Documentaries of the Year

The story of AfroReggae's emergence from Rio's slums, one of the most important, emotive and entertaining documentaries in years.

An intimate look at the French philosopher and intellectual icon.

A night in the death of a 62-year old Romanian man. One of the few genuinely unforgettable and unique cinematic experiences of the year.

Five children and their families navigate the ups and downs of cancer treatment. A deeply compassionate, moving story of hope, love and resilience.

30th anniversary re-release of Oscar-winning documentary about the Vietnam War.

An impressionistic documentary about the life of a blinded artist, a rapturous reconfiguration of the everyday.

Kirby Dick investigates the censorship secrets of the American movie industry.

An uplifting and enlightening documentary women delivering justice and empowerment in modern-day Africa.

Nick Broomfield catches up with white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche, fifteen years after The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife.

A monumental and visually striking documentary mapping the world of work from the slaughterhouses of Nigeria to the steelworks of China.

A young man who has lost everything and everyone he knows to a rare form of amnesia reconstructs his life in this stranger-than-fiction portrait of identity as a work in progress.

How humans learn to live with the past: a haunting documentary about the everyday life in Mauthausen, site of the infamous Nazi concentration camp.

A masterclass in bravura movie-making, this dazzling, delirious epic of Communist propaganda has to be seen on the big-screen to be fully appreciated.