Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
117 min
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR) comes the epic, emotional story of the internationall (…)
Directed by Laura Poitras
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
118 min
Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, the duo who brought us the ingenious ethnographic documentary about the fis (…)
Directed by Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
109 min
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown (THE GREAT INVISIBLE, HIFF 2014) returns to her hometown of Mobile, A (…)
Directed by Margaret Brown
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
101 min
East Coast Premiere
In 1969, the masterpiece MIDNIGHT COWBOY shocked and enraptured audiences with its honest, gritty portrayal of New York (…)
Directed by Nancy Buirski
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
105 min
East Coast Premiere
In 2004, NASA scientists and engineers anxiously looked on as their exploration rover Opportunity touched down on Mars. (…)
Directed by Ryan White
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
84 min
World Premiere
Equal parts touching and revelatory, GROUCHO & CAVETT shines a light on the enduring friendship between Emmy®-winni (…)
Directed by Robert S. Bader
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
149 min
World Premiere
Few moments loom larger in contemporary American history than the events of January 6, 2021. With unprecedented access t (…)
Directed by Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
87 min
Academy Award®-nominated director David Petersen tells the inspiring story of LIFT, an afterschool ballet program for h (…)
Directed by David Petersen
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
104 min
In his illuminating portrait of the iconic artist, filmmaker Sacha Jenkins honors Louis Armstrong”s legacy as a fo (…)
Directed by Sacha Jenkins
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
90 min
Co-directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan (PAHOKEE, 2019) return to HIFF with this brilliant portrait of a nudist res (…)
Directed by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
92 min
Academy Award®-nominated director Laura Checkoway (EDITH + EDDIE, HIFF 2017) delivers a tender new documentary on the i (…)
Directed by Laura Checkoway
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
96 min
New York Premiere
In their documentary feature debut, Ben Klein and Violet Columbus team up with the lovable loudmouth Christine Choy, an (…)
Directed by Ben Klein, Violet Columbus
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
94 min
In 2015, 31-year-old mother of two Judy Malinowski was doused in petrol and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend. After her d (…)
Directed by Patricia E. Gillespie
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
97 min
World Premiere
In her tense and gripping new documentary, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy (LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM) track (…)
Directed by Rory Kennedy