Every year, five to ten percent of all deceased Berliners are buried by the authorities because no relatives are found. Most of them are put into the ground by mortician Bernd Simon going alone. But sometimes companions do turn up and say goodbye in their very own way. An observational documentary about an undertaker who actually wanted to become an entertainer, a bizarre city portrait and a mirror of how we deal with death, mourning and commemoration.

In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the S...

Documentary about Giger's work for the movie Alien (1979).

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...

"The Role of Chance" ("La part du hasard") focuses exclusively on drawing and painting techniques us...

Rare 1977 documentary short hosted by Christopher Lee on the occult. Topics range from witch covens,...

Tian Soepangat joins the U.S. Navy out of a commitment to helping others. As a Muslim, Tian is uncer...

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...

Documentary about young people who are dedicated to cleaning windshields in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl to...
This last testimony of Robert Kramer (1939-1999) is a moving documentary with the independent Americ...

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion La...

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran...

'From One Day To The Next' follows four elderly people through their everyday lives, observing how t...

A two parts making of documentary, following José Augusto Silva and his film crew during the shootin...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...

A short film that navigates the filmmaker's intimate journey with death and other fears. Through the...

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although sco...

For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...
Short documentary directed by Günter Schlesinger