The Bridgeplayers
Not the type of documentary that will stun you visually; on the contrary, it has little to offer technically. However, the portrait it paints of four women in their 90s…
Trans Memoria
In her feature directing debut, Victoria Verseau creates a poetic and painfully frank portrait of her journey as a trans woman, looking for acceptance and one, possibly, final piece of…
Unanimal
In their first film together, the directors examine mankind’s relationship with animals. How are we treating them? The filmmakers take us to different places and situations, introducing us to animal…
Riefenstahl
A documentary about Leni Riefenstahl that shows us previously unseen photos, films, letters and notes that were originally donated to a foundation. Seasoned documentary director Andres Veiel also included footage…
Ultras
Perhaps we need a documentary about the allure of belonging to a group of ultras, as fanatical supporters of a soccer club are called in large parts of the world.…
No Other Land
A documentary that shows the Israeli military and settlers at their worst. Taking place over several years, the film documents clashes over Masafer Yatta, a region in the occupied West…
Becoming Led Zeppelin
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin agreed to make this film on the strength of Bernard MacMahon’s previous work as a director of music documentaries. Chronicling the rise of the…
Avicii: I’m Tim
A year after the death of the immensely successful DJ Tim ”Avicii” Bergling, journalist and filmmaker Henrik Burman started working on this documentary that ended up sharing themes with another…
Super/Man: Broken but Not Defeated
Christopher Reeve. Photo: CNN Films While preparing for a TV movie called Above Suspicion in 1995, Christopher Reeve did some research. He was cast as a police officer who had…
G: 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
Director Loran Batti’s documentary is a return to the place where he grew up, and an attempt to capture its people and problems. Suburban Gottsunda is tormented by its gangs,…