Documentary Filmmaking Movies

By delving into the life of the girl behind the fighter, Shadow Boxing illuminates the heart of a true warrior, showcasing her courage and resilience...

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers...

What do Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Patti LuPone and Alex Sharp have in common? They are but a few of the extraordinary actors who have studied...

Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the...

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors,...

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault...

Three documentary makers, are heading home from Burning Man in their RV and decide to pull off into the desert to camp for the night. Things get...

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells...

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging...

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors...

Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

Debra Hill's documentary tells the story of her multifaceted life and of inspiring filmmakers around the world, and her legacy as a creative...

The documentary follows the iconic journey of the film and explores why Thelma and Louise shook the foundations of the film industry and society, and...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

Go behind the scenes with director Zack Snyder and the cast and crew of his epic sci-fi saga as they bring a vast new sci-fi universe to the screen.