At the end of 1954, Eduardo Ducay, Juan Julio Baena and Carlos Saura travelled to the region of Sanabria (province of Zamora) to make a commissioned documentary on the construction of a system of reservoirs. Much of the filmed material was unusable due to a technical problem, but Ducay rescued part of it and combined it with voice-over to construct a work on absences.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 8...

No clothes. No apologies. This film marks artist Spencer Tunick's third 'Naked' documentary which fe...
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regula...
A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.

"…elegant yet rustic in its simplicity of execution; tugged gently toward different sides of the set...

SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimen...
Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for h...

A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Lauren...

The best known, "Weegee's New York" (1948), presents a surprisingly lyrical view of the city without...
Life in a Kyrgyz aul (village) in the mountains connected to the rest of the world by a cable bridge...
A day and night in the life of three alcoholic derelicts: "and the meek shall inherit the earth - si...

A film documenting the landscapes of northern Iceland.

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washingt...

Corral is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary by Colin Low, partly shot in the Cochrane...

Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilis...
Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fan...
You've never heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. They run th...

What is it about Speedos? Well here Australian director Tim Hunter is on a mission to find the answe...

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed...