Movies and TvShows featuring "docufiction" theme.
In the year 2033, a group of astronauts embarks on a dangerous mission to Mars to establish the first human colony on the planet. They face numerous challenges, including the harsh Martian environment and the psychological toll of being separated from their families on Earth.
Trotsky is a TV show that follows the life of Leon Trotsky, a key figure in the Russian Revolution and the early years of Soviet Russia. The series explores his role as a Bolshevik leader, his conflicts with other prominent figures such as Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin, and his eventual assassination. It delves into the political and social turmoil of the time, depicting the struggles of the Red Army and the formation of Communist Party structures. The show also highlights Trotsky's relationship with artist Frida Kahlo and his experiences as a Russian Jew navigating a changing world.
From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.
After the drowning death of their daughter Alice, a family begins to experience inexplicable events and delves into her secret double life.
After Death is a gripping feature film that explores the afterlife based on real near-death experiences, conveyed by scientists, authors, and survivors. From the New York Times bestselling authors who brought you titles like 90 Minutes in Heaven, Imagine Heaven, and To Heaven and Back, emerges a cinematic peek beyond the veil that examines the spiritual and scientific dimensions of mortality, inviting viewers to contemplate the possibility of life after death.
Man with a Movie Camera is an experimental documentary film that showcases various aspects of urban life in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It is known for its innovative filmmaking techniques and avant-garde style, including the use of montage and the incorporation of a film-within-a-film.
Scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.
The War Game is a docudrama that depicts the devastating consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain, including widespread destruction, suffering, and the struggle for survival. It explores the physical and psychological effects of a nuclear war, highlighting the controversy surrounding such a catastrophe. The film tackles themes of civil defense, nuclear weapons, and the apocalyptic consequences of a global conflict.
Moana is a documentary film that depicts the lives of Polynesian people in the 1920s. It explores their indigenous culture, family relationships, tattoo art, and dance rituals. The film showcases the beauty and richness of Oceania, specifically Samoa and Polynesia.
My Winnipeg is a docufiction that combines elements of documentary and fictional storytelling to explore director Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg. The film delves into the city's history, superstitions, and unique character, using a mix of personal anecdotes, home-movie footage, and surreal reenactments. It offers a nostalgic and poetic look at the city through the lens of Maddin's singular vision.
The story of the 1986-87 "Maxi-trial" against Cosa Nostra in Palermo, Italy. Instructed by the Anti-Mafia pool, led by Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the story of this historical process and of its exceptional numbers is recounted through the real images from court audiences enriched by reconstructions with fictional scenes.
Dreaming in Black and White is a portrait of Singapore artist Tang Ling Nah. The film takes us on a journey into Ling Nah’s inner world—her memories, dreams and angels, and her fascination with black-and-white media, drawing charcoal and the city’s transitional spaces. The film explores her practice over the last 15 years and hints at the possible new directions in her art career. It highlights Ling Nah’s courage to pursue her dream to be an artist, the choices and sacrifices she has made, as well as the challenges of being a woman artist in Singapore and her regrets in this journey. The film’s dream-like form mixes documentary, fiction and animation. It blurs the boundaries between us, Ling Nah’s art and her deepest being. Ultimately, it celebrates our dreams—and reassures us that dreams do come true if persevered.
No One Knows About Persian Cats is a drama film that follows a group of musicians in Iran who, while being restricted by the country's censorship and authoritarian regime, try to form a band and secure visas to perform their music abroad. They face numerous challenges and obstacles as they navigate the underground music scene, including police raids, fake passports, and restricted access to recording studios. Through their journey, they explore themes of friendship, music as a form of resistance, and the desire for creative freedom.
A young woman who has just started a job at an art museum writes an email to a friend she lived with until recently. The other woman, also young, works as an artist and has just moved to a new city. A narrator reads this email, but we don't know which of the two women the voice belongs to, whether to the sender or to the receiver of the message. Neither are we aware of the details of this relationship; but what we do know is that, in addition to their interest in art, they share a concern for the difficulties of carrying out their personal and professional lives in the present. By focusing on the peripheral or hidden details of some paintings in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, this narrator relates several stories linked to the social, economic and psychological conditions of the artists, both past and present.
A Cop Movie is a docufiction set in Ciudad de Mexico that portrays the professional and personal lives of police officers. It delves into the dangerous world of corruption, investigations, and the challenges faced by the working-class police force. The film highlights the dedication, resilience, and pursuit of justice in the face of adversity.
Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family. Boldly transforming documentary into fiction, Liu Jiayin cast her parents and herself as fictionalized versions of themselves. Her father, Liu Zaiping, sells leather bags but is slowly going bankrupt. He argues with his wife, Jia Huifen, and his daughter over methods to boost business in the shop. A cloud of anxiety follows them into sleepless nights shared in the same bed. But through the thousand daily travails of city life, a genuine and deeply moving picture of Chinese familial solidarity emerges from the screen.
A metacinematic reflection on the nature of representation and the ongoing drug war in Mexico, Nicolás Pereda’s Flora revisits locations and scenes from the mainstream 2010 narco-comedy El Infierno, exploring the paradoxes of depicting narco-trafficking on film—its tendency both to romanticize and to obscure. To screen is both to project and to conceal.
An Editor recounts the diaries of a failed film production as they attempt to construct a new narrative from the remaining footage.
While struggling to understand his place as a second generation Jordanian–born Palestinian, Abood's uncle returns from Canada with stories of his youth as a refugee following the Naksa. Soon after, and with his uncle's stories fresh in his mind, Abood finds himself lost in the streets of Amman, where he meets a young stranger who offers to guide him home as she shares her thoughts on the country, the people, and her identity as a Palestinian living in Jordan.