Documentary Filmmaking Movies

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any...

A documentary about the Ghibli Museum. It features Goro Miyazaki speaking with Isao Takahata about the "charm" of the museum and its various...

An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in...

Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

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...

A documentary about the comedy clubs reopening in NYC and getting back to some sense of normalcy.

Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's...

This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl method’ is conveyed here vividly and...

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.

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...

A short documentary on how people view art and its value in today's society.

Composed of numerous archives and film clips, this documentary is the story of a transgressive actor, a pirate who came to crack America's too...

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into...

A woman whose husband has recently died of dementia claims his spirit is haunting her house. When her estranged son Chris learns that Mary believes...

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,...

Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the characters, choreography, and creativity that make up the...

The film takes a look at the daily lives of people in more than two dozen countries around the world during the course of a week. In the film,...

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local...

The relationship between a young director and her actress during the filming of her first short film.

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.