Social Documentary Movies

Björn Lindqvist is the world's best town planner. He isn't changing the world, he's just trying to improve it.

« Steel running through our veins » immerses us in the world of Liège's steelworkers, revealing an exceptional industrial and...

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

Filmmaker Roman Polanski and photographer Ryszard Horowitz meet in Kraków, Poland, where, strolling the streets, they share memories of their...

This short film brings light to the reality of transsexuality during childhood and aims to emphasize the importance of the role of grandparents.

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of...

Seven Asian-Americans discuss their experiences with racism and the spike in Asian-directed hate crimes as a result of COVID-19.

Aging parents of disabled adults, they worry about their child's life after their disappearance. A moving insight into the daily life of a family...

Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and...

A look into the life and times of actress Leah Remini as her wedding approaches and afterward they attempt to have a baby.

In the spring of 2018, the filmmaker Maria Petschnig befriended Marc who at that time was living in his car in Brooklyn for more than a year, while...

Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on...

Pitch Black takes us inside the claustrophobic worlds of three young men immersed in the online black-pill subculture, as they struggle to reckon...

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly...

One of society’s last taboos is elderly desire, which remains strong for many: half of older adults remain sexual. Advances in medicine and...

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full...

In November 2017, a devastating earthquake hit western Iran. It took only 13 seconds to lose everything. This is a fleeting observation of the days...

A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

The documentary team follows two happiness agents in their forties who spend a month and a half on the road twice a year, going door-to-door with...