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Honeyland 2019
Documentary
When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
The sides of Honeyland
- Hatidze, a wild beekeeper in North Macedonia
- Her old, bedridden mother
- A nomadic family moving in next door
Good for you if
- you like bees, rocks and light in a remote Balkan valley.
- you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.
- you're moved by Hatidze caring for her mother alone.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need momentum. The film follows the bees season by season.
About: balance · solitude · greed
The Elephant Whisperers 2022
Documentary
Bomman and Bellie, a couple in south India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other.
The sides of The Elephant Whisperers
- Bomman and Bellie in south India
- An orphaned baby elephant named Raghu
- Forty minutes in an elephant camp
Good for you if
- you want a gentle film about a couple raising a baby elephant.
- you like the forests of south India and the animals in them.
- you like a family built around an orphaned elephant.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Tamil.
- you want a full evening's film. This one runs forty minutes.
About: care · family · bond with animals
The Story of the Weeping Camel 2004
Documentary
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
The sides of The Story of the Weeping Camel
- A nomad family in the Gobi desert
- A mother camel rejecting her newborn
- A musician called for an old ritual
Good for you if
- you like the wide open Gobi and the animals that live in it.
- you like watching three generations share a yurt.
- you like being moved by a family trying everything to save a rejected colt.
Bad for you if
- you need things to happen fast.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: motherhood · tradition · music
My Octopus Teacher 2020
Documentary
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
The sides of My Octopus Teacher
- A diver in a kelp forest off South Africa
- A year following one octopus
- A shark hunting her in the shallows
Good for you if
- you like cold water, kelp and the life hidden in it.
- you like seeing how clever an animal can be up close.
- you can be moved to tears by a bond with an octopus.
Bad for you if
- a man's voice-over about his feelings for an animal makes you roll your eyes.
- you need a story that moves. This is slow dives, day after day.
About: connection · healing · the life cycle
Human 2015
Documentary
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, it brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. This film is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.
The sides of Human
- Faces talking straight to the camera
- Aerial views of the Earth
- Stories of love, war and poverty
Good for you if
- you like aerial images of the Earth that hold you still.
- you're moved by strangers telling you about love and loss.
- you like a soaring score between the voices.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through three hours in one evening.
- you can't take testimonies of war and poverty face to face.
- you won't read subtitles in dozens of languages.
About: humanity · love · injustice
Our Planet 2019
Documentary
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
The sides of Our Planet
- Wildlife from jungles to frozen seas
- Walruses crowding a shrinking shore
- How climate change reaches every habitat
Good for you if
- you like animals in their habitats, from forests to the deep sea.
- you want every shot to look like it took months to get.
- you like being reminded how much life the planet holds.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch animals suffer, like walruses falling from cliffs as the ice melts.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt appeals. David Attenborough's narration keeps pleading for what we are losing.
About: climate change · the living world · conservation
The Velvet Queen 2021
Documentary
High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they’ll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.
The sides of The Velvet Queen
- A wildlife photographer and a writer in Tibet
- Days of waiting in the cold
- The snow leopard, if it shows up
Good for you if
- you like yaks, foxes and wild cats on the Tibetan plateau.
- you like waiting hours in silence for one animal to appear.
- you like the feeling of a world that doesn't need us.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at poetic voiceover about man and the wild.
- you won't read subtitles for a film narrated in French.
About: patience · the wild · contemplation
Encounters at the End of the World 2008
Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
The sides of Encounters at the End of the World
- A research station in Antarctica
- Divers under the ice
- A penguin heading inland alone
Good for you if
- you like ice caves, volcanoes and seals under the sea ice.
- you like silent dives beneath the Antarctic ice.
- you like Werner Herzog's odd questions to odd people.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and this one wanders at Herzog's pace.
- you'd rather not hear musings on the end of humanity.
About: nature · solitude · science · the end of the world
The Gleaners and I 2000
Documentary
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
The sides of The Gleaners and I
- Agnès Varda with a small digital camera
- People picking up what fields and markets leave behind
- Heart shaped potatoes
Good for you if
- you like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.
- you like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.
- you want a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to hear Varda and the gleaners talk in French.
- you need momentum. Varda stops to film trucks on the road and a clock with no hands.
About: waste · ageing · what we keep
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga 2010
Documentary
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
The sides of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
- A Siberian village on the Yenisei river
- Trappers working through a full year
- Dogs, snow and handmade skis
Good for you if
- you like the taiga through four seasons, from frozen rivers to summer mosquitoes.
- you like watching a trapper build a canoe or a trap at his own pace.
- you want a quiet film about people living off the land.
Bad for you if
- you need something to happen beyond the daily work.
- you won't read subtitles when the trappers speak Russian.
About: self-reliance · tradition · solitude
Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2011
Documentary
Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.
The sides of Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- A ten-seat sushi counter in a Tokyo subway station
- A chef of eighty-five still grading his own rice
- A son waiting to take over
Good for you if
- you like watching a real craftsman at work with no story added.
- you like eighty minutes of rice, tuna and repetition.
- you want to understand a father and the son who waits behind him.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to hear a chef talk about rice.
- you want something at stake beyond the next plate of sushi.
About: mastery · fathers and sons · work
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey 2017
Documentary
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
The sides of Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
- The birth of the universe
- Life appearing and evolving on Earth
- A narrator asking questions to a mother figure
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of billions of years.
- you want galaxies, volcanoes and cells as pure images.
- you like the cosmos from its first moment to its end.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a long meditation.
- you roll your eyes at whispered questions to the universe.
About: creation · the meaning of life · time
Chasing Coral 2017
Documentary
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.
The sides of Chasing Coral
- Divers filming reefs as they turn white
- Underwater time lapse cameras
- A coral enthusiast and his team of scientists
Good for you if
- you like the ocean filmed up close, fish and coral in full colour.
- you like time lapse cameras catching a reef bleaching over weeks.
- you like a team of divers and scientists racing to document a disaster.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and watching reefs die is hard for you.
- you want something light for the evening.
About: climate change · the ocean · loss
To Be and to Have 2002
Documentary
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.
The sides of To Be and to Have
- A one-class village school in Auvergne
- A patient teacher, Georges Lopez
- Children from four to twelve over one school year
Good for you if
- you like a quiet year in a small village classroom.
- you like watching children grow up across one school year.
- you enjoy patient scenes with no narration and no hurry.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a French documentary.
- you want a documentary about school policy, not one classroom's year.
About: education · childhood · patience
Life After People: The Series 2009
Documentary
Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.
The sides of Life After People: The Series
- Cities without a single human
- Engineers predicting how buildings fall
- Nature taking back the streets
Good for you if
- you like imagining the world going on without us.
- you like watching plants and animals take back a city.
- you want experts explaining what would really happen to steel and concrete.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story to follow.
- you'd rather not spend an evening on a world where humanity is gone for good.
About: time · extinction · nature
The Biggest Little Farm 2019
Documentary
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
The sides of The Biggest Little Farm
- A couple starting a farm outside Los Angeles
- Orchards, ducks, pigs and a dog
- Years of drought, pests and coyotes
Good for you if
- you like watching a dead piece of land come back to life.
- you want a warm, hopeful film about building something with your hands.
- you like the true story of John and Molly Chester building their farm over several years.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening on screen than seasons on a farm.
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring dream of living in harmony with nature.
About: sustainability · patience · home
On the Way to School 2013
Documentary
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
The sides of On the Way to School
- Jackson and his sister walking past elephants in Kenya
- Carlito riding a horse across Argentina
- Samuel pushed in a wheelchair by his brothers in India
Good for you if
- you want to show children what getting to school means elsewhere.
- you like savannahs, plains and mountain paths of the Atlas.
- you're moved by children who walk for hours to learn.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need a plot, and this is four journeys to class.
About: education · courage · childhood
March of the Penguins 2005
Documentary
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
The sides of March of the Penguins
- Emperor penguins walking 70 miles across the ice
- Fathers keeping an egg warm through the polar winter
- Storms and predators around the chicks
Good for you if
- you like Antarctica, its cold and its silence.
- you want something for the whole family, with chicks and no gore.
- you like watching an animal do something that seems impossible.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at narration about penguin love and devotion.
- you need momentum. Long lines of penguins walking bore you.
About: parenthood · endurance · the cold
Kedi 2017
Documentary
A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
The sides of Kedi
- Stray cats of Istanbul
- The people who feed them
- A city seen at cat height
Good for you if
- you want a gentle, low-stakes film for a quiet evening.
- you love cats and want to follow them through the streets.
- you like Istanbul filmed at cat height, through alleys and over rooftops.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Turkish interviews.
- you need a story that moves, not cats wandering.
About: kindness · the city · animals and people
Tomorrow 2015
Documentary
Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.
The sides of Tomorrow
- A film crew travelling to ten countries
- Urban farms, local currencies and clean energy
- People already fixing things where they live
Good for you if
- you want a climate film that offers hope instead of fear.
- you care about farming, energy and the planet.
- you like meeting real people who started change in their own town.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles, and this documentary is mostly in French.
- you need conflict and suspense to stay with a documentary.
About: the climate · hope · local action · democracy