(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Documentary Films
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1. The Cave (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, War
Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.
Director: Feras Fayyad | Stars: Amani Ballour, Salim Namour, Alaa, Samaher
Votes: 2,946
2. The Kingmaker (2019)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines.
Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Imelda Marcos, Etta Rosales, Ferdinand Marcos, George Bush
Votes: 2,627
3. Western Stars (2019)
PG | 83 min | Documentary, Music
Live concert performance of Bruce Springsteen singing songs from his album 'Western Stars'.
Directors: Bruce Springsteen, Thom Zimny | Stars: Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen
Votes: 1,971
4. Red Penguins (2019)
PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary, Sport
Red Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of ... See full summary »
Director: Gabe Polsky | Stars: Howard Baldwin, Alexander Baranovsky, George Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 730
5. Citizen K (2019)
Not Rated | 126 min | Documentary
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin, Boris Berezovsky
Votes: 1,606
6. Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime
Tracing from his rise in the 1970s to his disgrace in accusations of rape and sexual harassment in more recent years.
Director: Eva Orner | Stars: Larissa Anderson, Francesca Asumah, Sarah Baughn, Bikram Choudhury
Votes: 8,347
7. Varda by Agnès (2019)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Biography
Agnès Varda, photographer, installation artist and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, is an institution of French cinema. Taking a seat on a theatre stage, she uses photos and film excerpts to provide an insight into her unorthodox oeuvre.
Stars: Agnès Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Hervé Chandès, Nurith Aviv
Votes: 2,553
8. I Am Not Alone (2019)
90 min | Documentary
On Easter 2018, a man puts on a backpack to walk all over Armenia. His mission is to inspire a velvet revolution which can overthrow the corrupt regime that enjoys absolute power in this post-Soviet nation.
Director: Garin Hovannisian | Stars: Nikol Pashinyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Valeriy Osipyan, Anna Hakobyan
Votes: 317
9. And We Go Green (2019)
99 min | Documentary, Sport
Professional drivers on the international Formula E circuit - like Formula One, but with eco-friendly electric cars - race for victory across 10 cities in this white-knuckle documentary.
Directors: Fisher Stevens, Malcolm Venville | Stars: Alejandro Agag, Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 233
10. The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)
84 min | Documentary
Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the government. However, he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture and a place on the map.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Jorge Baradit, Vicente Gajardo, Francisco Gazitúa, Pablo Salas
Votes: 929
11. 143 Sahara Street (2019)
90 min | Documentary
In the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika.
Director: Hassen Ferhani | Stars: Malika, Samir El Hakim, Chawki Amari, Ali Damiche
Votes: 218
12. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,440
13. Paris Stalingrad (2019)
88 min | Documentary
Summer 2016, Paris, refugees are camping in the Stalingrad district while waiting to regularize their situation.
Directors: Hind Meddeb, Thim Naccache
Votes: 22
14. Sing Me a Song (2019)
100 min | Documentary
As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, documentarian Thomas Balmès is there to witness its transformative impact on a young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation gives way to profound engagement with the technology.
Director: Thomas Balmès | Stars: Peyangki, Ugyen
Votes: 176
15. Sanctuary (2019)
75 min | Documentary
Actor Javier Bardem explores the underwater life of the Arctic by joining a two-man submarine that's launched from a Greenpeace boat just off of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Director: Álvaro Longoria | Stars: Javier Bardem, Carlos Bardem
Votes: 63
16. Cunningham (2019)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Director: Alla Kovgan | Stars: Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Ashley Chen, Brandon Collwes
Votes: 447
17. The Australian Dream (2019)
105 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport
"The Australian Dream" is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper, more powerful story about race, identity, and belonging.
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Adam Goodes, Stan Grant, Nova Peris, Gilbert McAdam
Votes: 947
18. This Is Not a Movie (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Nirmeen Hazineh, Sulieman Khatib
Votes: 369
19. Coppers (2019)
86 min | Documentary, Crime
An honest, hard-hitting, horrifying look at the careers of former police officers, described in their own words.
Director: Alan Zweig
Votes: 29
20. State Funeral (2019)
135 min | Documentary, History
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Joseph Stalin's funeral.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrenti Beria, Vyacheslav Molotov
Votes: 1,256
21. Heimat is a Space in Time (2019)
218 min | Documentary, History
In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Director: Thomas Heise | Star: Thomas Heise
Votes: 166
22. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018– )
TV-14 | 840 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Adjoa Andoh, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 390
23. Ready for War (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Crime, War
Andrew Renzi's sheds light on the lives of three of the estimated thousands of immigrants who volunteer for service in the American military, yet find themselves deported from the US once their tours of duty are over.
Director: Andrew Renzi
Votes: 175
24. Ibrahim: A Fate to Define (2019)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Ibrahim, my father, left the house one day in 1987, and never came back. I was 6 years old. Ibrahim Al Abed was a secret agent for the "Revolutionary Council" (popularly know as the "Abu ... See full summary »
Director: Lina Al Abed
Votes: 38
25. Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger (2019)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
Jordan River Anderson spent the first five years of life in hospital. He could have been home at two.
Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Ernest Anderson, Jordan River Anderson, Virginia Anderson, Cindy Blackstock
Votes: 53
26. Desert One (2019)
107 min | Documentary, History, War
Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: James Q. Roberts, John Limbert, Gerald Rafshoon, Jimmy Carter
Votes: 341
27. Love Child (2019)
112 min | Documentary, Drama
A poignant portrait of a family of asylum seekers desperate to start a new life, but stalled in bureaucratic limbo.
Directors: Eva Mulvad, Lea Glob, Morten Ranmar | Stars: Sahand, Leila, Mani, Ebru Salcioglu
Votes: 167
28. Un Film Dramatique (2019)
114 min | Documentary
A collective project with students at a junior high school in a Paris suburb, about friendship, emancipation, trust, and the act of filmmaking for a generation raised by selfies and YouTube.
Director: Eric Baudelaire | Stars: David Pop, Anida Ait Abdesselam, Fatimata Sarr
Votes: 157
29. Henry Glassie: Field Work (2019)
105 min | Documentary
The worldwide travels and unique cultural finds of renowned American folklorist Henry Glassie are enthralling chronicled in this portrait by director Pat Collins.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Henry Glassie, Pravina Shukla, Samuel Rodrigues, Rosalvo Santanna
Votes: 49
30. Letter to the Editor (2019)
88 min | Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker and Emmy winner Alan Berliner's personal journey through 40 years of pictorial history culled from daily printed editions of the New York Times.
Director: Alan Berliner | Stars: Alan Berliner, Bram Ellant
Votes: 34
31. There's Something in the Water (I) (2019)
73 min | Documentary
The injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in her home province, in this urgent documentary on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures.
Directors: Ian Daniel, Elliot Page | Stars: Elliot Page, Ingrid Waldron, Louise Delisle, Michelle Francis-Denny
Votes: 478
32. Once Were Brothers (2019)
R | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: The Band, Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen, Rick Danko
Votes: 2,139
33. My English Cousin (2019)
82 min | Documentary
Fahed, who left Algeria for England in 2001 and, now, contemplates returning to his place of birth.
Director: Karim Sayad
Votes: 21
34. The Capote Tapes (2019)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
The rise and fall of Truman Capote, the iconic writer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, as told by his friends and enemies.
Director: Ebs Burnough | Stars: Truman Capote, Kate Harrington, Dotson Rader, Sally Quinn
Votes: 653
35. Dads (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
Director Bryce Dallas Howard teams up with her father, Ron Howard, to explore contemporary fatherhood through anecdotes and wisdom from famous funnymen such as Will Smith, Jimmy Fallon, Neil Patrick Harris, and more.
Director: Bryce Dallas Howard | Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard, Judd Apatow, Chace Elijah
Votes: 1,397
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