Category: Genre : Documentary

  • Seaspiracy. Dir. Ali Tabrizi. Netflix. 2021.

    Seaspiracy. Dir. Ali Tabrizi. Netflix. 2021.

    ‘Seaspiracy: A shocking Indictment of the commercial fishing industry.’ The Independent, March 2021 Seaspiracy is a Netflix Original documentary following filmmaker Ali Tabrizi as he examines the methods of the worldwide commercial sea fishing industry. Through uncovering corrupt and damaging practices, from dolphin slaughter to species endangerment, the environmental impact of human activities in our…

  • The Elephant Whisperers. Dir. Kartiki Gonsalves. Sikhya Entertainment. 2022

    The Elephant Whisperers. Dir. Kartiki Gonsalves. Sikhya Entertainment. 2022

    “Everything about him is human, except that he cannot talk” The Oscar winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers depicts the unique relationship between a Kattunayakan couple and an orphaned elephant in the Thepakadu Elephant Camp. After the mother of the young elephant is killed by an electric fence, Raghu is assigned to the care of Bellie…

  • My Octopus Teacher. Dir. Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed. Netflix. 2020

    My Octopus Teacher. Dir. Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed. Netflix. 2020

    ‘A lot of people say an octopus is like an alien. But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, you realize that we’re very similar in a lot of ways.’ There is a popular saying among marine biologists that ‘we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about…

  • My Octopus Teacher. Dir. Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed. Netflix. 2020

    My Octopus Teacher. Dir. Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed. Netflix. 2020

    “She was teaching me to become sensitized to the other.” The biographical documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’ follows the unique relationship between wildlife filmmaker Craig Foster and an octopus living on the Western Cape of South Africa. As the film unfolds, the octopus becomes accustomed to Foster’s presence and what starts as curiosity blossoms into an…

  • Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016)

    Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016)

    Have you ever wondered what the everyday life of a street cat looks like? ‘Kedi’ is an observational documentary film that follows the stray cats of Istanbul through their daily life, soundtracked by interviews of real-life people that become our narrators and storytellers for the history of these cats. The documentary goes beyond the stereotypical…