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga, receiving the highest ratings from the audience. The Grand Piano Show concert film captures moments from all three tour performances, behind-the-scenes footage, and genuine emotions. In the film, I. Dūdaitė also talks openly about her childhood, family support, her musical mission, the intense preparation stage, challenges, and the impact of this tour on the younger generation.

The incredible story of the reconstruction, after the collapse caused by a storm in 1953, of the spire of the Mole Antonelliana, monument and symbol of the city of Turin, Italy.

A film about human relationships and the passage of time, about memory, and family archives.

In 1987, Mirapolis opened its doors in the Parisian suburbs with the ambition of becoming the great French theme park capable of rivaling Disney. Driven by a spectacular vision and an imagination inspired by national tales and legends, the project quickly turned into a nightmare. Through archival footage and firsthand testimonies, the documentary retraces the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of this outsized dream, which shut down just five years after its inauguration.

After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new form in 2023 and 2024 that has been described as the new McCarthyism. As students across the country organize protests against Israel's war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel-the "Palestine exception"-are shattered. This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown from administrators, the media, the police and politicians. Scholars from diverse disciplines explain what is at stake in these protests and why so many young people identify with the Palestinian cause. The documentary unfolds as a story of college campuses as sites of both rebellion and repression, places where personal and collective histories converge in unexpected ways.