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Quartz crystals have been attracting “crystal hunters” to the Uri Alps for centuries. The film traces their passion and accompanies them in their dangerous work in the archaic mountain landscape.

A life of political commitment led filmmaker Michèle Firk from the underground support network of the Algerian FLN to the guerrilla struggle in Guatemala. In 1966, she was in Havana when the Tricontinental took place, a conference aimed at forming a united anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist front of countries from the Global South.

Five Congolese women testify about their traumatic past, marked by violence. Kidnapped as children because they are of mixed ancestry, robbed of their rights and identity, and abandoned after Congo's independence, they decide to break their silence. They file a complaint against the Belgian state for crimes against humanity.

The documentary traces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and counter its proxy forces, the conflict with the Palestinians, and the role of the U.S. through decades of difficulty in the region. Drawing on new, insider interviews, this two-hour special examines how long-running and escalating tensions between Israel and Iran erupted into all-out war in June 2025. The film also explores how multiple U.S. presidents have tried to manage the volatile issues at play.

Through the ritual of saying sorry, a bold journey explores how apologies redefine history and what happens to us as witnesses to the act of atonement.

Liepa and her daughter move to Germany in search of a fresh start, but soon must confront her family’s disapproval and the challenges of metropolitan life.

« A mother is in a psychiatric ward. Today, she is discharged for a few hours and is met by her son. Through fleeting moments – as if suspended in time – the bond between mother and son resurfaces, even as her illness stands in the way. »

A reflective portrait of an Estonian tarot reader from a dynasty of seers - uncovering childhood memories, family bonds, and the unseen inheritance that shapes how we understand and move through life.

Starting from a hotel in Addis Ababa built by Emperor Haile Selassie, Ruth Beckermann explores a place both familiar and foreign to her. Archive footage and conversations on the ground combine personal reflections with the histories of Ethiopia and Europe.

Months into his second term, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. It had been seven years since a Saudi hit squad murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in an operation U.S. intelligence assessed MBS had approved.Now, Trump hailed MBS as a friend. The two men announced from the Oval Office that Saudi Arabia planned to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S.FRONTLINE's new documentary "The Crown Prince & the President" draws on over 100 interviews to investigate what forces bind the two men and their countries together, and what each stands to gain.

Four film critics, accompanied by the discreet presence of a director, analyse the origins of their cinephilia.

An Italian-Irish American family. A legendary professor. A cult classic jazz record. A historic theater. A personal journey into the heart of New England.

The story of the 1996 Sea Empress oil spill off the Pembrokeshire coast, and how communities mobilised to respond to the disaster and protect their coastline.

Here we follow the production of a film about debt, where the protagonist is a debt-crippled Pinocchio – crowned the king of debt – ready to do anything to stay in power. In the search for funding for this political satire, the grand fiction on which our economic system is based – between scams and legal loopholes – is revealed.

The rare archive footage that documented his journey over three decades - from the age of 14 in Hebron, through the demonstrations and provocations, to becoming a decisive factor in Israeli politics, who is now facing a head-on confrontation with the High Court of Justice.

Louder Than Guns is a journey through rural, urban, and suburban America that humanizes all sides of this country’s polarized gun debate through the power of music, civil discourse, and unexpected common ground. The film tackles the extremely complicated and sensitive subject of gun violence which has become politically divisive in an open and all encompassing approach, inviting people from all aspects of the country to join in a conversation and speak their peace.

Sang is one of 300.000 children left behind by American soldiers after the Vietnam War, born to Vietnamese woman. When he unexpectedly finds his father in the U.S., he wants to meet him, even though it comes at a price of leaving his beloved family. Cultural barriers and unspoken pain collide when the past catches up with the present.

A classic found-footage film, revealing a story that would otherwise have been lost: the love between Sergio Corbucci and Mirta Guarnaschelli.

The Queen Swing follows climbers Laura Pineau and Kate Kelleghan as they chase history on Yosemite’s granite walls, attempting to become the first women to complete the legendary Triple Crown: linking El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mount Watkins in a single 24-hour push. But this isn’t just a story about summits and speed records. It’s about what happens between two people when the only thing keeping you alive is the person on the other end of the rope. Through extreme conditions and risky terrain, the film reveals how trust gets built in increments through shared confidence, quiet encouragement, and the kind of vulnerability that only emerges when you’re too exhausted to pretend. The Crown is the goal, but the partnership is the heart of the climb.

When the last Filipino community center in Ketchikan, Alaska, becomes a memory, a 50-year-old Filipina who spent her life resisting her heritage travels to the Philippines to rediscover her roots, preserving her community’s disappearing culture, and teaching indigenous Filipino dances.

Three of the youngest Turpin siblings tell their stories of the past and how they experienced abuse a second time in the foster care system.

Tells the story of the wild ride of Australian football, from being dismissed as a game for outsiders to becoming the code that best represents who Australians are as a nation.

From upstate NY farms to Manhattan runways, Isabella Rossellini, Donna Karan, and Mimi Prober explore a shifting fashion system, reconnecting land, craft, and clothing in an era of overconsumption.

Inspired by The Bell Jar, after / still follows two friends at a crossroads, capturing the quiet tension of choosing one life among many, where unfulfilled possibilities linger, yet connection and continuity endure beyond distance and change.

What happens when we lose a species that is family? Ganibarra is a deeply personal journey into the cultural connection between first nations people and dingoes.

We sent cameras to Ukraine and asked people, “What would you like to tell us about your daily lives?” “What should we see?” This is what they want to show us. This is what their daily lives look like. This is their life. Please don’t look away!

Alice and Horst paints a moving portrait of two siblings from Saarbrücken whose lives were shaped by their family’s antifascist resistance. As children, Alice Hornung and Horst Bernard were forced to flee from the Nazis into exile in France, where, despite constant danger, they also experienced great solidarity. After their return they continued their parents’ political commitment: against fascism, for peace and disarmament. The film combines personal memories with rare archival footage and portrays two individuals who, well into old age, remain unwavering in their commitment to justice and remembrance.

Tracing biographical lines, Volker Koepp steps into his oeuvre, rich in encounters. Returning to Lithuania, Moldova and Chernivtsi, he looks back and brings things up to date, as the war against Ukraine becomes a determining element of the present. Epic.

A short mockumentary covering the chilling casualties caused by a local vet.

In a bus trip, thoughts, dreams and memories mix together as the day dawns

2067. A mother tells her daughter about her ancestor’s struggle against a large-scale rare earth mining project in Madagascar, and the resistance of the people in the north of the Great Red Island, faced with the systematic plundering of natural resources in the name of the economic interests of the globalised North.

Barriga Llena, Corazón Contento (Full Belly, Happy Heart) is a chorus of stories from the organizers of Fenix Community Fridge, a grassroots food pantry in Ridgewood, Queens, run out of a local car service. The film interweaves migration journeys, home-made meals, and the everyday acts of care that bind a community together.

Can fear be a territory? Creatively exploring the ambiguity of fear, the short film uses the metaphor of an ant in a circle to invite us to confront our deepest fears and step out of the circle of comfort.

December 2025: The Young Gods ignite the stage at Fri-Son. More than a concert, this visual experience captures the urgency of the live show while summoning the band's history. An organic celebration of a forty-year career, deeply rooted in Switzerland's most iconic rock venue.

Women airplane mechanics

Klaus Fried was a teenager when his father Erich Fried, the writer, died. He had to share him with the entire world public. The son embarks on a search, meets family members, friends and companions and, together with Julia Albrecht, tries to piece together a picture of his father from the memories of these people. When he meets Astrid Proll, co-founder of the RAF, the hard struggle for answers makes it clear how similar father and son are.

David Attenborough looks into the ocean's depths to discuss the coelacanth, a primeval fish hidden for 400 million years. Its mysterious movements reveal vital clues about life's journey from sea to land, as well as secrets of evolution and survival.

When young musicians come together to play classical music, they send out a strong signal to our today’s world. The film follows talented young Swiss musicians as they work, search for inspiration, but also expose their thought how to play nowadays the “old” Classical music.

Several Ukrainian artists and one filmmaker embark on a journey to seek an answer to once unimaginable question - what is the artist’s role in a war?

Golden Eyes is a passion project that seeks to reveal the secret life of an endangered Tree Frog species, that not long ago was believed to be extinct. With its distribution limited to Costa Rica and a Western Panama, Agalycnnis annae Golden-Eyed Tree Frog, is highly endangered. This species conservation is directly related human action to protect its habitat. This happens because the little corners this species historically inhabited are the same where humans have developed as cities in Costa Rica’s Central Valley.

For the first time, all party leaders are on TikTok, while almost half of all first-time voters say they get their politics on social media more often than in newspapers, radio and television. What does this mean for politics, and will the Swedish election be decided on a Chinese platform that is being portrayed as a security risk?

Using the camera as a weapon to defend their ancestral land in Brazil, three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective lovingly record their Munduruku traditions and their mythology of humans transforming into forest plants and animals.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of How Not to Die, a documentary about my life and work.

A day in the life of Jack Grady, magician and fastest loser on America's Got Talent.

The Impossible Dream follows the stories of American citizens from around the nation, approaching the 250th anniversary of America. They explore what it means to be American while overcoming their unique challenges, acting out of the responsibility that they can - and must - follow the American Dream to build a future for coming generations. From ranchers to coffee shop owners, they show that the hope and beliefs that built this nation are still alive today. In this land of opportunity, through hard work and God's help, nothing is impossible.

Following a catastrophic train derailment, The Bulldogs follows the residents of a small rural community in East Palestine, Ohio, as they navigate an uncertain path to recovery.

The calm of Christmas Day turns to terror in Boden when a 57-year-old woman is stabbed to death in her home and her two teenage daughters are seriously injured. When the police arrive at the scene, the suspected perpetrator is shot dead. The case later sparks a major debate about compulsory psychiatric care and risk assessments. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the aftermath.