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The #documentary VALENTINA AND THE MUOSTERS is out now on True Story. "refuses to consign an all-is-lost wretchedness in its gaze on the people, investing them with agency, resolve, and grit....a quietly, solemnly reflective work” - High on Films www.highonfilms.com/valentina-an...
ATLAS OF DISAPPEARANCE is out today. "After 80 years of silence, new forensic technologies help families reconstruct the fate of their relatives, whose bodies were secretly transferred to their executioner’s mausoleum" - Winner, Jury Award, Docs Barcelona Watch www.truestory.film/atlas-of-dis...
On top of the Bürglkopf mountain in Tyrol, far off the beaten track at an altitude of 1,300 meters, a refugee centre accommodates asylum seekers. Under the pressure of indefinite isolation, the aim is to convince them to leave Austria. OUT OF SIGHT: www.truestory.film/out-of-sight
OUT OF SIGHT by Lisa Polster "a complex picture of Austrian and European migration policy, and of everyday racism...fundamentally shifts the concept of a beautiful view, turning the picturesque Tyrol into a murky prison" -Diagonale Winner Best Doc Watch www.truestory.film/out-of-sight #documentary
Our new #documentary today is OUT OF SIGHT / BURGLKOPF by Lisa Polster. A refugee return centre is located on the Bürglkopf mountain in Tyrol. The idyllic Alpine landscape becomes the scene of a bizarre encounter between refugees, villagers and tourists. Watch www.truestory.film/out-of-sight
BAD REPUTATION by Marta García & Sol Infante "More than a portrait of one woman, this is a beautiful celebration of a whole community, one that dares to fight for a better future against overwhelming odds." - Guardian Watch: buff.ly/cTqxoJo #documentary
"More than a portrait of one woman, this is a beautiful celebration of a whole community, one that dares to fight for a better future against overwhelming odds." #Guardian Watch: www.truestory.film/bad-reputation
A remarkable #documentary that transforms family VHS tapes into a portrait of memory, identity, and history. As one family's story unfolds alongside the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's path to independence, the past feels startlingly present. 🎥🇺🇦 Watch: www.truestory.film/fragments-of...
Toto has spent most of his life working as a gold prospector on the southernmost tip of Chile. Now in his 60s, he still stands in the river using a sieve to harvest the glistening snippets of gold. THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE: buff.ly/k7KX0nk
"an admirable first feature....Thanks to her direct cinema approach, the filmmaker offers a subtle look into the valuable and close-knit network of political engagement" - Visions du Reel Watch NIGHTWATCHERS: buff.ly/kNlCj0p
Toto has spent most of his life working as a gold prospector on the southernmost tip of Chile. Now in his 60s, he still stands in the river using a sieve to harvest the glistening snippets of gold. THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE: buff.ly/k7KX0nk
"tense and sensitive....without sensationalism, allows us to observe the emotions on the faces of the often silent family members and their grateful guest....the warmth of human contact contrasts with the brutality of a system that traps us all" Biografilm Fest THE GUEST buff.ly/GuLP47g#docu...
"A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings" - Special Mention, International Competition, Visions du Reel Out today: buff.ly/wPOkGD5
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"The tension is palpable in this sensitive, sharply observant documentary...The situation is dire, and a solution remains out of reach. Yet, at the same time, the film is permeated by the warmth of human help and contact" - IDFA, Winner Best Cinematography, Int. Competition. Watch: buff.ly/Ukd13gM
Check out this gorgeous poster for NO WINTER HOLIDAYS. (it's our latest documentary release on True Story, check it out here: www.truestory.film/no-winter-ho...)
HOUSE OF GLOSS is an intimate and affectionate portrait of a Scottish queer trans femme couple — Opal, a drag queen, and Lana, a DJ & graffiti writer — as they live out their dreams and desires in Dundee. Watch: www.truestory.film/house-of-gloss
"Through a mix of archival material and present-day footage, RELENTLESS MEMORY becomes a record of resistance and remembrance, poetically intertwining the Mapuche ancestral landscape with memories that were forcibly erased from the land and its people" #SheffieldDocFest Watch: buff.ly/1ugHOkx
Out this week on True Story: www.truestory.film/relentless-m...
RELENTLESS MEMORY is out now on True Story: www.truestory.film/relentless-m...
Read an intro to MY FATHER'S DIARIES by director Ado Hasanović on the blog: truestoryfilm.blog/2026/05/18/m...
"Bekir was one of the few men to survive the Srebrenica massacre. In My Father’s Diaries, Ado, along with his mother, Fatima, starts deciphering the tragic history of not only his family, but an entire people" @berthadochouse.bsky.social on MY FATHER'S DIARIES, out now on True Story. buff.ly/HtvSPAr
‘Preemptive Listening’ is a work of non-fiction cinema which re-imagines sirens in order to forge a new understanding of present and long term emergency. Watch: www.truestory.film/preemptive-l...
"More than an act of remembrance...allows him to reconstruct his image of his father and finally understand precisely how he managed to survive the abominable genocide of Srebrenica... so that he can finally turn the page" - Visions du Reel Watch: buff.ly/HtvSPAr
"At a time when modern thinking and science are unable to provide adequate solutions to ongoing and escalating emergencies, the siren is seen as a prism of possibility for the emergence of new ways of perceiving and responding" CPH:DOX, Winner New Visions Watch PREEMPTIVE LISTENING: buff.ly/8YYsLEC
"a profound work of preservation and remembrance....Footage from the 1985 Trial of the Juntas is expertly edited into a documentary providing unforgettable witness to the repression that ‘disappeared’ thousands" #Guardian THE TRIAL: www.truestory.film/the-trial
" a film upon which the power to imagine and to comprehend depends" - Berlinale 1985, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The trial of the Military Juntas of the last dictatorship (1976/83), accused of crimes against humanity. Watch: www.truestory.film/the-trial
House of Gloss is an intimate and affectionate portrait of a Scottish queer trans femme couple — Opal, a drag queen, and Lana, a DJ & graffiti writer — as they live out their dreams and desires in Dundee. Watch now: www.truestory.film/house-of-gloss
"A hypnotic film debut from Mozambique, where a young director visits his grandmother's village to measure the depths of her memories. Each moment is staged as a drama in itself in a dark and disquieting piece of cinema." - CPH:DOX THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER: buff.ly/gLnh63l