Movies: Docufiction

"A country without artists is a dead country... I hope we are alive..." It is in this film by Fawzi Sahraoui produced by the RTA in 1985 and filmed a few months before the painter M'hamed Issiakhem 'turns off this sentence is spoken. A very interesti...

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Unfortunately, every year eight million people die quietly due to Mental Illness. It's urgent to decrease this number. It's urgent to help. It's urgent to listen, to observe and to speak up. It's urgent to break this taboo....

A director attempting to create an unconditionally truthful film becomes obsessed with the topic of death. In an intrusive way he relentlessly pushes dark scenarios of death aimed at his portraitures, creating a tension ridden and emotional set, blur...

A young shepherd explores his relationship with his pack and questions their future...

A Chinese Canadian son sets out to make a film on his mother, who was once known as the first ever Chinese Opera Singer to have performed Pingju Opera in English in late 1980's China....

'Atlal (Remnants)' is a fictional documentary that follows Bassam, a Palestinian man in his fifties, on a journey between the past and present. An abandoned school, the remains of a beach club, and a dusty cinema hold Bassam's cherished memories from...

A film based on one of the world's greatest pioneers Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar....

A documentation of artist JP Meldrum as he prepares for an experimental gig with noise-rock drummer Maxwell Paterson. A concert film, a rehearsal, and an exploration of Victoria outlets and ways-of-creating beyond the traditional spaces....

Spain, early 20th century. As a child, Leocadia Cantalapiedra was dazzled by a new art: cinema; but she lives in a society where directing films is something only men can do....

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Tired of my city, I imagine the arrival of a cowboy in Lisbon....

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A cinematic impression of Vietnam, told through the eyes of Vietnamese immigrants....

An Editor recounts the diaries of a failed film production as they attempt to construct a new narrative from the remaining footage....

A film director falls in love for the person interviewing and becomes obsessed with the idea of playing her as a character. This documentary/ficction film is an ode to the actor's spirit and a detailed document of the processes of his art....

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Two boys follow a signal from the radio, believing it will lead them to aliens from space....

“In a meeting between history and the present, this docufiction takes us on a unique journey through the Ria de Aveiro, through the curious eyes of a child who discovers, for the first time, the Vouga Class boats. Guided by an adult, a symbol of the ...

With noise-canceling headphones, they communicate with an inaudible counterpart. Decoupled, they move around the room and meet their surroundings. Intimate stories and needs are discussed. The personal blends into a shared portrait....