Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival 2016
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1. A Walnut Tree (2015)
92 min | Documentary
An old man reminisces about a distant homeland. He wants to return.
Director: Ammar Aziz
Votes: 29
2. Brothers (2015)
68 min | Documentary
Two elderly brothers, who managed to escape from a Soviet work camp in the past, cannot escape from each other. In spite of all the differences between them, they have to turn a new leaf together.
Director: Wojciech Staron
Votes: 85
3. Holy Cow (II) (2015)
77 min | Documentary
One man's dream of bringing a European cow in his picturesque village in Azerbaijan unsettles the conservative community that wants to keep their secular traditions intact.
Director: Imam Hasanov | Stars: Majid Abbasov, Khanali Huseynli, Vafa Huseynli, Murtuza Murshudov
Votes: 52
4. Mirr (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Together with the village elders, Binchey and other landless peasants, members of ethnic minority Bunong in Cambodia, stage their their expulsion.
Director: Mehdi Sahebi | Stars: Nhiel Binchey Sreu, Yorng Rah Minchay, Chay Nhiel, Lhee Nhiel
Votes: 10
5. The Modern Jungle (2016)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography
A story of globalization filtered through the fever dream of a Mexican shaman, THE MODERN JUNGLE is also an intimate portrait of Zoque culture, commodity fetish, and the predicament of documentary.
Directors: Saul Kak, Charles Fairbanks Saul Kak, Charles Fairbanks | Stars: Carmen Echavarría Gomez, Juan Juarez Rodriguez, Carmen Echevarría Lopez, Juan Juarez Rodriguez
Votes: 54
6. Under the Sun (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A propaganda documentary about North Korea that reveals a few hidden facts because the director continues filming between the scripted scenes.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong
Votes: 5,054 | Gross: $0.07M
7. Maybe Desert, Perhaps Universe (2015)
98 min | Documentary
The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital is a medium-security level, closed structure, with a rehabilitation component.
Directors: Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes
Votes: 9
8. Shoulder the Lion (2015)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Using art as the catalyst, this film explores how the human spirit prevails in the face of tragedy. The film features three people; a photographer who becomes blind, a painter/sculptor who ... See full summary »
Directors: Erinnisse Heuer, Patryk Rebisz
Votes: 34
9. Ricky on Leacock (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A 38-year journey that I began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, I filmed many and various encounters between Ricky, his friends and contemporaries ... See full summary »
Director: Jane Weiner | Stars: Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker
10. The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
The Seasons in Quincy' is the result of a five-year project by Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe and Christopher Roth to produce a portrait of the intellectual and storyteller John Berger. It ... See full summary »
Directors: Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Tilda Swinton | Stars: John Berger, Ben Lerner, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth
Votes: 244 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Plus Minus or Fly's Trip to the East (2015)
48 min | Documentary
After 25 years of silence as an artist, Bogdan Dziworski makes a comeback with an extremely personal picture which is a journal of his journey to Georgia. Plus Minus or Fly's Trips to the ... See full summary »
Director: Bogdan Dziworski
Votes: 6
12. To Make a Comedy Is No Fun : Jirí Menzel (2016)
80 min | Documentary
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun: Jirí Menzel.
Director: Robert Kolinsky | Stars: Jirí Menzel, Ken Loach, Milos Forman, Emir Kusturica
Votes: 21
13. The Eye of Istanbul (2016)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
THE EYE OF ISTANBUL tells the story of Ara Guler, the legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer, through a culmination of his retrospective exhibition in Istanbul. As Ara selects his ... See full summary »
Directors: Binnur Karaevli, Fatih Kaymak | Star: Ara Güler
Votes: 162
14. Tower (2016)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Animation, Crime
Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
Director: Keith Maitland | Stars: Monty Muir, Violett Beane, Cole Bee Wilson, Aldo Ordoñez
Votes: 8,290 | Gross: $0.09M
15. Champ des possibles (2015)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A contemporary city symphony where floating memories blend with urban sounds and the natural elements, where tales of loss and love are mirrored by the demolition and construction of new ... See full summary »
Director: Cristina Picchi
16. Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands' 66-day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. Drawing on an Irish Republican tradition of martyrdom, Sands' ... See full summary »
Directors: Brendan Byrne, Brendan J. Byrne | Stars: Gerry Adams, Michael Alison, Humphrey Atkins, Aram Bakshian
Votes: 669
17. Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel (2015)
79 min | Documentary, History
The filmmaker's grandfather worked at the Red Cross after the Hiroshima bombing. Her quest to learn why he never talked about his experiences takes a new turn after Fukushima's catastrophe.
Director: Aya Domenig | Stars: Aya Domenig, Kiyomi Doi, Shigeru Doi, Sumiko Miyahara
Votes: 98
18. Depth Two (2016)
80 min | Documentary, Drama, History
In 2001 a mass grave was discovered in a suburb of Belgrade. Soon there were more to come. "Depth Two" investigates the hidden story behind this horrid discovery and takes us back to 1999 and the NATO bombings in Serbia.
Director: Ognjen Glavonic | Stars: Bosko Radojkovic, Caslav Golubovic, Bozidar Protic, Shyhrete Berisha
Votes: 190
19. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz, Kevin Mitnick
Votes: 13,413 | Gross: $0.59M
20. Cecilia (2015)
83 min | Documentary
Cecilia is an investigative documentary that sheds light on the growing problem of child labour trafficking in India through its central characters - a 54 year old housekeeper and her ... See full summary »
Director: Pankaj Johar | Stars: Cecilia, Pankaj Johar, Rishi Kant, Kailash Satyarthi
Votes: 30
21. Below Sea Level (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 493
22. El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Crime
The story of a hitman for the drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 1,020
23. Fire at Sea (2016)
114 min | Documentary
Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo
Votes: 6,055 | Gross: $0.12M
24. Stop The Pounding Heart (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Drama
Sara, a girl being home-schooled on a goat farm alongside her 11 siblings, finds her devout values challenged after she meets Colby, an amateur bull rider.
Director: Roberto Minervini | Stars: Sara Carlson, Colby Trichell, Tim Carlson, LeeAnne Carlson
Votes: 1,062
25. Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro (2016)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
An HBO Documentary Film. Tony Vaccaro, a WWII infantryman, smuggled his $47.00 portable camera into battle to create one of the most comprehensive and intimate records of the war.
Director: Max Lewkowicz | Stars: Lynsey Addario, James Estrin, Mike Forster, Tyler Hicks
Votes: 317
26. Far from Home (III) (2014)
71 min | Documentary
Nitesh's father has made a decision. It will not only change the rest of his life, but also that of his children - forever. He wants to give up his Danish residence permit and move back to ... See full summary »
Director: Nitesh Anjaan | Stars: Suhkdev Singh Parwana, Nitesh Anjaan, Shubhdeep Singh Parwana
27. At Home in the World (2015)
58 min | Documentary
At Home in the world gives a unique insight into the lives of five refugee kids during their first year in a Red Cross refugee school in Denmark.
Director: Andreas Koefoed
Votes: 57
28. Brothers (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Aslaug Holm follows closely her two young sons Markus and Lukas in their everyday life, while being sons, close brothers, as well as being kids having pleasures and disappointments.
Director: Aslaug Holm
Votes: 379
29. The Fear of 13 (2015)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A convicted murderer who has spent 23 years on Death Row tells his story.
Director: David Sington | Stars: Herbert A. Fuchs, Sammy Silverwatch, Nick Yarris
Votes: 7,636
30. Las letras (2015)
77 min | Documentary
n June of the year 2000, in the region of the Chiapas Heights, an ambush against a patrol car took place where cops were killed. Tzotzil professor Alberto Patishtan was randomly pointed out... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Chavarría Gutiérrez | Stars: Verónica González, Alberto Patishtán, Héctor Patishtán, Gabriela Patisthán
Votes: 34
31. The Land of the Enlightened (2016)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, War
A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops ... See full summary »
Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue | Stars: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Noor, Zulfu
Votes: 634
32. Picturing War (2016)
59 min | Documentary
Which pictures do we get to see? In a world of modern mass communication and a never ending stream of pictures, this question is more important than ever. Which conflict is worth reporting?... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Flemig | Star: Benjamin Hiller
33. Beyond the Snowstorm (2016)
92 min | Documentary
«The earth has a memory», it is once said in this film. It embraces the dead, and with them their memories. Digging for these memories can reveal another life. Not as a document, but as ... See full summary »
Director: Levin Peter
Votes: 12
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