Documentary Movies

The new documentary, 'The Pool', showcases Sydney's Bondi Icebergs. It's known as the most photographed pool in the world, but what makes it so special? We speak to the film's director, Ian Darling.

The new documentary, 'The Pool', showcases Sydney's Bondi Icebergs. It's known as the most photographed pool in the world, but what makes it so special? We speak to the film's director, Ian Darling.

It's hoped the new documentary will educate Australians about the ancient trading partnership to help address concerns about illegal fishing. 

A music program run by singer-songwriter Nancy Bates has helped female inmates survive the daily challenges of prison. Now, a documentary is putting the initiative under the spotlight.

When Donna Lyon started a unique boxing and writing program as a way to process the trauma of abuse, it changed everything. She hopes a new doco will help spread this remarkable program to survivors across the country.

In 1984, three kids from Sydney's south-west created the band the Hard-Ons. Now, 40 years later, their legacy and influence on Australia's music is highlighted in an upcoming documentary.

In 1984, three kids from Sydney's south-west created the band the Hard-Ons. Now, 40 years later, their legacy and influence on Australia's music is highlighted in an upcoming documentary.

The Last of the Sea Women is a story about dying traditions, climate change, collective action and the beauty of matriarchal structures. It's little wonder the documentary spoke to producer and activist Malala Yousafzai.

Best-selling author, anti-fat-bias activist and the Maintenance Phase podcast host Aubrey Gordon is the subject of a new documentary by Jeanie Finlay that aims to change the way we see fat people and our own bodies.

As an accessible insight into trans lives, and possibly the first trans film some will encounter when browsing Netflix, Will & Harper succeeds in its emotional honesty.

Jung Kook rose to fame with K-pop dominators BTS. A new documentary charts how he copes with pressure and popularity when he strikes out on his own.

A not-for-profit youth led organisation is challenging the way young South Sudanese people are represented in the media. ‘Reclaimed Voices’ is a documentary by the African Youth Initiative which tells the story of a young man’s experience of loss, redemption and positive change.

A new documentary aims to shed more light on the case of Prisoner X, who was identified as Australian man Ben Zygier. He'd been working as a spy for Mossad but his alleged crimes remain shrouded in secrecy.

In 1949, a picture of a basketballer in an American magazine sparked the beginning of Loxton basketball's 75-year journey. Now their story has gone global.

Nine years after Japanese journalist Shiori Ito was allegedly raped by a powerful man, she has produced a documentary, Black Box Diaries, chronicling her road to justice.

Omar and Cedric tells the story of how childhood friends Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala overcame break-ups, addiction, loss and betrayal to make ferociously complex music.

Filmmaker Natalie Rae and activist Angela Patton's film Daughters follows four girls who are reunited with their incarcerated fathers through a program called Date with Dad.

Australia's highest peak is not Mount Kosciuszko but a far-flung icy volcano where intrepid mountaineers put their lives on the line to summit.

From your next exotic animal docuseries obsession to Jeff Goldblum as a god in KAOS, here are five series that are new, good and out this month.

In an Australian exclusive, we sit down with the renowned and beloved Tamil composer to talk about the power of music, technology and art, and his latest film, coming to the Indian Film Festival in Melbourne.