Through snow and sun, a passionate citizen scientist shares the wonders of the tiny birds in his own backyard.
Facing the twilight of his career, a filmmaker turns his well-honed cinematic skills skyward to decipher the murmuration of thousands of seabirds put into play by a lone falcon.
Skier Alishah Farhang brings skiing to Bamyan, Afghanistan, in this thrilling documentary, training young men and women and holding an annual championship race—but then the Taliban retake the country.
Young gamers expose the hidden dangers of the metaverse, revealing how predators thrive on platforms where millions of kids play. As online threats turn real, they demand accountability and stronger safety regulations.
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An in-person interactive forum to explore creative aspects of documentary filmmaking and help invigorate the business and art of nonfiction filmmaking toward building an active and fully supportive community around documentary film.
Carlos offers an affordable and welcoming community to global high-tech entrepreneurs in pricey Silicon Valley while they—and this film's director—sacrifice everything to pursue their lofty dreams.
Words reign supreme as celebrated Italian poet and author Erri De Luca climbs one step at a time into life’s next moment, in what he deems his third and final horse.
A gripping investigation into how nearly 300 airline passengers became hostages during Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait—and whether the UK government and British Airways knowingly sent them into an active war zone.
An exploration of Leonard Peltier’s decades-long imprisonment, the American Indian Movement’s struggle for justice, and the political forces surrounding a case that remains one of the most contested in modern American history.
Frozen in Time is the story of paleontologist Natalia Rybczynski who studies the high Arctic, once a rich forest world full of surprising creatures that thrived there before the Ice Age.
Four cinematic short films illustrate life’s third act gracefully, each elevating thoughts to newly discovered heights and sharing wisdom that is garnered with age.
Virginia Tangvald movingly investigates the lives of her father, Norwegian adventurer and sailor Peter Tangvald, and her older brother Thomas, who followed in his footsteps.
Due to a congenital heart condition, Taiwanese visionary Audrey Tang’s heart, like democracy around the globe, is both fragile and strong—still beating, but facing existential threats.
An immersive, cinematic journey into the nature of fire—its destruction, renewal, and role in our changing world. As wildfires intensify, we must learn to understand fire or be consumed by it.
Through intimate interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, I Need Youchronicles the journey of the band America, focusing on Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley’s enduring partnership and their musical legacy.
Neoliberalism reshaped our world—but do we even know what it is? Journalist George Monbiot reveals its secret history, its dire consequences, and how we can reclaim our future.
In stunning slow-motion cinematography, The Invisible Mammal brings bats into the limelight and quickly debunks the unsavory reputation that unfairly besmirch these fascinating creatures.
Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman to scale K2, vanished over 30 years ago while climbing a peak in the Himalayas. Director Eliza Kubarska’s engrossing documentary explores the mountaineer’s life and mystery of her disappearance.
A Swedish couple tag migrating birds while working a day job at the last manual weather station, recording the weather day and night, seven days a week, for 36 years.
In the ’90s, a high school teacher’s simple media assignment transforms his class into muckraking investigative journalists as they uncover a local environment scandal.
Feminist scholar Susan Rennie employs her iPhone to insert her queer, octogenarian body into classic art, offering a humorous, unapologetic critique of the male gaze and art history.
A sensory aural encounter and cinematic exploration of an abandoned astronomical observatory guided by three donkeys with attitude: Ruperto, Palomo, and Palaye.
In the face of wildfire, mining, and logging, a radical back-to-the-land community in the Sierra Foothills races to collectively stitch 50 years of innovative sustainability into an epic 83-foot tapestry, one tiny stitch at a time.
Seventeen-year-old Native American runner Ku Stevens seeks to reconcile his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete with his great-grandfather’s nightmarish escape from an Indian boarding school by recreating his ancestor’s 50-mile flight to freedom.
A young painter, consumed by his pursuit of Renaissance mastery, is out of step with his generation. Can this old soul find his place in our modern era?
Nineteen-year-old Kristi discovers a secret her doctor and parents kept from her all her life, a radical psychology experiment on a pair of identical twins that led to a global medical scandal.
Buoyed by a soaring soundtrack, this magnificent film leads the curious on a peripatetic journey where they’re fully nurtured by the myths and facts of world cheese experts—and by the cheeses themselves.
Lino Tagliapietra, one of the world’s greatest glass blowers to ever live, prepares for his final hot shop session and one last opportunity to blow glass with members of his original team.
Filmmaker Justin Simms strives to break the cycles of the emotionally avoidant father and toxic masculinity in this engrossing documentary that observes him parenting his growing young son.
Five top-ranked high school orators transform personal struggles into powerful speeches as they compete in one of the world’s most prestigious public speaking championships.
Prepare for an awe-inspiring ride throughout Earth’s galaxy and beyond with celebrated NASA engineer and best-selling science fiction author Gentry Lee as pilot.
Egg freezing offers women the freedom to wait—but at what cost? This documentary explores the risks, rewards, and emotional and financial stakes of delaying motherhood.
Satish Bhaskar makes the singular decision to embark on an epic solo walk along the spectacular coastlines of India while single-handedly ushering in the country’s necessary sea turtle conservation.
Passionate Native Alaskan biologist Shayla researches the connection between climate change and mussels, a staple cultural food in her Unangax̂ community that has become toxic.
Two Vietnam refugees who were enlisted as background extras during the shooting of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now provide commentary of their unusual experience while viewing clips of the film.
A deep look into how consumer capitalism shapes our values, identities, and even our dreams—driving us toward overconsumption and disconnection with each other and our planet. Can we reclaim our purpose before it’s too late?
