Factual Movie Trailers

Head Cold Trailer (2011)

04 November 2011

Die selbst betroffene Autorin und Regisseurin Gamma Bak hat es zum ersten Mal überhaupt gewagt, über die diversen Stadien ihrer Krankheit einen autobiografischen Film zu drehen.

65_RedRoses Trailer (2009)

09 October 2009

65_Redroses is a 2009 documentary film about Eva Markvoort, a young woman from New Westminster, British Columbia, who suffered from cystic fibrosis.

The Roper Trailer (2013)

16 January 2013

The Roper is the true short story of Kendrick, a young calf roper in Lafayette who dreams of one day making it to the rodeo national championship in Las Vegas.

Low Movie (How to Quit Smoking) Trailer (2013)

12 April 2013

Low Movie (How To Quit Smoking) follows the entire career of the iconic band Low and their relationship with director Philip Harder.

Sex - An Instruction Manual for the Youth Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

An animated short from the 80s telling teenagers about puberty, sex and protection.

King Haakon's Visit to 'Dannenbrog' at Crown Prince Christian's Abode Trailer (1906)

03 November 1906

King Haakon on the boat of Crown Prince Christian.

Appalachian Journey Trailer (1991)

19 July 1991

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991).

This Is Not a Dream Trailer (2012)

20 October 2012

The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers.

The Fish & The Fly 4: Streamers Trailer (2010)

04 October 2010

We are back with Morten Oeland on fishing trips in completely different environments. We fish in cold rivers, high altitude mountain lakes and salt water from the open coast.

Wide Boyz II – Slender Gentlemen Trailer (2014)

31 December 2014

After their success climbing the world’s hardest offwidth, the Wide Boyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, embark on their next crack climbing mission.

Some Photos in the City of Sylvia Trailer (2007)

02 October 2007

This remarkable companion piece to In the City of Sylvia offers a compendium of images recorded by Guerín in Strasbourg while searching for the traces of a (fictional?) brief encounter some years earlier with a young woman named Sylvia.

Sounding the Alarm: Battling the Autism Epidemic Trailer (2014)

15 April 2014

How is it we know so little about something so widespread? None of us are more than a family member or neighbor away from autism.

Dear Lastan! Trailer (2014)

24 February 2014

The most popular children's magazine in Yugoslavia was called Modra lasta (Blue Swallow). In 1969, it created Lastan.

Mr. Right Trailer (2005)

29 September 2005

Is living in the big city as impersonal and lonely as some say? Why is it so hard for New York women to find Mr.

Are You Afraid? Trailer (1971)

26 March 1971

This documentary examines a feature of Danish life in the late '60s and early '70s: the political commune.

This Is Civilization Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

In 1957, an American diplomat newly stationed in Beirut decides to document his life in the Middle East.

1996 Lucy and the Corpses in the Pool Trailer (2017)

13 June 2017

A humorous and surprising Argentinian experiment in lo-fi aesthetics about a girl's trip to an alternative music festival.

Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees Trailer (2017)

20 December 2017

A fungi expert also shows Judi the incredible action going on beneath her feet, revealing an astonishing underground fungal network that looks up to the tips of tree roots, connecting many trees in a forest together.

Don't Be Nice Trailer (2018)

20 April 2018

A team of young black Slam Poets stake their reputations on the risk of telling hard truths as they compete for the National Championship during the racially-charged summer of 2016.

Mammifères marins, les maîtres des abysses Trailer (2018)

01 March 2018

Marc Bolan: Cosmic Dancer Trailer (2017)

01 September 2017

This intimate biography, narrated in Marc Bolan's own words, traces his remarkable journey from Hackney's 'king of the mods' to Tyrannosaurus Rex, as he evolved into the artist known as 'the hippie with a knife up his sleeve'.

The Fall of the Habsburgs Trailer (2018)

06 April 2018

The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowed the seeds of its own demise.

Philosopher Escaped Trailer (2005)

19 May 2005

A film about the eccentric and paradoxical Russian philosopher Alexander Piatigorsky - a specialist on Buddhism and ancient Indian philosophy, a legendary character in Russian intellectual circles since the 60s, and a well-known writer who, "collects interesting people" and "doesn't wish to prepare for death".

GidyUp! On the Rodeo Circuit Trailer (2005)

30 July 2005

A documentary exploring the lives of the men and women on the International Gay Rodeo Circuit.

Charlotte Perriand, Pioneer in the Art of Living Trailer (2019)

19 October 2019

This documentary explores Perriand's development from her own perspective, from the 1930s, when she made common cause with Le Corbusier and avant-garde art, to her discovery of Japan, where she was inspired to incorporate aspects of Japanese tradition into her practice of Modernism.

Les reines de la nuit Trailer (2019)

04 December 2019

For them, cross-dressing came as a revelation. Yesterday they were doctors, designers, farmers, today they're actors, dancers, singers - They left everything behind to live their passion for the stage.

Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) Trailer (2014)

30 October 2014

There are about 140 landscapes painted by Claude Monet in Pourville during 4 long stays between 1882 and 1897.

Des lueurs dans le ciel Trailer (2016)

20 August 2016

Landscapes of Rivers (And Other Ways to Speak with Yourself) Trailer (2020)

01 August 2020

The characters of this film are outsider musicians from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk, not losers, but people with their own position.

OINK! Trailer (2020)

04 September 2020

Featuring interviews recorded in Los Angeles and Berlin in 2019/20, the experimental documentary short OINK! offers a portrait of gay men who—in different ways—relate to the gay “pig” sexual imaginary.

Phenomena Trailer (2020)

12 December 2020

An experimental triptych filmed in 16mm and Super 8 over a four year period, Phenomena continues the artist's evolving preoccupation with landscape and celluloid practices.

Night Nursery Trailer (2021)

01 June 2021

In a working class neighborhood of Bobo-Dioulasso, every evening, Madame Coda welcomes the children of prostitutes into her home.

AWGE DVD: Volume 1 Trailer (2017)

17 September 2017

First installment of the documentary like series from the A$AP Rocky founded creative agency AWGE

Treasures of Verona Trailer (2020)

10 December 2020

Putting his reputation at stake, the ambitious Ukrainian border guard finds the masterpieces of art stolen in Verona.

Arrêt sur images : le traitement par la télévison de la grêve de 1995 Trailer (1996)

20 January 1996

The Tiger's Den Trailer (2017)

09 November 2017

A Canadian kickboxer journeys to Thailand to study Muay Thai and to find himself. Along the way, his gaze will turn to Myanmar, where traditional boxers engage in a brutal form of bare knuckles fighting called Lethwei.

What We Shared Trailer (2021)

29 October 2021

By recreating personal stories though testimony, poetry and archival material, the artist and performers explore deep traumas that no single place or language can contain.

The Rhine Flows to the Mediterranean Sea Trailer (2023)

04 May 2023

In associative montages of images and conversations with people in Germany, Poland and ultimately in Israel, this film explores persistent traumas, mechanisms of repressing the pain, and attempts at reconciliation.

Victoria Falls: Africa's Garden of Eden Trailer (2021)

28 November 2021

One can see them from distances up to 30 km: like a mumbling, bubbling volcano, ready to erupt, a glowing cloud rises from the earth.

Finding a Way: The Story of the Blind Surfer Trailer (2021)

26 January 2021

This short documentary explores the life of Pete Gustin, a world-renowned voiceover artist and "Blind Surfer".

The Colloquial Orchestra: Live at Bandito's Trailer (2019)

24 May 2019

The Colloquial Orchestra is an experimental improvised music ensemble founded by Dave Watkins in 2009 as an excuse to be in a band with his favorite musicians.

Afghan Dreamers Trailer (2022)

07 July 2022

An all-girls’ robotics team in Afghanistan risks it all to prove that it can compete against anyone in the world, and demonstrates that girls can become scientists and engineers instead of teenage brides.

This Charming Couple Trailer (1950)

20 August 1950

Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar dislocation.

S.O.V. The True Independents Trailer (2018)

18 November 2018

Series dedicated to preserving the legacy of shot on video horror movies. Hear the true stories from the innovators themselves on these important works in cinema history.

I’m Me! Trailer (1970)

01 August 1970

A collection of short animated films commissioned by The While House Conference on Children in 1970. Made by children at the Yellow Ball Workshop.

Life Will Smile Trailer (2017)

07 October 2017

Zakynthos is a Greek island on the Ionian Sea famed for its beauty. It also has the unique distinction of having saved all 275 of its Jewish inhabitants during WWII.

Far Apart Trailer (2021)

22 September 2021

In 2021, Australia (particularly the eastern states) was hit with a wave of COVID-19 cases that heavily affected many families, causing whole states to go into lockdown.

The Magical Guru and His Secret Mantra Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

About an Indian Guru and his ancient mantra-meditation technique which helps in curing of Physical, Mental, Spiritual & Materialistic problems.

Protsess Mironova Trailer (1919)

01 January 1919

Newsreel of the trial of the Cossack commander of the 2nd Cavalry Red Army Filipp Kuzmich Mironov. The part of The History of the Civil War—compilation film created by Vertov in 1921.

JFK: The Three Miles Trailer (2023)

30 June 2023

In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a visit which would change America and the rest of the world’s perception of Ireland forever.

Mentiras Armadas. Operaciones de prensa y comunicación de la dictadura uruguaya Trailer (2021)

19 May 2021

In October 1976, the Uruguayan Armed Forces exhibited to the media a group of militants kidnapped in Buenos Aires months before, as if they had just been captured in national territory.

Roos Rebergen - I don’t know very well Trailer (2009)

16 September 2009

Both circumstance and coming of age bring Roos Rebergen, the young Dutch singer/songwriter behind Roosbeef, to leave her parental home.

Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice Trailer (2023)

22 December 2023

A friend of Jodice, Martone recounts the story of the great Neapolitan photographer: a film made for the exhibition at the Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, Mimmo Jodice.

The End of the World Trailer (1964)

19 November 1964

A rare Italian mondo film from director Paolo Nuzzi.

Airborne: The RAF at 90 Trailer (2008)

11 December 2008

The RAF sprang to life during the First World War. It took off into a dangerous adulthood during the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Germany, and achieved maturity as a delivery platform for the hydrogen bomb.

Gordos não vão para o céu Trailer (2023)

21 September 2023

Butterfly Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

This rare and intimate portrait explores a young woman’s perspective about living with albinism – a condition which has often made her an outsider – who is determined to lead a normal life.