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- DirectorGianfranco RosiStarsSamuele PucilloMattias CucinaSamuele CaruanaCapturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
- DirectorPieter-Jan De PueStarsGholam NasirKhyrgyz BajNoorA 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 finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the arid mountains of Pamir.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsElon MuskLawrence KraussLucianne WalkowiczWerner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsEnnio MorriconeSilvano AgostiAlessandro AlessandroniA documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDavid SangerEmad KiyaeiEric ChienA documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsMatt JohnsonOwen WilliamsAndrew AppelleIn 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsCate BlanchettJamal CavilMaisha DiattaAn exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity's place in the future. With narration by Cate Blanchett.
- DirectorRick HarperStarsJuliette DanielleRobyn ParisKyle VogtA documentary about The Room (2003).
- DirectorRobert GreeneStarsKate Lyn SheilStephanie CoatneyMichael Ray DavisActress Kate Lyn Sheil prepares to portray the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who took her own life on local Florida television in 1974.
- DirectorToni MyersStarsJennifer LawrenceSamantha CristoforettiScott KellyAn exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from the International Space Station. Narrated by Jennifer Lawrence.
- DirectorBrian OakesStarsJames FoleyUnai AranzadiZac BaillieAn in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014.
- DirectorSean ConantStarsLili TaylorAidan QuinnMichael C. HallThe complete story of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
- DirectorEzra EdelmanStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarMike AlbaneseMuhammad AliA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
- DirectorRoozbeh GhasemiStarsAnvar SultanovOleg Nikolaevich TaninMariambi KhakimovaAl Aziv, ProRock and Red Planet. Three Bands - one Obsession: Rock Metal! This sounds not extraordinary but it is in a country shaped by strong traditions and which is still struggling to find his way to the future. But there is a new generation in this former Soviet Republic, which faces long since many challenges, exacerbated by the combined effects of the civil war (1992-1997) and the economic and politic transition, with new questions, ideals and dreams. The youth of Tajikistan are finding their own paths, voicing their own concerns with the status quo and demonstrating their own identity. These young Metal-Heads are confronted by unique challenges of producing and performing music in a society so at odds with their own values. There might be different characters, different bands and different styles but there is only one message spread out through the sound of their music: I Want to Be Different.
- DirectorStephanie SoechtigStarsPam BosleyKatie CouricTed CruzA look at the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre where 20 children were murdered at their school by a resentful, gun-obsessed shooter, but led to no changes in American federal gun laws.
- DirectorPatty Ann DillonStarsAllen AultCraig BaxleyTerry BraceyA journey of compassion and consequence, through a process shrouded in secrecy. Executioners' lives intersect on a path to discovering freedom from their own personal prisons...
- DirectorNanfu WangStarsYe HaiyanHuangWang JianfenA human rights activist and filmmaker travels to Hainan Province to seek justice for six elementary school girls who were sexually abused, while being followed by local governments, national secret police, and even her own neighbors.
- DirectorRoger Ross WilliamsStarsOwen SuskindCornelia SuskindRon SuskindA coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
- DirectorJosh KriegmanElyse SteinbergStarsAnthony WeinerHuma AbedinJordan Zain WeinerAn examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign and today's political landscape.
- DirectorBailey WebberMichael WebberStarsHolly AllenMartin BinksLaura Bruij-WilliamsWhen a brave high school student takes a stand against state-mandated BMI tests of her peers, she finds herself in the middle of a heated national controversy, sparking a battle of wills between herself and government officials.
- DirectorChristopher BirkStarsRuPaulPeppermintBarry HumphriesA Documentary team follows a group of drag queens and their lives.
- DirectorMatthew MieleStarsJessica BielKatie CouricAmy Fine-CollinsA past to present fully authorized documentary of Tiffany & Co.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachJake PaltrowStarsBrian De PalmaMark HamillAmy IrvingA documentary about writer and director Brian De Palma.
- DirectorNicolas SteinerStarsEdward CardenasCynthia GoodwinRichard F. EthredgeFilmmaker Nicolas Steiner documents the exploits of three homeless people in Las Vegas, a man who lives in a military bunker in the California desert and a woman at a Utah research station that simulates life on Mars.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsBertrand TavernierFrançois TruffautJean-Paul GaultierBertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
- DirectorDavid FarrierDylan ReeveStarsDavid FarrierDylan ReeveDavid StarrJournalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.