Biographical Documentary Movies

By decoding ancient hieroglyphic texts, Jean-François Champollion gave voice to an enigmatic civilization, but behind his legendary feat is a...

A portrait of one of the most successful European singers of all time. Salvatore Adamo arrived in Belgium from Sicily at the age of three. A...

A famous figure of the 20th century, Albert Schweitzer was a tireless humanist and polymath who opened a hospital in the Gabonese jungle to bring...

The iconic Korean hip-hop group Epik High debuted in 2003 and has since captivated fans worldwide with their exceptional lyricism and evocative music...

From the moment Tom Daley leaps off the diving board, he has 1.6 seconds to showcase what can be achieved when you spend over two decades of your...

In September 2021, France will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty. A decision so strong that it will symbolize, in...

Brother François, a young Frenchman, will live a human adventure in the heart of an American Ghetto.

Augustus is reputed to have been a violent, adventurous, power-hungry and unscrupulous warlord. Yet as founder of the Roman Empire, he ushered in a...

A musical portrait film that offers a glimpse behind the scenes of decades of success, revealing the rarely seen world of personal struggles and...

Churchill, a name typically associated with braveness and altruism. Recently found evidence from Soviet and British sources however brings up...

Afghan filmmaker Mithaq Kazimi documents injustices done to a targeted group of his neighbors, the Baha'is of Iran, by telling the life story of one...

L'Art du Dernier Soir explores a period in the director's life through his numerous one-night stands. Blending autofiction and documentary, the film...

Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the great novels of world literature. The documentary immerses itself in the very own cosmos,...

An immersion into the intimacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR. The architect of perestroika and glasnost, who was praised in the...