Documentary movies

After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021, many refugees are stranded in the non-EU state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. One of them is 15-year-old Nahid. The girl finds some warmth and encouragement with Ferida, who lives in one of the border villages - and observes how people return to their tent accommodations after the pushbacks. The memories of her own civil war past slowly come back to her.

Known historically as the Orchard of England, Herefordshire is apple country. Sat in the middle is the ancient market town of Leominster, where people have been growing, picking, eating, stealing, throwing, pressing, cooking, and honouring apples for many generations. This heritage film brings together a wide-ranging and eccentric cast of local people – farmers, Travellers, former apple-pickers, clergymen, wassailers, cider makers, fruit sellers – to explore the deep relationship between the people of this area and its historic crop. Part portrait of a fading way of life, part celebration of how a living culture continues to manifest itself, the film raises deep questions about human nature. Expect games, pies, dancing, petty crime, and varieties of apple beyond your most delirious dreams. Prepare to honour the apple. This film was made possible with the support of the UK's National Lottery Heritage Fund, Leominster Town Council and Leominster Cultural Consortium.

An environmental nuclear crisis threatens Utah. Two scientists and a politician urgently work to prevent an unprecedented catastrophe in their home state.

Darío follows in the footsteps of his famous ancestor to uncover a hidden chapter in his family's history. With the help of previously unknown relatives, he questions his own origins and discovers other truths. A personal exploration of identity and colonialism.

The film observes the everyday lives of four girls in a residential group run by child and youth welfare services. Separated from their parents, they struggle for recognition, self-love, self-determination, and security. Always with the fervent desire to return home someday.

“Pippi Longstocking“ has been translated into 70 languages and sold more than 60 million copies. The film tells the story of her “mother“, famous Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. When young an still unknown, she starts a diary on September 1, 1939. Full of despair about the world, she is in conversation with herself and discovers the healing power of writing. As WWII ends with millions dead and the destruction of Europe, her first book about rebellious Pippi is published.

Fanny, Marie-Dominique, Céline, and Marie, four young women from Valais, share a passion: hunting. Over the course of a year, they juggle work, studies, and exploratory trips to the mountains. In a traditionally male-dominated field, they assert themselves in the face of prejudice while cultivating a deep and sensual connection to nature.

Account admin and followers of the viral Instagram meme page @ilovethettc102 reflect on how to maintain hope in a chaotic, online-driven world.

A street corner in Berlin-Moabit is changing: an aging supermarket is being turned into a construction site and eventually a new building. Shelves are being cleared, walls torn down, breaks taken, and money counted. Between refrigerated shelves, scaffolding, and exposed concrete, the film overlays the different versions of the place and allows them to exist simultaneously. Sometimes playful, sometimes eerie, repetitions emerge, like echoes between worlds.

Seeking a sense of freedom and a break from everyday chaos, four friends wander through places in Vilnius Old Town that most people never see. Together, they discover a hidden part of the city where they seem to become invisible, the world feels calmer, and their bond grows stronger.