On Sunday 4th October 2026, Brazilians head to the ballot box with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro currently neck and neck in the polls. Going beyond current cursory media coverage, the 7 following documentaries are key to understanding the underlying forces at play in this election.
Five years in the making, Magilligan meticulously composes time around its character to reveal not just their story, but the part that class, addiction and the carceral system itself play in unraveling it. We interviewed Ross McClean after the film’s World premiere at Visions du Réel.
Created in 2015 by the Cannes Film Festival and LaScam and supported by l’Ina, L’Œil d’or rewards the festival’s best non-fiction feature film, across all sections. This year’s distinguished jury was presided by Mstyslav Chernov (2000 Meters to Andriivka, 20 Days in Mariupol) and 21 films were competing.
Sensual, lyrical and textured, Jaripeo takes us into the heart of an obscured queer subculture of Mexico’s rodeo scene. Doc Weekly writer Jasmine Haniff spoke with directors Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig for the film’s screening at Visions du Réel.
Three friends are on the cusp of adulthood, caught between tradition and the desire to forge their own path. A Fire There, winner of the Special Jury Award at Visions du Réel, tells their story with poetry and beauty. Doc Weekly was there to interview director Marlene Edoyan.
Amid the sparkle and glamour of Europe’s most important celebration of film, it’s no secret that documentary is a neglected genre, but this year’s Cannes documentary selection has progressed from 2025. Here’s a list of all the documentaries showing, across the official and parallel selections.
After years away, Chinese filmmaker Vee Shi returns home to care for his ageing father, and to make a film about his family. Time and Tide had its World premiere at Visions du Réel and Doc Weekly was there to interview Vee Shi and Cinematographer/Producer of the film Nicholson Ree.
And the winners of the 57th edition of Visions du Réel are…
From the 17th to the 26th of April 2026, Visions du Réel is back ! Here are 15 films we’re excited to see : from Werner Herzog to John Wilson, from Hassen Ferhani to artists unknown, this is year programme is as rich and diverse as ever.
André is an Idiot is a comedic documentary about André Ricciardi, who’s dying of colon cancer. After putting off a routine colonoscopy for a year, André is diagnosed with cancer which, because of the delay, is terminal. That’s right, I said comedic.
Runa Simi takes place in Cusco, Peru, and follows a local man, Fernando Valencia, on his quest to dub The Lion King into Quechua, the largest pre-Colombian language in Latin America.
Doc Weekly was back in Biarritz for Fipadoc in 2026, boasting 150+ films from 35 countries across 5 major competitions ! Here’s a complete list of this year’s award-winners.
Four years after Ukraine’s full-scale invasion, Fipadoc is showing it’s support in 2026 for a cultural community operating under extreme duress and screening five films from the frontlines that have a completely unique take on the war and the profound impact it’s having on Ukrainian society, five films that communicate the visceral effects it can have on the psyche. Here are five films on Ukraine you must see in 2026…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 98th Academy Awards including Documentary Feature Film and Documentary Short Film. The films nominated are The Alabama Solution by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen, Cutting through Rocks by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, Mr. Nobody against Putin and The Perfect Neighbor by Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee.
Opening the 2026 edition of FIPADOC is a perfectly unique first feature about one artist’s pursuit of a singular experience: to sing a duet with a whale.
Gone is the once ambivalent torpor of the Irish folk music scene. Útóipe Cheilteach (Celtic Utopia) by Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén tells the story of a new generation of artists bringing it back to its cynical, political and countercultural roots. Discover an exclusive teaser of the film on the day of its World Premiere at Locarno Film Festival 2025.
After exposing war crimes and the civilian toll of the Russian invasion with his Oscar-winning 21 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov joins Ukrainian soldiers engaged in the counteroffensive of 2023, the largest military operation in Europe since the Second World War. Here’s an exclusive trailer ahead of 2000 Meters To Andriivka’s UK cinema release !
In a Britain increasingly divided by culture wars and identity politics, Blue Has No Borders tries to make sense of the decade-long identity crisis that followed Britain’s departure from the European Union. We interviewed Jessi Gutch ahead of the World Premiere of her film Blue Has No Borders at Sheffield DocFest.
From breaking new ground to rewriting history, from fighting for public representation to weaving complex tales of self-discovery and from sequin-clad satire to tragedy laid bare : queer cinema has it all.
Every June, the Champs-Élysées Film Festival brings together an exceptional selection of independent cinema from France and the United States to Paris’ iconic avenue. Here are 7 indie documentaries premiering at this year’s edition that are excited about !
